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Okay, I’ve largely sworn off politics for the blog and will see if I can keep that up through the mid term elections. But I thought the George Allen thing was so funny and revealing that I had to put it up. Maybe my perspective is warped because…
Who you callin’ a Jew bitch?
Note the very end, when he accuses questioner of "casting aspersions" about his heritage.
Weekend travel
Well, we’ve been keeping to our pledge to get out and about more this year. We went away the least two weekends, for at least a day. Last weekend, we went out to the country home in a small village of our friends Eric and Titi. We had a great…
Catching Up with Summer Photos: Beach Haven
I’m still working my through the hundreds of photos we took this summer. The process has been greatly slowed by my continuing lack of high-speed connections at home. I am now sitting in a subway, of all places. They have a great connection.Beach…
Catching Up with Summer Photos: Beach Haven
I’m still working my through the hundreds of photos we took this summer. The process has been greatly slowed by my continuing lack of high-speed connections at home. I am now sitting in a subway, of all places. They have a great connection.Beach…
Last week’s column
This should seem pretty familiar to you regular readers, like CARRIE WELLS. Do you think my responses to reader letters are too pithy? THE EXPAT LIFEBy ALAN PAUL A Hike in the Hills OffersAn Escape From the CitySeptember 14, 2006 6:43 p.m.Beijing…
Selling Out
We went out to an interesting and fun dinner last night. A surprise 40th birthday party for a new friend who works at the Embassy in a pretty big job, and we met a lot of new people, interesting folks. There were two guests there who read my…
Interesting blog
This is an interesting blog. A mirror image of mine. Young chinese woman studying at columbia and recounting her experiences in NYC. Skip all the homework stuff at top and scroll down. I thought it was quite interesting.Note: Alan De Zon, who…
Music Lovers Check This Out
There is a site called Rock's Back Pages -- www.rocksbackpages.comwhich includes about 5,000 articles by a host of rothe mbest music writers of the last 30-40 years, including, ahem, me. I've only given them a few things actually but the real…
Catching up with summer Photos: Maple Mountain
I am on my laptop at the orchard, a beautiful restuarant nearby where we are having our birthday party next week. In fact, I came by to discuss plans and brought my laptop to do some writing in the gardens. Unbenownest to me, they have wireless,…