Donked

My sister from Minnesota visited recently and I asked her if people 'donk' their cars around where she lives. She had never heard of the term before and had not noticed any cars matching the general description that I gave her.

I was tooling around enjoying the return to bicycle errand running the other day and noticed this car in the first stages of getting donked. It's got oversized wheels and a raised suspension to match.

Sis, here you go....

This is Wrong

This last Sunday's New York Times Magazine contained a full page AmericanAirlines advertisement that lept out at me immediately. .

It's so WRONG !

You see, above the bold heading 'BEIJING' is a picture of Southern Chinese Lion Dancers. The Lion Dancers from BeiJing would be in a completely different style of costume whose appearance is dominated by long shiny silky golden hair. What were they (not) thinking, whoever put this ad together ?

A similar U.S. Folk Art mistranslation might be to consider an Appalachian Folk Singer to be interchangeable with a Mississippi Delta Blues Singer. Well, why not, they're both Singing Americans with Guitars, right ? WRONG !

I shouldn't be so difficult though. I'm sure that in some Chinese newspaper somewhere, there are Travel Advertisements beckoning the new moneyed classes to come visit Seattle and see the Mardi Gras :-)

Man Made Artificial Cloud

The other day, I caught sight of a Cloud created from atmospheric condensation released by a factory across the bay. Here's a snapshot !