New York – Gobble Tov! American Jews Ready For Thanksgivukkah Yesterday 06:39 PM New York – It’s a turkey. It’s a menorah. It’s Thanksgivukkah! An extremely rare convergence this year of Thanksgiving and the start of Hanukkah… Read More »[...]
Archive for October 7th, 2013
October 7th, 2013 - 12:59 pm § in The Ave Scene
Balmer Blues: THE Ave banned from Microsoft Stores
I guess somebody in Redmond is reading the Ave. This site is now blocked if you try to connect form a Microsoft store. A friend in China tells me we are banned there too! Maybe I should add warning label te the front page? BANNED IN REDMOND Readmore about Microsoft on THE Ave.[...]
October 7th, 2013 - 12:12 pm § in Misc.
Why the Uninteligent Designer Made Us Polygamous
The sex ratio does not imply monogamy. I suspect most mammals have similar sex ratios whether they are monogamous or polygamous. A good case can be made for polygamy given that between gestation and lactation, human females are only useful (in a genetic sense) ever 3 years or so. Men are always [...]
October 7th, 2013 - 4:09 am § in Misc.
Slur of the Day: What Chinese call their Honkeys
Gweilo, gwailo, or kwai lo (鬼佬) (used in South of Mainland China and Hong Kong) A White man. Loosely translated as “foreign devil;” more literally, might be “ghost dude/bloke/guy/etc.” Gwei means “ghost.” The color white is associated with ghosts in China. A l[...]
Can African Americans Become Just (White) Folks
Study: Black students at white colleges fear losing cultural identity[...]