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8.15.2010

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To Boldly Go...: Cue epic music! Over at YOMYOMF, Guest Offender and openly Trekkie actress Liz Ho recaps her recent visit to the 2010 Star Trek Convention -- her first ever -- in Las Vegas. I think I'm in love.

Will You Donate $50 Today? Our friends at Hyphen need to raise at least $10,000 this summer to keep things going, and could use whatever donations you can give, from $1 to $1,000 -- every little bit helps.

Meet The K-town Reality Show Cast: Because I know ou wanna watch. KoreAm's got some more of the lowdown on the upcoming Jersey Shore-esque K-town reality show, with brief profiles on each of the eight cast members.

Shattering Stereotypes: Immigrant Artists and Writers Transform the World of Cartoons and Comics: The Vilcek Foundation's latest newsletter focuses on immigrants in American comics, including interviews with the creators of various Asian American characters.

Ode to the Taco Truck: Oliver Wang has a great piece in The Atlantic on Los Angeles' red hot food truck phenomenon -- which is still going strong -- while paying tribute to the traditional Mexican American taco trucks that have been doing it for decades.

Chinky Or Not Chinky: Are Asians Bad Drivers?: Philip of YOMYOMF, with the help of some reader input, explores one of the more persistent, nagging Asian stereotypes... that Asians are bad drivers.



VIRAL LIKE SARS: "Beat It," According to the Communist Chinese: And finally, the Chinese revolutionary version of "Beat It." I saw this posted the other day on 8 Asians, and it's just too awesome not to share.