Before you read this I ask you to take a deep breath and read the ENTIRE thing. Then spend some time thinking about what I say before you post a reply or make some radical statement. Take lots of deep breaths during this time. If you can’t do that then please don’t even read this [...]

When it comes to the all mighty dollar, Nepal is willing to put aside the conservative attitudes of the vast majority in its Hindu and Buddhist citizenry. Nepal wants to attract gay Western tourists and is even giving them a chance to get married on top of Mt. Everest. So, if you’re a gay couple [...]

At 22 inches (56 cm) tall, Mr. Khagendra Thapa Magar is traveling to Italy to appear on a TV show in his campaign to be declared the worlds shortest man. The current title holder is Mr. He Pingping from Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region (China). He is 29 inches tall (73 cm). So by comparison our [...]

On January 15, 2010 a partial solar eclipse will be viewable from Nepal. According to the NASA website, such a long annular duration eclipse will not be visible for another 1000 years: The first solar eclipse of 2010 occurs at the Moon’s ascending node in western Sagittarius. An annular eclipse will be visible from a [...]

I found an interesting Gurkha solider recruitment video from the BBC. It’s pretty interesting watching an Englishman speak Nepali. Now Gurkha’s in action in Afghanistan: var addthis_pub = ”; var addthis_language = ‘en’;var addthis_options = ‘email, favorites, digg, delicious, myspace, google, facebook, reddit, live, more’;