The Conversation
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- Siegfried: If it was a Russian or any other white man who told blacks”to go back to Africa”, it would...
- Raguel: I saw that Spike Lee film “Do the Right Thing” years ago but still can’t understand it.
- bigWOWO: Stele: “Care to qualify that statement? Even if that were true, you have to look at this case on its...
- Two podcasts that address racism in the military, and Danny Chen the person (9)
- Raguel: The origins of racism in the American military as described by loudestfuckingazns is accurate. Very recently,...
- bigWOWO: Sorry, Larry, just noticed that the spam robot junked your comment. Approved!
- bigWOWO: Agreed. It just has more weight if you include your name. Not that the ideas are any less valid, but it just...
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- King: Actually WOWO, I bump into plenty of Asians up at the Art Center College of Design http://www.artcenter.edu/a...
- bigWOWO: Agree with King. This might not be a bad thing for Asian Americans to hear about. We can jump off the STEM...
- Raguel: People are too accustomed to thinking about value only in terms of money. Even artists are guilty of it. Some...
- Stop SOPA and PIPA (7)
- Raguel: Found a great website, take a look at this: https://www.cdt.org/ Why should privacy be important, in an age...
- Raguel: Following the temporary shelving of SOPA and PIPA in the long line of net neutrality battles, the feds and...
- Chr..: “Asian American men have to get more involved, not less. It’s a civic responsibility, and you have to...
- Activism is as activism does (10)
- trolldetector: Brooks also goes onto say ‘You should attach yourself to a counter-tradition and school of...
- bigWOWO: By the way, speaking of activism, there was a great David Brooks column recently. He talks about how people...
- Raguel: I have no experience whatsoever with activism. I simply do not feel safe participating in it. There is always...
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- bigWOWO: No worries. I feel the same way. Nothing against her, but just doubtful.
- Raguel: Hi Byron! I’ve been occupied doing a lot of reading and thinking recently. I suppose its just another...
- bigWOWO: Hey Raguel, What about your comments on ASSK?
I agree with everything you said. About #1…I think...
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- UFC 117 Sonnen vs. Silva Recap (1)
- bigWOWO: I think Michael Bisping solved the Chael Sonnen puzzle today, even though he lost a controversial decision....
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- SWR: Apparently the girl in the second video was not the girl who filmed the fight. It was probably unwise of her to...
- Raguel: I mean I look around me and 99% of the time there are no women that look like or dress like Adriana Lima in...
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- bigWOWO: Jeff, You called it! They were (if I recall correctly) 7 (twins) and 2. He’s still in the honeymoon...
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- Hitler: Kids suck lol.
- The Asian Rock Thread (16)
- ben: I’ve been getting into Asian rock music recently so thank you all very much for uploading all these videos.
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- Moroboshi: I didn’t say that. All I said was guys who believe in HBD are the same guys who probably also follow...
- Chr..: Moro, I don’t want to argue with you anymore! You seem to think that AMs are just as popular as other...
- “Lazy” Americans and the Decline of the American Middle Class (6)
- bigWOWO: But kobu, how can we have literature and art without money to support artists and writers? About...
- kobukson: I don’t know why everyone seems to think the notion of the decline of the middle class is such a bad...
- bigWOWO: There are a lot of veterans (supposedly) on that site. I can kind of understand it–military guys are...
- Aung Sung Suu Kyi Movie with Michelle Yeoh (45)
- bigWOWO: Eurasian, Lee Kuan Yew has always been upfront about Singapore’s hybrid system. To the best of my...
- Eurasian Sensation: @ BigWowo: New governments following independence or a major power struggle often have the sort...
- N: @bww And ironically, one of the rare democratic successes in the region that is Singapore behaves much closer to a...
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- Andre M. Smith: I divide my year annually between New York and Shanghai. One of my common visitations in the latter...
