Entries by AlanPaul

More ski video

I continue to celebrate the return of high-speed internet with video of our Xmas trip. Unfortunately, I did not have any footage of Eli, who skiied really well.

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A little taste of EC

This gives you a pretty good idea of what this band sounds like. Now I’m a little pissed he didn’t play “After Midnight.” Note the highly idiosynractic styles of both Doyle and Derek. You couldn’t search out two more unconventional blues players.

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Ahoy Matey

NOTE: Pictures are back. Yippee. Apparently, it was just because of the infernally slow connections we’ve had since New Year because of the Taiwan earthquake interrupting the underseas cable. We are back to almost normal speeds. Eli wanted this pirates costume so badly.. he begged and pleaded and whined for it.. we finally gave in […]

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Year of the Pig

Becky edited a story on advertising in China for the Year of the Pig and the government’s surprising decision to ban ads featuring pigs. Pigs are everywhere now.. in toy stores, gift shops.. cartoon posters hung up everywhere of pigs in chinese garb. I thought it was quite interesting and a good read. Here are […]

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Last week’s column

THE EXPAT LIFE By ALAN PAUL Facing the Fears, and Facts, Of Living With Pollution January 19, 2007 Rebecca and I first visited Beijing almost two years ago, spending eight days here while trying to decide whether or not to move. About halfway through, the skies became hazy and the air began to smell a […]

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Mom’s sports quiz

I wrote the other day about my mom’s sports prowess and projected what she would know. I couldn’t just let that stand untested, so I put Suzi to the test yesterday. I say she passed with a solid B+. You be the judge. What is a play action pass?That’s where they pretend to give the […]

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Clapton in Shanghai

I haven’t paid for a whole lot of concert tickets for the last 15 years or so. I’ve been on that Guitar World gravy train for so long that sometimes I forget how much cash real people tend to pay for such events. Sure, I usually bought tickets for one Allmans show a year at […]

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Way to go mom

Many years ago, my brother and his friends had a sports quiz for their mothers. My mom dusted them all. She’s maintained a pretty good sports knowledge all these years. She knows what a play action pass is, can probably name 15 steelers starters as well as the Pirates infield and explain in rough concept […]

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New Steelers coach commentary

This morning I logged onto www.post-gazette.com and read through fans comments on the Blog ‘N Gold steelers fan blog. A lot of them were pretty scary initial reactions. People were really pissed that the Steelers hired the outsider, which I considered a rather loaded term, over the inside guy. The perceptions are doubly loaded because […]

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