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Biking through Beijing and Mongolian Hot Pot

I spent the afternoon with Jack, the great tour guide we met last April through our friend Arlene Stein. We did a bike tour through Beijing, for a story I'm working on for the Journal, actually. I did a similar your with him in the spring and…

Yankee fan? Are you kidding me?

Ok. I knew I was wading into some choppy waterby admitting I was rooting for the Yankees. DP fires the first shot. A Yankee's fan. Are you kidding me. The next time tickets become available for a Bucco's playoff game (I know that may be never)…

Could I actually be a.. gulp, Yankees fan?

A couple of weeks ago, I found myself anxiously jumping on ESPN.com in the morning to see if the Yankees were winning. They were still a game or two behind the Sox and I was surprised to realize that I was really pulling for them. I was even…
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Jacob’s field trip to the Great Wall

I have a host of great pictures, but for some reason I can't post them today. It took me a bunch of tries to get these three up. I posted them at Kodakgallery.com. If you want to see them, send me an email and I will send you over there. This…

Ding dong the witch is dead

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/09/28/AR2005092800270_pf.htmlOkay, I know he's not really dead. And I know that this probably doesn't change a thing, at least immediately. But it is still worth popping the corks over.…

Why you need word verification now to post comments

Simply put, to stop the idiotic, machine-generated SPAM comments you must have noticed. Thanks.

Answering your mail — starting with Mr. Rosary

Delaware Dave is back:Great pics of the kids in Tianamenn. The kids look happy. It sounds like they are getting into the adventure of it all.You will be happy to know that Holy Rosary took down Mr. Aviat from Elkton, MD this weekend. Scott,…

I thought dixie doc had hired a publicist

...when I saw this email in my in box.79 year old mountain man makes debut solo album...Then I read this..."79 year old country music journeyman Cast King hails from a small spot in the hills of Alabama between Heaven and hard luck called Old…
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Four more photos

Now these pictures crack me up. As I've said before, these public exercise things are all over beijing and the kids love the, especially jacob. There were a bunch of peopl ereally using them hard on Sunday, including an old lady and…
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More pics from Tiananmen Square

Tiananmen is surrounded on two sides by big government ministries, including the place where the politburo votes 2,000-2 in favor of things. They have a big countdown to the Olympics clock there. It is also, essentially, a countdown…