THE HYPOTHESIS: When being asked the question "Where are your cleats at?" in Italian, it sounds like this: "Dove la sua scarpini?" What? Now imagine that being yelled at you by a boisterous, middle-aged Roman soccer coach who never fully explained if he had a real job, only mentioning that he had "meetings" to attend.
As record sales have been steadily declining since the birth of file-sharing programs around the turn of the millennium, it's no secret that the music industry is in a dire position. Coming face to face with the reality that older, traditional models catered toward selling a mass number of records aren't quite working anymore, records label are desperately trying to find new ways to bring in revenue. But this past week has been an anomaly of sorts for the record industry and has given label executives renewed optimism that record buyers still exist.
The game industry rarely sees gems that can be classified as masterpieces. "Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots" is, unquestionably, one of those scarcities.
When Chris Martin isn't on a crusade for the betterment of mankind, he plays in a little band called Coldplay. His band makes music that will solve all your problems, or at least repeat them for you with a pretty little backdrop.
Recently, I came across an interesting piece of graffiti artwork in a Langson Library bathroom. It read, "Honey, why are you writing on bathroom walls? I didn't pay $30,000 a year for this! Get back to work! Love, mom. P.S. Call me often. P.P.S. Clean up your room!"
Jet lag often gives me the opportunity to see Shanghai bright and early at 5:30 a.m. Urban living consists of scattered family members still dressed in cartoon animal pajamas sitting on small plastic chairs, slurping their breakfast noodles over worn wooden tables, as well as people emptying their chamber pots into public toilets.
Last month, Viacom amended a lawsuit that it filed against Google-owned YouTube one year ago, citing the Web site's "inability to keep copyrighted material off its site."
Liberalism and conservatism are two terms that are often heard during political discourse. However, while presidential candidates talk about all kinds of policy initiatives and philosophical viewpoints, it is rare to hear them refer to themselves, their proposals or their ideas as conservative or liberal.
I spent 14 years of my life in a neckerchief and short-shorts. Yes, approximately once a week, beginning at the age of four, I put on a Cub Scout uniform and went to meetings.
I hope oil hits $400 per barrel. I say that without a drop of sarcasm. The only thing that can burrow through the myriad of government-erected barriers to high supply and low prices is the market.
