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Christmas in Heidelberg

This Christmas Bean Stinky and I are spending time i Heidelberg with my family. Heidelberg is a tidy, historic old city on the Neckar River

The Beijing Consensus

Let’s take a look at the countries that refused to attend the Nobel Peace Prize Ceremony: Afghanistan, Algeria, Cuba, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, Russia, Kazakhstan,

The Assassination of Julian Assange

I want a show of hands: How many people have kept doing it after the condom broke? How many people out there believe that Julian

Holy Shit I miss Sichuan

Man I found myself teary eyed listening to the Ya Jian Bang sing about Sichuan food. I was thinking about what it would feel like

One Second Encounters

I can only remember a few, but my mind swims with them in the hours before i rise and after the alarm has already been

Horses and Tea and all manner of Roads

I’ve been up and down the “horse and tea trade route” a few times. basically the road from Chengdu south to Bangkok, as far as

China Travel Articles

I have been working for ChinaTravel.net for a couple months now and I am beginning to develop a sense of loyalty to the place. I

Being a Rock Star in China

I have tried to write about this a few times from a few different angles … here is a story on the Rock Music scene

Mixed Blood Prince

I wrote another small essay about raising children in China, specifically about mixed-blood babies and how they are treated here and what they can expect.

Time-Lapse Video in China

Here is a post for ChinaTravel.net about a group of (actually an individual named Joe) filmmakers who are doing some interesting work with time-lapse and

Anti-Japan Protests Rock Chengdu

The conflict between the Chinese and Japanese is getting heated. First Chinese “fishing boats” enter “disputed territory” and snoop around.. Japan sends in destroyers to

Dreamin bout Portland

I remember Portland sometimes and kick myself in the balls for not experiencing more of that town. But hey, grass is always greener right? I

Big Bosses

I got a new story up, a lil something about a big boss I met back in the day called: Boss Sung’s Wife. I met

Better Axe Somebody

I been listening to Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings for some time now and if you don’t know, you better axe somebody. Or click

Just in Case My Baby Calls

Bean made homemade hotpot two days ago and the last of it just got slurped up … I won’t tell you what’s happening now in

New ish has come to Light

If you have not noticed, I have a few Fiction tales up. I won’t be posting a bunch of tales there, just a couple to

Can’t Truss It ..

No No No No! I try not to get sucked into these discussions anymore, but part of my daily routine is to open sites like

Commando Style

Here is a post I wrote about the Big Bus Tour in Shanghai. The interview kinda goes into the exciting way things can get done

Chinese Baby Products Pose a Danger

Last night I spent about an hour putting together a baby bed for Dorian. It was a pretty shoddy little bed and a very shoddy

WOW FTW: Gamers Can Save the World

This has popped up three times in the past 5 days, so I have to drop it. I watched this speech here by Jane McGonigal

Class Lines Apparent

I went on a little Man on the Street interview stroll yesterday, asking people what they had planned for the October Holiday. I pretty much

You might wanna ask Somebody

One my oldest brain patnas in the world, Tshisuaka aka aka aka has got some ish going on at CitizenMinneapolis.com This brother is a poet

New Gig

Hi Everybody, welcome to my new site. Its a little stark compared to my fluffy old Chachin Aint Easy, but hey. things change don’t they.

Ain’t got no Game

Sascha ain’t got no game. Today is a beautiful day. the tree in my backyard is drooping leaves down into my face and the sun

They’re catching on …

In this NYT story, the benfit of mushrooms is being researched by scientists and medical practitioners, one of which called it, “existential medicine.”

Whatcha Learn

You know my family always used to make fun of my dad cuz he had like one or two homies. and even those guys he

Dream within a dream

Last night for the first time that I can remember, someone asked me what I was dreaming about in my dream. I was so taken

Little Man

Today has been a good day. above is a pic of lil man and his brother — the other boy was born in the same

A Full Month: Smooches and Poo

I have absolutely no time to write anything. Little Man turned one month today and here is what’s been happenin: He empties breasts like they

From Now On

Dorian turns two weeks in a little less than an hour. The following is an altered message I wrote to a friend and is the

Beginning to feel the 安

安 means peace and is represented by a woman under a roof. I always figured this character was a bit patriarchal … but now that

My man Fu Qiang

Has just opened up a shop selling his CDs (compilations of music he digs) and art. He takes pictures and uses software to make his

redemption is just one way of saying

my job is to pull you back from the brink of darknessprotect you from the prince of shadowsshow you the flower in all seasonskeep you

So, what now?

I find myself asking this question after reading stories like this one by the late Michael Kreca. This information is not new to me —

The Du

Here is a little list of cool spots in Chengdu. This is actually a VERY incomplete list, but its a good start. holla.

Pig Fat

I’ve been using a lot of pig fat in my cooking recently. Yushi’s dad dropped by and left two big bowls of lard, a pile

Haiti

here is a short essay on Haiti and Chengdu and some of the similarities and differences in the disasters that struck here and there.

The Ancients said:

“And I wish that I were not any partof the fifth generationof men, but had died before it cameor had been born afterward.For here now

Thinking about my brothers

The army drums cut off human travel,A lone goose sounds on the borderland in autumn.Tonight we start the season of White Dew,The moon is just

Google unlocks the vault!!!!

Everything the Chinese government has blocked is now available via Google, including pictures of Tiananmen, articles on Free Tibet and the Dalai Lama and everything

Google fed up with China

You can check out the full article on Google and China here at Chengdu Living. Check it out and leave a comment. PeaceS

China reacts to Avatar the Movie

Avatar the movie opened up in China on January 4th, 2010. Lines stretched for blocks outside of most every theater in the nation for the

Crib finalized

Contract signed. The crib is real nice, we is happy. I wish I could show you pics, but i have to wait till those greasy

Chengdu Living

Spent all day yesterday cooking up various meals and eating them on the spot. I’ve been brewing the soup for two days (into the third)

A new leaf

As you can see, I have changed a few colors on the blog. let me know what you think. I have been writing for Antiwar.com

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