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more about #indonesia more comments → JerkoftheMonth is changing her name!: 'I can kill you with my brain.' (Completely arbitrary) Points to anyone who knows this reference! more » BearDownCBears: I expect a blow-up over Chapter 10: "How to Bribe a Metal Engraver into Fabricating a Seal for a Birth Certificate" more » girlgonemild: My first reaction to this is majorly ambivalent-- I understand that university presses are in tough straits financially and have bottom lines to meet,... more » LucilleMcGillicuddy: it is such a shame she did not live long enough to see how she changed the world. can you imagine? more » HRHPants: Duke is in Durham, but her last name was Dunham. more » Callipegian: Same great cheekbones? Check. Same eyes? Check. Same awesome? Check check check. more » 100flowers: Oh man... I want dresses like this to wear to my sister's wedding! #jakartafashionweek more » BAngieB: The lesbian weddings in Indonesia are dreamy. #jakartafashionweek more » GirlFailer: BALLOON KNOT! I think that was the first euphemism for asshole I learned. #jakartafashionweek more » CurtCole: I make it a habit not to stand under gigantic bleached assholes. #jakartafashionweek more » MargaretMoony: SO BEAUTIFUL. #jakartafashionweek more » Rooo sez BISH PLZ: I think if I looked like that and could wear all those colors at once I'd just walk around all day and pose. #jakartafashionweek more » jenrobe: I'm so glad you're running these photos. Waria occupy a strange place in society. They're accepted as entertainers and, in Bugis culture, as priests o... more » Meglantine: I was trying to figure what was bothering me more: the awkward lighting on her face or that weird prosthetic nose about to go on it. Then two and two ... more » 100flowers: Oh it's Yogya! My other home. Jezzy, after the morning I've just had, you can't imagine how nice it is to see this. It's also lovely to read of som... more » -
#familymatters
Duke Publishes Book By Obama's Mom
Ann Durham Soetoro was probably best known as Barack Obama's mom, but she was also a dedicated economic anthropologist. Thanks to Duke University Press, her dissertation on metalworkers in Indonesia will soon be available as a book. [PublishersWeekly] -
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#leftovers
Teacher Invents Wallace/Gromit Brekky Machine • Aceh Considers Ban On Tight Trousers
• Design teacher Yuri Suzuki has created this truly awesome breakfast machine, which automatically cooks omelets from scratch, toasts bread, and brews fresh coffee. Suzuki says he was inspired by Hollywood films, including Back to the Future. • More » -
#babyphat
Oh Boy
Doctors in Japan have invited a 1-month-old 20-pound infant from Indonesia to be part of a study sponsored by a television network. Neighbors fear that baby Akbar will be exploited by the media because of his truly remarkable size. [UPI] -
#badbvertising
What You Are About To See Is Real:
Johnny Andrean, an Indonesian salon chain, stuck these surreal, freaky hair handles on Jakarta commuter trains to promote a new hair-strengthening product. What shall we go with here: Return to Oz or Jean Cocteau? [Copyranter]
