February 2012
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Feb 17th
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January 2012
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Contemporary pop songs named after Chinese women
“Ana Ng” > “Anna Sun” but the real life Anna Sun > fictional Ana Ng
Jan 13th
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December 2011
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November 2011
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Nov 7th
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Nov 3rd
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October 2011
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food in soho NYC and its environs, circa 2008
Aka, what I during a slow day at the office one afternoon three years ago.
Oct 26th
My pee smells today. Now I know why: not diseased… but ASPARAGUS! -what I learned from D & H over the summer
Oct 26th
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The mall has seven zones modeled on international cities, nations and regions, including Amsterdam, Paris, Rome, Venice, Egypt, the Caribbean, and California. Features include an 25 metres (82 ft) replica of the Arc de Triomphe, a replica of Venice’s St Mark’s bell tower, a 2.1 kilometres (1.3 mi) canal with gondolas, and a 553-meter indoor-outdoor roller coaster. Since its opening...
Oct 24th
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Oct 14th
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Oct 14th
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During the arrest, Shao Yuanchong (邵元冲 in Chinese), the incumbent minister of the propaganda department of the Kuomintang, died after he was hit in his testicles while attempting to climb over a fence. (Wikipedia: Xi’an Incident) I have marked this in my bookmarks as “to-be-confirmed.”
Oct 13th
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Oct 5th
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Oct 4th
September 2011
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Sep 30th
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lost opportunity
The professor described a Sichuan teacher, Professor Hou Guangjun, who had designed research experiments in accordance with traditional practices, advocating “natural nonploughing” [ziran 1lliangeng} or “no till” agriculture. In the 1950s, after seeing his research plot in Yibin Prefecture, Changling County, a Party leader became convinced of the efficacy of his methods...
Sep 24th
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More David Moser awesomeness
At a private party in Beijing, I once saw a popular Chinese TV actor (whose name I won’t mention) hike up his pants, don a large pair of glasses, and perform a dead-on imitation of Jiang Zemin, giving brutally catty appraisals of various world leaders, cursing like a Beijing taxi driver, and even expressing inappropriate carnal feelings for Kate Winslet in “The Titanic”, boasting that he...
Sep 17th
August 2011
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Countries and places that are preceded by “The”: baller. The Ukraine The Bahamas The Gambia The Bronx The Hague The Sudan The Isle of Man The Philippines The Czech Republic (USA, UK, UAE, and former USSR aren’t allowed in the club. All the Uniteds go in a separate box.)
Aug 24th
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Aug 15th
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Aug 14th
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Kohki Hasei. Haida aka Hallo.
Aug 12th
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More Kohki Hasei. Music by Carl Dawkins.
Aug 12th
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Aug 12th
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Chinese word for "crisis"
The Chinese word for “crisis” (simplified Chinese: 危机; traditional Chinese: 危機; pinyin: wēijī; Wade–Giles: wei-chi) is frequently invoked in motivational speaking along with the statement that the two characters it is composed of represent “danger” and “opportunity.” Some Western linguists consider this analysis fallacious, arguing that the character jī alone...
Aug 9th
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July 2011
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Jul 27th
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Jul 27th
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Surrender
Jul 27th
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Jul 27th
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National park #3 Mt. Rainier No beating around the bush Narada Falls Two of them, but not quite a double Hiding Riding At the base At play In flight For Chuck Taking the pledge
Jul 25th
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chasing a tune
Jul 25th
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Jul 25th
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Jul 25th
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Jul 25th
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Vancouver has large trees too
Hug it out.
Jul 24th
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Jul 23rd
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Jul 22nd
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In case not obvious, I have not decided to suddenly reverse course and drive eastward. Still in California, but flying up to Seattle tomorrow. Just wanted to post a few quick pictures. Others from New Orleans, Houston, and AUstin to come later. As well as Zion photos from Hippo and Salad.
Jul 20th
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Jul 20th
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Jul 20th
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Redwoods and sequoias
Muir Woods, Golden Gate National Park. An assortment of large trees.
Jul 20th
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Jul 20th
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Jul 19th
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Jul 18th
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I went over it in 1979 with my brother, both of us on 78 Suzuki GS 1000E’s. On the other side of the valley you came to at the end of the video, there’s another little section of twisties and then it’s just smooth sweepers all the way to fishlake valley. But in that section of twisties going east to west, as we did that first time through, those sweepers lul you into a rhythem....
Jul 18th
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Jul 18th
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Selected playlist across America
•Johnny Cash while entering Memphis •Outkast across the Dirrrty •Ry Cooder while passing through Texas •Weezer’s Blue Album as we nearly slid down Westgard Pass in a fiery heap •Odelay in California Which one doesn’t belong?
Jul 18th
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Jul 18th
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