December 2009
17 posts
Tyra Banks is ending her talk show →
and it is the worst news I could receive.
Dec 29th
Dec 28th
Dec 27th
Blame China →
How do I know China wrecked the Copenhagen deal? I was in the room As recriminations fly post-Copenhagen, one writer offers a fly-on-the-wall account of how talks failed By Mark Lynas
Dec 26th
Dec 22nd
Dec 22nd
Paul: i launched my modeling career this weekend
me: really? what does that mean?
Paul: i modeled high-end plumbing fixtures for the grand opening of a furniture store
i sat on a toilet reading a book and then in a shower
for a half hour each
and i go paid 400 kuai
me: that's amazing
Paul: china loves this face
Dec 20th
Dec 19th
Teasers from China
Paul: i have a morning class
ask me about this wierdo name ben tang
it's like a 5 hour story
i think he is the only person born in the prc who is a proud member of the nra
or as he called it "national liffer assocation"
love you
mwah
Dec 18th
Dec 14th
albatross chicks with bellies full of plastic →
Dec 10th
Procrastination →
Instead of writing my paper, which is due in roughly 6 hours, I am flipping through online photos of my Professor’s one-year-old, who is unbearably cute.  There is one photo where the child has his hands pressed against a glass door, looking out excitedly, and it reminds me of the time I’ve spent wiping little handprints off the lower third of the mirrors in my mom’s tailoring...
Dec 7th
“Daughters met Santa today, asked for lower jobless rate, end to Iran nuclear...”
– Scott Simon on facebook
Dec 6th
Dec 5th
Andrew Sullivan makes sense →
“To paraphrase Reagan, I didn’t leave the conservative movement. It left me. And increasingly, I’m not alone.”
Dec 2nd
Dec 1st
One Queen, Eleven Presidents →
A retrospective on royalty, presidency, and silly dresses
Dec 1st