“The “future” will be arriving soon. On October 25, the Chinese Internet Society confirmed that it has forwarded its proposal for the registration system to the Ministry of Information Industry.”

“Apparently the theme of this year’s exhibition was “Building moral sexual attitudes”, and hence the rejection of such louche tomfoolery as wife-swapping, public hugging, donkey-spanking, and group Red Flower Oil rubdowns.”

“Nine workers from Toyota Motor Philippines were punished after they used a company meeting to call in a stripper.”

“Someone finally uploaded one of the Indian versions of Superman, Dariya Dil, with Govinda and Kimi Katkar in a clingy Spiderman outfit (via Basmatic). They wiggle their hips even as they fly.”

The 2006 Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI), launched today by Transparency International (TI), points to a strong correlation between corruption and poverty, with a concentration of impoverished states at the bottom of the ranking.

“The headline speaks for itself.”

“KookiSushi: fetishistically accurate replicas of sushi, executed in fine chocolate, including green-tea “wasabi” and chocolate soy sauce”

“KookiSushi inspired me to create my own candy fake sushi for April Fools Day. I was so happy with the resulting marshmallow nigiri (tamago, unagi, ebi) that I created a how-to guide on my food blog. The candy sushi can look startling real!”