Chinese escorts like Big in China?
Well, this is awkward...A lovely review of Big in China, posted by "chinaescort" on a page of ads for China escorts and masseuses. Thanks for pointing me there, Google Alerts!
Sample post: "Hi, guys, I am Sonja, a fragrant young Chinese girl…
Damn it, sugar DOES NOT make kids hyper
Few urban legends annoy me as much as "sugar makes kids hyper." It's so widespread that I don't even bother correcting it any more. I just end up sounding like a know-it-all nag, one of the only things in the world more annoying than someone…
Lorax movie looks like an abomination
I didn't know they were making a Lorax movie and I wish I still didn't. I came across this trailer and I think it looks like an abomination and a horror show. Yuck.
Yes, Beijing pollution is really that bad. A Big in China excerpt
The air in Beijing seems to be really, really bad right now. So many friends there are discussing/tweeting/emailing me about it.
As James Fallows wrote today on his Atlantic blog, "'Hey, Beijing has bad air!' is not a news flash. But…
The story behind Dire Straits’ “Sultans of Swing”
Guitar World did a cover story on the 100 greatest guitar solos of all time in approx. 1998. I wrote a whole bunch of the entries and will be posting some of them here. I start, rather randomly, with Mark Knopfler and "Sultans of Swing." As…
Tonight in NYC – Big in China band @ Uncle Mike’s in Tribeca
New York debut for my Big in China band is tonight at Uncle Mike's in Tribeca. And yes they do have a TV if you want to catch Game 7 of the Series as well.
Uncle Mikes: 57 Murray St (between Broadway & Church) TriBeCa, New York
"Beijing…
Marvin Gaye sings the greatest, most outrageous National Anthem ever
I happened to see some lame sitcom star sing the most flat, un-emotional, boring National Anthem you can imagine before the World Series the other night and it got me thinking about the greatest National Anthem ever and the one that was most…
The sad, sad situation of the Chinese toddler who was run over
Quite a few people have written or tweeted me to ask my opinion about the awful case of the Chinese toddler who was run over not once but twice while many, many passerbys did nothing, just passing her body lying in the street. It's an awful…
Mazel Tov to Evan Wolfson and Cheng He
What a nice story in Sunday's New York Times Vows section celebrating the wedding of Evan Wolfson and Cheng He. The article rightly describes Evan, as “widely considered to be a key architect of the movement to legalize same-sex marriage.”…