This & That, Ceci et Cela

Dang y'all, who knew we were still in the Captain Hook age? Pirate attacks on luxury liners by Somalia's coastline: You might shit your draws (or at least reconsider that cruise to the far east/west/north/south) when you see how widespread this issue actually is (BBC).

It's funny to note that a friend in Paris didn't even know that the riots had spread outside Paris and across the country; metro-boulot-dodo (expression referring to daily grind of work-home/sleep) routine had prevailed as usual. See more details including the riot occurrence timeline and map of riots areas.

Why let trivial things like war and strife stop you from getting your luxe on?  Kabul, Afghanistan opens its first 5-star hotel

Since they have a page devoted to misc facts and figures: Determine and publish the amount of money that magazines waste on subscription insert cards per month. Because I don't know one person who doesn't discard them immediately.