Thursday, February 3, 2011
Today it’s lunar new year in Asia! It’s officially the year of the Rabbit in all of the countries that observe the lunar calendar, excepting Vietnam, where it’s the year of the Cat. Long story short, apparently a translation error and a lack of availability of rabbits in Vietnam circa 600 B.C. contributed to the [...]
Getting ready to head back down to Wichita this weekend for the purposes of celebrating the new year. Not the piddly Euro-American version with that big lame disco ball, Dick Clark, and guilty resolution-making; but the awesome Vietnamese-style bacchanal of ridiculous amounts of food, money, lottery games and people running around in paper dragon costumes. [...]
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