Monthly Archives: December 2007
China Christmas
Stick got me a toaster oven for Christmas! I hope he knows this is only romantic in China, and I’m not in for a lifetime of yuletide appliances. He hid it from me in the closet, which is a perfect … Continue reading
It’s The Teeth, Isn’t It?
I was on my way to the American Embassy the other day, and lost my way in the maze of manicured gardens and high-security gates in the embassy district. I stopped the first guard I saw, who wasn’t standing at … Continue reading
The Dog Ate It.
Stick and I had an odd meeting with our boss today. We were meant to be addressing some of our recent issues, which involve a mysterious someone in the school’s hierarchy changing our schedule, and not telling the foreign teachers. … Continue reading
Sandman
From Neil Gaiman’s journal a few days ago: I learned from Wikipedia that Sandman:The Dream Hunters was actually based on Pu Songling’s Strange Stories From A Chinese Studio, which I thought I ought to read. I don’t know if that’s … Continue reading
Shenme?
There’s a boy in our school, his English name is — well, it’s not important because no one calls him that. The foreign teachers call him Huh? and the Chinese teachers call him Shenme? It’s the word he says when … Continue reading
Following Traditions
When I was younger, right before Christmas, my family would drive to Kearny, NJ, where there was a street of Scottish import stores. We would get our all-important Christmas meat pies and sausage rolls, and eat our the traditional pre-Christmas … Continue reading
More On Zoodoka
A few months ago I was asked to write about Zoodoka, a new blog RSS-to-email program. I said: With any email marketing program, spamming is going to be a major issue. Any free, mass-mailing program has a huge potential to … Continue reading
Professor Xavier’s Primary School For The Gifted
Amy campaigned tirelessly to be called a “postal worker” and not a “mail-cyclops”. Dr. Colin gives a booster shot of anti-gravity serum to his young patient. Although being a giant firefighter was a rewarding career, Kim couldn’t find pants that … Continue reading
Too Much Information
I’m teaching my kids the “This is the way I” song this week. I’m starting with the basic version, with simple actions like Brush My Teeth and Read My Book. I haven’t taught them the Meg version yet… Once when … Continue reading
