Category Archives: New York City

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

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Have You Seen This Road Trip?

I was asked to write about the mystery of Grey in the hopes that one of you will be able to solve it. Ready? Musician Sam Rader wrote a song called “Grey” on her album Goldstar Galaxy, and made a … Continue reading

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Chinese WarCraft Access

I still can’t get on Blizzard’s WarCraft page, so I don’t know the official story, but we can’t directly connect to WoW servers in the US. This probably isn’t the only workaround for foreign Warcraft servers, but here’s how we … Continue reading

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Unskilled

The other day, Stick talked to his adult students about sports. Student: Do you play sports? Stick: Yes, I like to play sports. Student: Do you play table tennis? Stick: Not very much. Student: Do you play badminton? Stick: No, … Continue reading

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WarCraft

Foreign World Of WarCraft servers are down/blocked in China. Stick and I might actually have to talk to each other.

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Leroy Merlin Circular

I know this isn’t the greatest picture, but the circular is pretty shiny and it’s hard to get a good shot. I hope you can at least see that the trendy alphabet window stickers spell out “go home”!!! Not-so-subliminal message, … Continue reading

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The Place By Night

The Place, Friday night, after the giant movie screen was turned off.

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World’s Most Boring Lesson

Or my kids playing Verb Charades.

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Stick On Life In China

“The next time I play Civ, I’m going to NOT develop Alphabet and see how far my civilization can go.”

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The Ministry Of Silly Walks

I have a student, we’ll call him Alex, since that’s what I think his English name is supposed to be. Whenever Alex goes up to the board to answer a question, he wants to hop or skip or crawl or … Continue reading

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