Princess Kiko Shocks Japan With Pregnancy:
It looks like a surprise pregnancy has put in doubt the prospects of a bill to allow women to ascend to Japan’s highest figurehead position.
I don’t really understand what’s going on over there, but I’m thrilled by the prospect of a “royal battle of the sexes” over a completely ridiculous, meaningless, and antiquated throne. Pick your sides in the most anticipated competition since Iron Chef Sakai beat Mario Batali in the Praline Battle in Iron Chef Stadium. Good times.
Bonus quote:
“If Aiko becomes the reigning empress and gets involved with a blue-eyed foreigner while studying abroad and marries him, their child may be the emperor,” Takeo Hiranuma, a top member of Koizumi’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party and head of a block of politicians opposed to female monarchs, said last week. “We should never let that happen.”
In other news, if you’re looking for a strange “game” with no point and no end, you have got to check out the sand game. Basically, well, basically you place various liquids and solids in an empty space and they interact. It’s hard to explain, but I just spent an hour on it that I really needed to be using for other things. Check it out. [kottke]
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