Geist Infection: Boxing Day
Boxing Day is celebrated the day after Christmas and, from my haphazard Internet research, it is celebrated by a bunch of European countries, Canada and other Commonwealth nations — whatever that means. It’s a day when “members of the merchant class to give boxes containing food and fruit, clothing, and/or money to trades people and...
My Tweets During the Pacquiao vs. Margarito Fight
Manny Pacquiao, right, lands a punch against Antonio Margarito during the eleventh round of their WBC light middleweight title boxing match Saturday, Nov. 13, 2010, in Arlington, Texas. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip) I was going to blog about how Pacquiao’s beat down on Margarito made him look like that Korean woman who injected vegetable oil...
GQ jumps on the Manny Pacquiao Bandwagon
If it wasn’t official before, it’s official now. Filipino Golden Boy, Manny Pacquiao has carved his name into the pop cultural zeitgeist of the 21st century with an upcoming spread in the April 2010 issue of GQ. Photo credit: Mark Seliger Although his fight his past Saturday left much to be desired (but it wasn’t...
Pacquiao is watching over us
Now that John Park got the boot on American Idol, Manny Pacquiao is driving the Asian American pop culture train. He is our only hope. All of our eyes are on him. He is our God. He is watching over San Francisco in the form of a billboard perched atop Nike Town in San Francisco’s...
