GOD HATES ASIA THIS WEEK

While we all watch the absolute Big Bucket Of What The Fuck that is the Burmese military junta dealing with the cyclone aftermath in a way that actually makes FEMA look like it knows what it’s doing (or at least has some level of altruism in its operation), you should know there was a 7.8 earthquake in Sichuan today – at least 3,000 dead, possibly 5,000.

Which I mention mainly because my goddaughter’s father was supposed to be in Chengdu closing a deal with a client, but the negotiations fell through two days ago, so he’s here in HK today instead of in Chengdu where he would have been when the quake struck.

How's THAT for karma?

We didn’t feel a thing here, if yr wondering. I’ve been packing and moving stuff all day. I’m on break. I’d do a longer post on Burma (and I assume even the Americans out there know what I'm talking about – that IS getting news coverage there, right?), but I don’t have time, and what can I really add? Except why was Laura Bush the first person the White House rolled out to say something about it? What, Junior was too busy hiring the band to play his daughter’s wedding?

Back to work,

This is dF

EDITED TO ADD [a few hours later]: The death toll in Sichuan went up another 3,500 since the original post. And on the news they said the quake even rattled the seismic sensors here in HK. They felt it in Yuen Long, anyway. I think I was helping someone transport the exercise bike we sold them to their place down the hill at the time, so that might be why I missed it.

SHAKESPEARE NEVER DID THIS. OH, WAIT ...

By order of popfiend (and because you’ve all been asking yrselves this question ever since you added me):

Your Score: Merchant of Venice

You scored 38% = Tragic, 50% = Comic, 31% = Romantic, 18% = Historic

You are The Merchant of Venice. Set in the beautiful "city on the sea," The Merchant of Venice is a romantic comedy about a locally prominent sea merchant who agrees to take on a costly loan from a covetous money usurer in order to finance his friend's trip to Belmont to woo a rich and beautiful lady. When the loan defaults however, the merchant's life is at stake, but with the help of his friends, he is saved at the last second and everyone lives happily ever after. What your score tells us about you is that you are most likely a romantic person who is willing to go to extreme measures to help out a friend in need. For this, you are highly regarded and loved by many people. You may be a bit greedy at times, and sometimes you might even get yourself into a little trouble, but luckily you have friends that are willing to help you out in your time of need. We'd certainly help you out if we could.

Link: The Which Shakespeare Play Are You? Test written by macbee on OkCupid Free Online Dating

FUN FACT: Everything I know about Shakespeare you could fit on the back of a cereal box. Hamlet whips a snow leopard’s ass, but other than that, I’m not too big in The Shake.

So I guess it’s only fitting that I should be a Shakespeare play you could cast Al Pacino in and get away with it. Or not, however that one worked out.

Never been to Venice,

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