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Backstreet Boys Report

I wouldn’t cross the street to see the Backstreet Boys back home. Yet there I was the other night crossing from one end of Beijing to the other, probably passing by about 8 million people in route to see the past-their-prime boy band perform at the Capital Gymnasium, which is on the Western edge of […]

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My head hurts – learning Chinese

Ow. My head hurts. I just finished my first Chinese lesson in a month or so. It was depressing how much I forgot but actually kind of encouraging how much I remembered (which is anything at all). It was only my second class solo, since Tom, my old partner in crime, left. The first one […]

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Lost in space

I wrote a great post about the Backstreet Boys concert last night but Jacob ran up here after school, eager to get on cartoon network.com and somehow managed to close down everything I was working on, losing that and some other stuff. Ugh. I will try to pull it back together tonight or tomorrow as […]

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The Dead at the Playboy Mansion

Check out this video, which I saw courtesy of Norm Bradford. Pretty classic Hefner/Garcia footage, probably circa 1969. The guys in the band are dressed like cartoon hippies from Dragnet. Thanks Norm! If the link isn’t working, cut and paste this if you’re interested. http://www.youtube.com/watch_fullscreen?video_id=20WC2GcTQoI&l=593&fs=1&title=Grateful%20Dead%2

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Hug your kids

Another tragic tale of a young parent lost too soon is here. This guy was friend of Judy and Steve Burns in Ann Arbor and Judy sent me the link. It moved me, so I thought I’d share it with you all. All I can say is hug your loved ones and appreciate every day […]

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Jet lag continues

Day two… Anna woke up at 2:30 this morning, which means we got an extra hour or two of sleep, I guess. She came in bed and we put on Caillou on the portable DVD player. How did people survive without those things? Jacob joined her by 3 and Eli by 3:30. They all watched […]

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Getting back in the groove

I used to think that jet lag was bullshit. I always believe din getting on a plane, setting my watch to the time in the destination city and that was that. I had no patience for people (my mom, Becky…) saying, “It’s midnight in New Jersey!” But that was before I was up at 3:30 […]

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Getting ready to head back

Well, we are completely exhausted but feeling good as we prepare to head back to Beijing in the morning. We had a great trip, saw a lot of friends and families, had some good meetings, did a bunch of work, etc. It’s not exactly relaxing and I’m not sure I would use the word vacation, […]

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