Archive for the 'Bizarre' Category

The Kimchi Struggle

Thursday, August 14th, 2008

My first encounter with “kimchi” was when my brother-in-law brought three containers of this dish from Manila ten years ago. Kimchi is actually this traditional Korean dish made of vegetables, like cabbage, that was fermented with a variety of seasoning. So the moment my brother-in-law opened the plastic containers, it nearly knocked me out [...]

Italian friar fronts heavy metal band

Wednesday, July 23rd, 2008

How cool is that?  From Yahoo!:

Friar Cesare Bonizzi, also known as Fratello Metallo (Metal Friar) (C), poses with his band after a rehearsal session in downtown Milan July 10, 2008. Dressed in his traditional robe, sandals and twirling the rope around his waist, 62-year old Bonizzi is no ordinary heavy metal rocker. But as guitarists [...]

In search of the magical penis thieves

Thursday, July 10th, 2008

Good Lord! What some people will fall for. Thanks to Harper’s Magazine for this amusing, if slightly unnerving, story:
A mind dismembered: In search of the magical penis thieves
By Frank Bures
No one is entirely sure when magical penis loss first came to Africa. One early incident was recounted by Dr. Sunday Ilechukwu, a psychiatrist, [...]