South Africa World Cup 2010

I don't even like soccer, but there is something that seems to overtake the entire world every four years. It is on the same scale as the Olympics, yet is something other in that just one sport has the ability to simultaneously draw the attention of billions of people. I'm at work right now, but that isn't going to stop me from pretending to be a soccer fan for the next week. Thanks to espn3 for streaming this great event so that we can all enjoy it.

In order to keep this food related, I think I'm going to have to make some Mexican and South African food tonight in memory of this event. Taquitos and plantains, no?

SARS versus Swine Flu - China's Attempts to Contain Potential Pandemics

The Chinese just can't get it right. SARS was a huge issue because they tried to suppress it for so long and tried to keep it out of the eye of the international media. So now it seems that they are trying to make up with overarching measures to contain the spread of swine flu by quarantining dozens of innocent and healthy Mexicans in China. But their actions are unnecessary and discriminatory and flirt with the line that marks what is just simply racist.

F.Y.I: I realize this post is much shorter than my other ones but I'm working on writing blerps, mini-blog posts commenting on different websites, which means I have learn how to not ramble in posts like I usually do.