Bowels are a funny thing in a new culture. There is new and interesting food that must be tasted, and tested out on ones internal system. There is new bacteria to encounter and all sorts of nasty goodness that plays tricks on the old digestive system.
I have been in China now for nearly […]
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Personal on August 30th, 2007
The move to Shanghai has, in more than one way, messed up my blogging. Obviously I have moved back to blogger, which isn’t so bad in itself except that it leaves all the words I wrote on Wordpress back at that blog. Also that blog had built up a good following and had […]
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At the beginning of last season, had their been a vote or a contest on which behind-the-scenes show loosely based on Saturday Night Live was better or would come out on the top, I would have hands down bet on Studio 60. No wait let’s rephrase that. In the middle of the season, I would […]
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TV on August 25th, 2007
Ok, here’s the deal: Way back when I started this blog, right here on Blogger. It was almost a fluke as it was all about France, but then it turned into crazy pop culture stuff and I was hooked. I was a real blogger.
Then I messed with the template and everything failed. […]
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I have created the new China blog, The Shanghai Cafe. (Yes I know that’s a dumb name, but it declares where I am, and ties it to the Midnight Cafe.) This blog will be for daily posting of my everyday life. From time to time I will post longer, more interesting pieces and for […]
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China on August 10th, 2007
We leave Monday. As in a little more than a day from right now. As in really, really soon.
We’ve packed, unpacked, and packed our bags again and again. They are weighed and measured and we think everything is exactly right. Yet we are still taking some back up bags in case […]
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China on August 5th, 2007
Yar! There be spoilers ahead.
My first memory of anything Harry Potter was during my first few days at the credit card company I used to work for – or rather the first couple of weeks as I know my training period was over. I walked into cube-land and my trainer was propped up […]
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Books on August 2nd, 2007
I know I’ve been absent a lot this week. Turns out preparing for a year in China takes a lot of work and stress and inability to write coherently. Actually I have a bit on the last Harry Potter book, but it continues to grow in length and needs a good deal […]
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News on August 2nd, 2007