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2010 World Cup Murals

There are exactly two weeks left until I become a soccer widow. While J and I share enthusiasm for basketball and football, there is one sport where we do not stand on common ground: soccer. Having grown up in Hong Kong and attended boarding school in England, J is a HUGE soccer — ahem, football — fan. His team of choice is Manchester United and he will be avidly cheering for England in two weeks. He even had a friend in Hong Kong find, and ship over a vintage England jersey for the event! Me? I can care less about soccer. (According to J, I am too "Americanized" to appreciate the sport.) Since the FIFA World Cup only takes place every four years, I am fully prepared...

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The 1000 Most Popular Sites in the World

Today, Google released a list of the 1000 most popular sites in the world. The list isn't entirely accurate, as they left themselves off the list (they would've been #1). However, it comes to no surprise that Facebook and Yahoo easily take the top two spots by a large margin. Browsing through the list, I couldn't help but notice three things: The most popular category seems to be "Social Networks." We are all connected, people! I was surprised to see that the most popular porn site — http://www.game2.com.cn/ — is at a disappointingly low #135. Then I read that adult sites are excluded from the list...

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