Barack Obama’s inauguration is an event being celebrated around the globe, and one of the biggest parties is taking place in a small city in Japan’s Fukui prefecture named–coincidentally–Obama city. Ever since the democrat was nominated, the residents have been feverish supporters, selling Obama burgers, chopsticks and bean cakes, plastering the streets with ‘I [heart] Obama’ posters, and sending ‘Obama girls’ (who are generally more conservatively dressed than Obama Girl) to various festivals and parades across the country. Read More
Archive for January 20th, 2009
FX’ing great: 2009 Infiniti FX
St-Alexis-des-Monts, Que.— Infiniti must have been crazy to launch the newest version of its FX model at a time when record high gas prices were chasing new car buyers away from SUVs. But the FX has always been ahead of the curve since it debuted in 2003 so Infiniti receives the benefit of the doubt here. Besides, Infiniti lessened the carbon footprint of the launch somewhat by entertaining journalists in a TV/Internet/cellphone-free hotel deep in Quebec’s Laurentians. Read More
Big day for Obama: Immortalized with a Cognac
In a bout of blatant commercial opportunism, Hennessy is celebrating the inauguration of the 44th U.S. president with a limited-edition (although 180,000 bottles doesn’t exactly scream exclusivity) Cognac, aptly named Hennessy 44.
Operation: Check, please!
Our thanks to the World Health Organisation and the New England Journal of Medicine, whose year-long joint study of surgical procedures in major cities in industrial countries—Seattle, Toronto, London, Auckland, Amman, New Delhi, Manila, and Ifakara—determined that a universal checklist of safety do’s and don’t’s was probably a good idea.
