Category Archives: New York City

Pineapple Popcorn

We found this popcorn stand just outside our complex. First, you pick your flavor. The possible flavors are pineapple, strawberry, some word I don’t know and chocolate. Popcorn lady puts sugar and butter and pineapple flavoring in a gas-powered popcorn … Continue reading

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Rainbow Brite Halloween Costume

The guys at halloweenpartystore.com want you to know about their selection of Halloween costumes. I love dressing up, and I always go all-out — you’ll never catch me putting on half-hearted ears and saying “Oh, I’m a bunny.” HalloweenPartyStore has … Continue reading

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Spreading Seeds?

Limited time tonight, so I’ll just leave you with a picture of the least appropriate logo for a condom package. Stick says Trojans just as bad, what with the breached wall and destroyed city thing, but I say that even … Continue reading

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Chinese Copyright

Meg: Stick! Are you copying my colored-flowers lesson plan? Stick: We’re in China, there’s no intellectual property.

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It’s Yellow Uniform Day?

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Proper English Usage

We were told by the director to correct the students’ English names on the first day of class. It wasn’t too hard since my students are all named Ross, Monica, Phoebe, Joey and Rachel. (Apparently Chandler was just a little … Continue reading

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My Office

I told Stick the apostrophe makes it mine, but for some reason his desk is there too.

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Post Office

Related posts: The same post office in March, 2008.

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The Real Reason I Came Back To China

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You’d Have Thought The Same Thing

They took Stick’s toothpaste away before they’d let us on the plane, but we got more toothpaste easily at a shop near our new place. But last night before bed I was simultaneously wondering why the toothpaste tasted funny and … Continue reading

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