Entries by AlanPaul

Mold/shopping

We have a mold problem. I’m not sure how bad it is but there is some nasty black stuff font eh wall of our playroom downstairs and we had a pipe leak which brought water damage to the already nasty rug down there. We’re changing that and will repaint but I know we need to […]

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Becky and friends road race

Last week, Becky ran an 8k race as part of the Beijing Marathon. She was with friends Kristi Belete, Vivian Nazari and Liz Durkin. These are before and after pictures and I don’t think they look any worse for the wear. It started at Tiananmen Square at 7:30 AM. They left here at 6:30. I […]

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The new Insider’s Guide to Beijing came out a few weeks ago. It is a fairly massive tome and very good and quite well read in our world. I wrote a few pieces for it, including a rewrite of my first WSJ column. They ran that in the front as part of the introduction to […]

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Great journalism

This brilliant story about the Washington Wizards’ Gilbert Arenas left me speachless. I now have a new favorite player. It has also encouraged me to renew a sub to Esquire. Wow.

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Free Int’l Phone calls

Friend David Goldberger sent me this: www.futurephone.com This company is making money on “telecom triage” — the federal subsidy they collect from the federal govt for providing the call from Iowa is less than the cost of providing the service, so they make money on every minute. A loophole that the feds will probably close […]

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Some oldie but goodies

Icky Reingold sent me these pictures a while back. Taken probably 4-5 years ago at a Thanksgiving weekend Dixie Doc gig at the Penn Brewery, North Side of Pittsburgh. That’s me, Icky and Ripper if you don’t know. Whatever happened to nicknames? And I mean real nicknames not JKidd-style initial BS.

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China holding up the U.S. Economy?

This is the first few paragraphs of the latest China story Becky ushered onto Page One. I thought it was well worth reading. If anyone wants to see the whole thing, let me know and I will forward you a link. China’s Reserves Near Milestone,Underscoring Its Financial CloutBy ANDREW BROWNEOctober 17, 2006; Page A1 BEIJING […]

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Jamming in memory of Danny Pearl

Last Saturday night was Daniel Pearl World Music Day, honoring the late, great WSJ journalist. He was apparently a great guy and great musician and on or around his birthday, the world celebrates with special performances in clubs all across the globe. I think it’s important to remember that he was a person — and […]

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Last week’s column

Finding Hidden TreasuresWith Visiting ParentsOctober 12, 2006 11:30 p.m. Because China is undeniably hot, living here means receiving a constant stream of visitors, ranging from colleagues to best friends and everything in between. They come just to see us or for tours, business trips and fact-finding missions. Our entire family enjoys the company and the […]

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It’s My Cousins’ Really Cute Kid Day

This is Ashley Dallos, daughter of my cousin Andy Dallos and his wife Laurie. I’m not quite sure what is happening here, but she is adorable. They should bring her to China and let her be a princess. Halloween preview of Rachel and Julia Cohen, Dan and Alisa’s daughters. Another prizewinner.

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