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The Boys and Minnesota

The reason we moved back to the US is beginning to unfold, as spring takes hold, and the boys behold the burgeoning beauty of a

Stay the course

I recently wrote a post about my Chengdu Compound, and the comments on the post, and on Reddit, reflect two things, in general: 1) Good

Free

My boy heard me singing this at 6:30am as I prepared for work. He woke up and padded out and hung out by the door

like a chicken grease chord

Doing research for this project brought a picture to my mind of me in a field of yellow flowers with a long butterfly net chasing

Adrift during the Holiday

I find myself sleeping, tweeting, taking notes. Talking to people I don’t know. Coffee and cigarettes. And carrying my son around on my shoulders so

The Dreamer and the Rebel

When I look at my sons, I feel as if the complexities of my soul have been sundered into two separate facets and placed within

Foreign Men, Represent

If I were single and still in the Game, I would hold myself and all others to an oath of silence on the sociological phenomenon

Mother’s milk under attack!

There are daily examples all across the world of the media mis-reporting the news and influencing public opinion. Some of them we just let go

Merry Christmas from the Family

Here are some recent pics of my two boys, Stinky and Plumpy. For family and friends 😉 Love, Sascha Yushi Dorian Damian  

Imprisoned

Liao Yiwu is a Chengdu native and he recently escaped over to Berlin via the Horse and Tea Trade Route pathways of southern China. Reading

Many faces

I went to Carrefour aka Roundabout aka 家乐福 to buy a razor and shaving cream and it took me almost an hour. Carrefour is a

For those of you with lil ones:

The Little Mole is a super cute cartoon for kids up to around 2yrs of age. You can show it to older kids, but these

The Future is now

While avoiding the drudge work at Ctrip, I stumbled across the theory of neoteny in evolution. Neoteny is when infant features appear in adults ie

Scattered Fam

So we’re on the eternal search for “the Spot” that will allow me to sip tea and write best sellers while bean makes big big

Raihan was right

When my man Raihan heard I was having  baby, he wrote me a message that went basically: “When you feel the rage and are about

Poo issues

All last night i pooped out water and wandered between dream states with these lines from J-Dilla’s Jungle Love going through my head over and

Recent news and other tidbits

Once again, i have neglected my own personal blog in favor of other “cooler” spots that either pay me or raise my exposure level up

Laoba and Dorian

My father in law left last night and I have a feeling it will be a very long time until we see each other again.

Another Son

Two boys now, depending on me to show them the way. For at least half their lives willingly and then for another 1/4 or so

Dorian’s First Birthday

Lil Dorian turned one on February 8th and we went to our old stomping gronds in San Sheng Xiang to celebrate with good friends. The

Chinese Winters Suck

These past days I feel like I am just holding on … waiting for this miserable winter to end. Winters in China are exceptionally difficult

Visa Issues

I made a very big mistake and assumed that I could re-new Dorian’s visa in Germany. His visa expired while we were in Germany for

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

My Rainy Poem

Zhang Yushi — Yu means rain, Shi mean poem or poetry or poet … depending. i met her for the first time back in the

Well well well

What Providence, What Divine Intelligence … so i am leaving the Wagon today and headed to a different brighter spot up the road a bit.

Chirp Out Day

Chirp Out is the day of freedom and joy for my Tribe. Its the day when we hit the road again after a season of

I got out of the house

My brother was sworn in yesterday and is now considered by the Supreme Court of Minnesota to be legit. Bonafide. Hey … here are some

me and my cat gimpy

Gimpy got his first taste of pussy last week. I can imagine the look on his face, that shocked yet determined screwed up expression. A

Irvine, CA

I had a very fine Thanksgiving Holiday with my family in SoCal (southern California) and it is about to end in a few hours. I

We love the Bills

Here are some pics and a video from the last week. We had a Halloween Party and went to watch the Bills get beaten by

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