"I am patient with stupidity but not with those who are proud of it." - Edith Sitwell

Random playlist song: 大海啊故乡 (中国军魂军歌试听中心 www.junhun.cn)

小时候妈妈对我讲
大海就是我故乡
海边出生海里成长

大海啊大海
是我生长的地方
海风吹海浪涌
随我飘流四方

大海啊大海
就像妈妈一样
走遍天涯海角
总在我的身旁

大海啊故乡
大海啊故乡
我的故乡我故乡

When I was young, my mother told me,
That the sea was my home
Being born by the sea, growing up in the sea

The ocean, the ocean
Is where I grew up
The sea breeze blows, and the waves lap
With me, it flows in every directions

The ocean, the ocean
Is just like mother
No matter where in the world I travel
She's always by my side

Ocean, oh hometown
Ocean, oh hometown
My hometown, my hometown

Inevitably, something is lost in translation, but this isn't too bad, I think, especially since I had help from Xephyris, the expert in translating songs from East Asian languages to English.


Another of Wu Yi's pieces. What can I say, folk songs can be soothing to listen to.

The recording's a bit muffled, and I'm quite sure I heard them pronounce it as "The ocean is the place where I grew longer".

I found this on mp3.baidu.com, which has just improved. Last time it searched the whole search string as a phrase, and even doing a +"foo" +"bar" didn't help. Now I think it works like a normal search engine, and interprets each term in the search string as separate.

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Dashing young priests turn heads at Youth Day - "Father Jonathan Meyer, wearing sunglasses and a sleek black cassock and clutching a crucifix, replicates Keanu Reeves' pose in the film "The Matrix" for a recruitment poster. "It has been a complete success...It is a striking image which meets young people were they are at," said 28-year-old Meyer, who manages youth work in the diocese of Indianapolis. "I know I am hanging in a few girls' bedrooms too, but that's fine -- we need their prayers for more priests," he said."

Stripper stabs man who refused lap dance - "An angry San Diego topless dancer pulled out a knife and stabbed a customer after he refused a lap dance, police said on Thursday. Lawanda Dixon, 24, was arrested for assault with a deadly weapon shortly after the altercation with 33-year-old Melik Jordan at the Dream Girls Cabaret early on Wednesday, San Diego police Det. Gary Hassen said."

God Hates Shrimp - "Shrimp, crab, lobster, clams, mussels, all these are an abomination before the Lord, just as gays are an abomination. Why stop at protesting gay marriage? Bring all of God's law unto the heathens and the sodomites. We call upon all Christians to join the crusade against Long John Silver's and Red Lobster. Yea, even Popeye's shall be cleansed. The name of Bubba shall be anathema. We must stop the unbelievers from destroying the sanctity of our restaurants."

Sri Lanka Cabinet reduces the age of consent for sexual encounters to 13 years - "Cabinet spokesperson Minister Nimal Siripala de Silva said the action has been taken due to rising numbers of men arrested for sexual relations with girls below the age of 16."
Uhh.