Monthly Archives: March 2007
Best Rejection Ever
Today I received the funniest rejection letter in the history of people telling me to take a long walk off a short pier. I pitched an article for a magazine in October, and I heard back from them today saying … Continue reading
Belated China Story
This story came up last night, when Stick and I went out with Jay and his family, and I realized I’d never posted it here. One day when Stick was visiting me in China, I was in class, so he … Continue reading
Repatriation Blues
When I was in Yantai, pining for the smell of my beloved Herbal Essences shampoo, they stopped making it. Perhaps it’s no coincidence that this happened while their best customer (me) wasn’t able to buy any. Yesterday I went to … Continue reading
Academic Triage
Some of my students will learn English whether I’m a good teacher or not. They are the most fun to teach, and they ask the most interesting questions, but I spend most of our class time on the middle of … Continue reading
No Dentist Left Behind
From the brilliant education blog Are We Doing Anything Today? comes No Dentist Left Behind. My dentist is great! He sends me reminders so I don’t forget checkups. He uses the latest techniques based on research. He never hurts me, … Continue reading
I Love Aardvarks?
Saw this at Rao’s and thought it would be a great chance to try out my phoneblogging.
Jeb on Playboy, Bully and more
Sometimes I have girl-gamer blinders on, and I forget that there are other subcultures in video gaming. This interview with Jeb Havens (formerly of Cyberlore) on gay content in games talks about the testosterone zone of game design and game … Continue reading
But Don’t Blog About It, Ok?
Sorry I’ve been updating kind of sporadically recently. My free time has been sort of feast or famine these last few weeks. I had quite a bit of free time today, but it was while I was at the auto … Continue reading
From Tom Friedman’s column The Silence That Kills:
On Feb. 20, The A.P. reported from Afghanistan that a suicide attacker disguised as a health worker blew himself up near “a crowd of about 150 people who had gathered for a ribbon-cutting ceremony to open an emergency ward at … Continue reading
Fatal Attraction
Cory just sent me this story about a Chinese man who spent all of Lunar New Year holiday playing online… and died from it. An obese 26-year-old man in northeastern China died after a “marathon” online gaming session over the … Continue reading
