Did you know that a glass of wine in France is cheaper than a glass of coke?
That being said, what is up with China? Yesterday their 1.3 billionth person was born. I find this fascinating. Supposedly, without their harsh laws about how many children a family can legally have (one) they would have reached this milestone (1.3 billion) four years ago. The penalty for having more than one child ranges from steep fines to losing your job and being placed in a work camp for the mentally ill. The result is that the average number of children per family has fallen from 5.8 to 1.8 and the ratio of males to females in now something like 115 to 100. The estimate is that 40 million men in this generation won't be able to find wives.
Remember in the 80's when being the kid with divorced parents made you wierd? (Not that many of my friends would, because somehow all of their parents are still together.) In China, I wonder if having siblings makes you the weird kid with the disfunctional, unpatriotic family.
Speaking of numbers: Coca Cola has donated about ten-million dollars to South Asia, as has Pfizter (the people who make Viagra). This is pretty damn cool if you ask me. I will take this moment to refrain from making a specific comment about our shatty government.
Anyway... 5288 people in Indonesia are dead and Patricia Arquette isn't really a psychic. Also, Amber Fry sucks and I have too much time to read the newspaper/watch The Insider.
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