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POTUS bowing
Bowing in the Far East is a cultural phenomenon. Some Asian cultures do it more than others. The Japanese appear to do it most of all, and among Japanese it is indeed a (required) means of showing humility, respect, and deference to a person or object of superior status. That truly only applies between Japanese. When foreigners bow to ...
Posted to Explainer by ermelson on November 22, 2009
Dissing your mother-in-law publicly - Now *that's* positive!
It's weird how the author recommends that we put a positive spin on things while simultaneously dissing her mother-in-law's and an acquaintance's negative ''characterizations.'' I thought the point was to stay attuned to the positive. And frankly, ''dabbling'' is not necessarily an insult. It depends on how you choose to interpret it. (And isn’t ...
Posted to The Happiness Project by berrinchuda on January 25, 2009
More Crow?
After his last two bombast-riddled columns about the transcendent greatness of this year's Patriots team, I would have liked Mr. Pierce to eat a bit more crow in this piece. Instead, we get bitter lamentations about Manning's MVP (though I think it should have gone to someone on the defensive line) and a litany of woulda-coulda-shouldas. The ...
Posted to Sports Nut by notnamedgary on February 8, 2008