Simpson's Paradox

In between making my parents take me to an Outback and a Pizza Hut, we visited Tiananmen Square. Last week when Zorro and I were in Beijing, the taxi driver told us to go see the flowers in Tiananmen Square. Once Zorro reassured me that I’d heard and understood, I rolled my eyes and pointed [...]

If I eat these pomegranate seeds, will I spend half my life in China and half in America?

I took my mom and dad to Beihai Park on their first real day. It’s always beautiful but it was decorated for National Day and looked ever better than last time.
On the sidewalk by the south entrance, a man was writing water poems. These poets use giant brushes and buckets of water [...]

So my parents were the very last people off their plane, which leaves me standing at International Arrivals frantically texting my sister to say clever things like “Mom and Dad did get on the plane, right? They’d have told us if they didn’t, right?”
Then I finally saw my mom! And I started screaming and [...]

Andrea just sent me a bunch of fantasy books and I’ve noticed a certain similarity between my reading matter and my life. Some of the reasons overlap with Sinoplice’s brilliant “Why China Is Like An RPG”. Travel in China, like fantasy books, offers an escape from a monotonous life. Money is counted [...]

My parents are arriving in Beijing tomorrow! I can’t wait to see my mom and dad!
Anyway, I probably won’t be posting when they’re here, unless they’re sleeping off their jet lag or something. So my blog is going to be semi-operational, probably closed for a couple days, maybe a few days.
Hey, my blog’s [...]

Dave came back to Yantai for a day before heading home to New York.

There’s another ‘net manhunt in China. On WoW. Look what happens when girls game. Personally, I think anyone lucky enough to get a girlfriend over WoW and meet her in real life and find out she really is a cute 18-year-old girl should be thanking the Nerd Gods instead of taking advantage of her.
In [...]

So when Zorro and I went to Beijing, I was recognized by the girl checking us in at the airport! (Hi Echo!) In case you were wondering, getting spotted by a reader is the coolest thing that could happen to a blogger.
Anyway, Echo left a comment to let me know she saw us, and [...]