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Friday Love Letters: Dear Turkish Girl I Saw on a Bus in Germany for Six Minutes and Fell in Love With
Dear Turkish Girl I Saw on a Bus in Germany for Six Minutes and Fell in Love With, How long has it been since that fall evening on the bus? I think I was still a teenager, right? I’m not sure why I’m asking you for confirmation of my age since we never actually talked and I […]
Dear Good Greatsby: How Can I Convince My Sister-in-law to Leave the Country?
August 10, 2011
Today’s guest panelist will be my mom, who has promised to only give advice relating to the question and not use this as a platform to criticize my life choices. In exchange, I’ve offered to stop arguing when she suggests I like the same things I liked when I was five. When she suggests I feed […]
Notes from Edinburgh
August 9, 2011
My English friends keep pointing out British celebrities here at the Edinburgh Fringe that I didn’t know were celebrities: “Hey, look behind you. That’s Ruby Wax!” “Who’s Ruby Wax?” “Are you serious? She’s been on the telly for years.” “Sorry, but I’m not familiar with British television celebrities.” “But she’s an American!” “But she’s only on TV […]
People I Want to Impress
August 8, 2011
We all want to be liked. Or if not liked, at least respected. Or feared. Or maybe we would trade being liked for being considered incredibly attractive, but that’s a completely different topic and I don’t want to digress. The urge to be recognized as special or interesting or intelligent is strongest in childhood when we […]
Chinglish Loving Life
August 7, 2011
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 […]
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