RADAR’s “Fame-o-Meter” — how does Buddhism rank?

RADAR, a Worst Horse fave (despite its recent ranking of the Dalai Lama as the 25th most-overrated cultural phenomenon of the day) has launched its new “Fame-o-Meter.” In it, various people, places, and things are rated in terms of the amount of online searches done about them.
It appears that Buddhism has driven some 88 million [...]

Gawker “stalks” the Dalai Lama

We posted this on the homepage (along with a ton of new links), but we’re reposting it here, since Gawker’s linking and archiving system is a little wonky.
It’s a Gawker “Gawker Stalker” entry, in which sightings of various celebrities are reported.
The Dalai Lama has of course been in the NY area lately. Funny to imagine [...]