More pictures
Eli and Anna with Coco, beloved stuffed animal which Laura Romanoff sent when Eli was born. E now sleeps with him every night.
barbecue confusion
Life here often feels like one miscommunication after another. Sunday was a classic example. We had this party for Becky’s office, as discussed below. I bought a new bbq, which I had been wanting to do and this got me going. I spent some time…
Kathy Chen has a baby, we have a party
We had a gathering here on Sunday for Becky’s office. It was supposed to be a sort of sendoff for Kathy Chen and Lily, the office manager, who are both due to have babies in about a month. But Kathy actually had her baby two days prior, at…
Jacob at the Summer Palace
We just got these pictures of Jacob at the Summer Palace with the newspaper editors. They are pretty classic. That is Marty Barron, editor of the Boston Globe with his hand on Jacob's shoulder.
Last column
I am finishing up work on this week's column and realized that I never posted the last one, due to traveling, etc. Here it is, if you haven't seen it.
Hong Kong and Shanghai
Show Different Side of China
April 14, 2006
After less than…
GMail is down
It hasn't worked reliably for two days and i am going insane. Does anyone else have this problem?
Basketball metaphors
Let’s step into the wayback machine and travel back in time, about three or four weeks. I really wanted to get this up, but with all the action, sad news, tough news, traveling etc. it got lost in the shuffle.My friend and Slam colleague Lang…
I’m not sleeping
Art wrote:It's too bad you're in China for all this political stuff. It's a once in a lifetime opportunity to watch an administration self destruct; and we are in the front row. ARBelieve me, I am watching it all quite intently from here. On…
The Sky is Crying
"The sky is crying. Look at the tears rolling down the street"Until this week, I never pondered those classic blues lyrics by Elmore James as anything more than a metaphor for intense longing and heartbreak. These pictures are from various sites..…
Long live the King
I just posted this ina B.B. King thread on the Guitar World.com message board.I also inspired me to dig up the story I pasted in on the bottom, which I wrote years ago when B.B. debuted a column in Guitar World. I have seen B.B. many, many times.…