Entries by AlanPaul

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 rooting for that goonish thug Giambi to […]

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Ding dong the witch is dead

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/09/28/AR2005092800270_pf.html Okay, 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. Notice how Delay absolutely refuses to back down or admit anything at all. Complete lack of shame can take you far. And, hey, maybe the […]

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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, the head coach, was at the Eagles game and handed […]

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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 Sand Mountain where he has been distilling and […]

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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 the young workout guys. eli and jacob plopped right down between them.

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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 on our stay in China. It is about 1,000 days right now. The bottom picture is a […]

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About that Internet crackdown…

“China Tightens Its Restrictions for News Media on the Internet” Yes, I saw this article, so you can stop emailing it to me. And no, it has not had any effect that is noticeable to me, at least not yet. I copied the headline above from the NY Times website. People have told me that […]

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