Entries by AlanPaul

Priceless

I found this through the Sports Guy Bill Simmons. Not sure if it was created as comedy, though I suspect not. But if this doesn’t make you smile, seek professional help.

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First day of school photos

Finally can post some pictures… It’s a long and funny story, which I will relate one of these days… It is tenuous, hooked up with a Rube Goldberg contraption that us running off one line instead of two or three. It is working well but could vanish any time. These were last Tuesday, first day […]

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Classic Jacob letter

Jacob has still been very into writing letters on the computer using clip Art and Word Art. Usually they say something like “You are my best friend… I can’t wait to see you again… I love China…” But for the last week or so, he has been muttering about being ripped off in a Yu […]

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Column response

I am going through the letters from my last column and editing them down to run this week. But I wanted to share this one with you. I would actually like to run part of it but it is hard to edit. Read it all the way through, then my response. I have a lot […]

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Still No DSL and more…

MY DSL line is still down and has been all week. Several other friends are having the same problem. Apparently, there was some sort of telecom “update” done that for whatever reason left some of us but not all of us in the dust. I had the guy from China Telecom here last Friday and […]

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Struggling with next column a bit

Man, I am really struggling with this week’s column. Part of it is just struggling t o get back into a routine and groove. Part of it still being out of sorts from jetlag. Part of it the kids just finally went back to school today, giving me a little peace and quiet. Part of […]

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Good story about Beijing Hospitals

My friend alan de zon, writes: I made my monthly attempt to hit your blogspot from Beijing, and was amazed to connect immediately. I can only imagine why you’re suddenly accessible, though I couldn’t imagine why you were blocked on the first place. Liked your piece on suction massage. My wife arrives here Monday, and […]

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More updates coming soon

I have been having major connectivity issues.. like I am not connected to the internet. It’s very frustrating. I am on B’s computer, using dialup, which is remarkably fast, via the WSJ lines, but it’s all very frustrating. This is no way to get things done. I wrote a whole happy birthday Eli post that […]

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