Browsing All Posts published on »August, 2011«

Chinglish Loving Life

August 7, 2011

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This sign was posted on a rail separating viewers from a 10,170 foot drop off the peak of Mount Emeishan: The advice is pretty straightforward–if you think life is okay, or maybe even love life, then you probably don’t want to climb to the other side of the hand rail and fall off the mountain. […]

Saturday Rambler

August 6, 2011

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I visited Edinburgh ten years ago, but I don’t remember seeing so many redheads.  I saw more redheads in my first twenty-four hours here than I had seen in the previous ten years combined.  Although to be honest, I’ve lived in China for seven of those years and the variety of hair colors is pretty slim.  When […]

Friday Love Letters: Dear Jane Seymour

August 5, 2011

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Dear Jane Seymour, I realize you’re a classy Englishwoman so I assume it will take more than dinner and a movie coupled with conversation about my fantasy football draft to win you over.  I’m not sure I’m genuinely classy, but I’ve taken pretending to be classy to a whole new level.  I own a smoking […]

What Would Harry Potter Do?

August 4, 2011

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Kids like to be teased. When my kids say they don’t like to be teased I realize this is their way of teasing me back and begging for more teasing. I tease my kids a lot, but I hope my teasing manages to teach them valuable life lessons at the same time because this helps […]

Dear Good Greatsby: Should I Pretend Not to be Better Than Everyone Else?

August 3, 2011

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Today’s questions come from blogger and author, Tyler Tarver.  Allow me to introduce Tyler by saying he has never asked to borrow money or invited me to his child’s birthday party, thus winning my hearty endorsement of him as a writer and human. Allow Tyler to describe himself in his own inspiring words: “Tyler is […]

That Film is so Gay

August 2, 2011

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Hollywood loves to re-make movies.  The first Spider-Man film premiered in 2002, and after three films they are already rebooting the series with an entirely new cast set to debut in 2012. The movie, A Star is Born, is now being re-made for the fourth time.  The first film came in 1937 and starred Janet […]

The Search Engine Oracle Keeps on Speaking

August 1, 2011

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Every search term tells a story.  As I explained in my previous posts, Search Engine Oracle one and two, I like to imagine the circumstances that inspire these searchers to rush to a search engine seeking advice.  What happened to this searcher earlier in the day? what do you say when someone tells you that someone […]