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Alltop China
I just discovered that Simpson’s Paradox is listed on AllTop’s China blogs… along with Sinosplice, Imagethief, RConversation, Hao Hao, IfGoGo, CNReviews, OneManBandwidth and a list of other really amazing China blogs. It’s awesome to be listed with the bloggers that … Continue reading
Posted in Yantai
Tagged alltop, awesome, bloggers, China, China blog, China Blogs, Chinese life, CNReviews, other blogs, sinosplice, Yantai
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Still Life Without Stick
Stick left today, which was just as miserable as the last time he left China. Airport goodbyes don’t actually get any easier with practice. We had a really insane 36 hours getting him ready to go. Finally, as he was … Continue reading
Posted in Beijing, Books, North Carolina
Tagged awesome, back to China, Books, China, Chinese life, Facebook, family, mail, North Carolina, Raleigh, Rome, Stick, still life with
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Pounds Sterling
Last night, I went shopping with Diana on the little streets by Qianhai. There’s a gorgeous old street, lined with craft and clothing and tea stores, and one place selling nothing but decorative matchbox covers. There’s also a stinky-tofu vendor … Continue reading
Posted in Beijing
Tagged as seen in Beijing, awesome, BeijingRRR, British, China, Chinese life, coffee, Diana, expats, Houhai, Humanaught, other blogs, qianhai
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Please Get Ready For Your Arrival
My friend Hugo likes to laugh. I mean, he really likes to laugh. He can’t tell a joke because as he’s telling it, he thinks of how funny the punchline is, and laughs too hard to keep talking. He’s a … Continue reading
Posted in Beijing
Tagged adventures with Stick, awesome, Chinese life, classicists, Diana, Hugo, pretending to be an adult, reading, Stick, subway, travel, twitter
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Feel-Good Revolution
After Saturday night KTV with the CNReviews crew, on Sunday Stick andI met up with Heather and Will. They’ve been living in our complex since the fall, although we hadn’t met. We know some of the other teachers in their … Continue reading
Posted in Fengtai
Tagged awesome, China, Chinese life, CNReviews, KTV, mail, mandarin, other blogs, reading, Stick, wo ai xi can, Xidan, yihai
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International Communications
Stick and I saw this car on Saturday when we were walking down to Houhai from our NEW APARTMENT. “Wash me” in three languages. I love Beijing! We kept walking down along the lake to the Starbucks. It was just … Continue reading
Posted in Beijing
Tagged awesome, Chinese life, coffee, high-speed hutong, Houhai, Starbucks, Stick, Yuyu
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Oddly Appropriate
I’m exhausted after a few very full days, I’ll post properly tomorrow. I had dinner and KTV tonight with the awesome CNReviews team, Elliott Ng, Min Guo and David Feng, and talk turned to checking blog stats and search terms, … Continue reading
Posted in New York City
Tagged awesome, Chinese life, CNReviews, KTV, New York City, other blogs, search terms
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Semi-Literate
We were coming out of the Hou Hai Starbucks this afternoon, and saw a water poet. I’ve written about this before, I think it’s awesome to watch them paint disappearing poems with their giant brushes. We went over to watch … Continue reading
Posted in New York City
Tagged awesome, Chinese life, dictionary, e3, Eric, mail, New York City, Starbucks, Stick
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Talent Show
On Friday, my class played Hippopotamus. This is an awesome game for mixed levels, easily modified for students’ English abilities and not mind-numbingly repetitive. You send one person into the hall while the rest of the class picks a verb. … Continue reading
Posted in Chapel Hill
Tagged awesome, Charlie Gordon, duds, LOST, mail, my students, podcast, teaching teenagers
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Nuren Jie
Yesterday, Stick and I went exploring at the famous Lady Street (Nuren Jie). They have some gorgeous flower stalls, manicure and massage places, and lots of clothes shopping. The shopping was kind of like a less pushy, more expensive Silk … Continue reading
Posted in Beijing
Tagged awesome, China, chinese, Chinese life, coffee, mail, noodles, silk market, Stick, World of WarCraft, WoW
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