- Raguel: Smiley tests 8 )
8( - Raguel: ROFL! Thank you for thoroughly destroying Amy Chua, Andre. WELL SAID ^_^ You know the destruction is so...
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- Andre M. Smith: I believe some useful purpose will be served by offering here, what the lawyers might like to call,...
- N: What’s your opinion on Yundi Li and Yoyo Ma.
- Andre M. Smith: Amy Chua has never lived in China. Her understanding of its culture, that is, the culture as it’s...
- How to Finish Life With No Regrets (9)
- trolldetector: ^ i’d agree with that. but i wouldnt call them ‘idiots’, just misguided. crazy media...
- N: Agree with Jeff that not one regret is unlikely, the key is learn from it. Another way to look at it is that...
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- lingyai: I am not sure what happen there with my name, that is not my email, so just ignore.
- lingyai@hotmail.com: @bigwowo Just because the average income in India is $2 a day doesn’t make a person...
- AM/AF couple: Nottyboy, Yes, just like every place of employment, upper management needs to do a better job in terms...
- Literary Fiction vs. Realistic Fiction and the Literary Hierarchy (6)
- Sana Rose: Well, now I am confused. I still can’t classify the novel I am writing.
I wouldn’t say...
- Sana Rose: Well, now I am confused. I still can’t classify the novel I am writing.
- National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) 2012 (32)
- Raguel: http://www.occupydream.org/ ^ I heard about this from Russell Simmons. I hope that things develop well to...
- Raguel: So is that the reasoning for why you don’t need the right to due process? Are you some kind of fucking...
- N: @King The constitution gave power to the states to benefit white america or the constitution gave benefitial power...
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- N: @American girl Too be honest, I don’t really see why this video that ‘disgusting’ –...
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Monthly Archives: December 2008
Last Post of 2008: Resolutions, Pt. 2.
Video: “Hanabi” (Fireworks) by Mr. Children
It’s time for my end of the year retrospective, along with my web resolutions. Since this blog is only three months old, it’s my first end of year retrospective. So I’ll try to make it good.
AsianWeek Going Electronic Only
The paper is no more, according to AngryAsianMan and the Celadon Review. Another victim of this. They’ll still be online, but the print edition will be gone after 30 years. AsianWeek was the best known and largest Asian American English language newspaper.
All I can say is…wow. They made some absolutely horrible editorial decisions with Kenneth Eng’s pieces, but they’re a part of history, and it’s sad to see them go under like this.
From the editors:
December 30, 2008
To Our Readers:
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Words N' Sales
We’ve got lots of writers on bigWOWO, and the big question for those who follow the publishing industry is this: where’s the money? I’ve blogged about it here and here, and now I’m going to blog on it again. This time, we’re going to talk about the distribution methods.
Regular everyday people who sell their used books online, through Amazon and other channels, are transforming the industry, according to this new NY Times article. Apparently their actions are wreaking havoc on publishers and writers. Instead of buying new books, people are buying used books from other individuals. More used books equal fewer new books which means less money for publishers and writers.
Resolutions, Pt. 1
Obama
We’ve got less than a week left in the year. Now might not be a bad time to start thinking about New Year’s Resolutions.
I just read this Washington Post piece on Obama’s workout routine:
“That’s one of the first things you learn working for him: You better make sure he gets his workout,” said Jim Cauley, who managed Obama’s 2004 U.S. Senate campaign. “If there isn’t any time, he’s not going to feel his best that day. If he only gets 30 or 40 minutes, he’s still not really happy.
UFC 92
There isn’t much to say about Saturday night’s UFC 92 other than the fact that it was probably the best card ever, and that it lived up to its hype. It was great to see Rampage avenge his two losses against Silva, and I’m glad that he was able to do it in spectacular fashion. I also enjoyed watching Frank Mir pull off his surprise victory over Nogueira. I haven’t seen so many early knockouts ever. If there is one UFC worth watching, I’d say this was it.
Houses without Furnaces
This is pretty amazing. In Germany, they are building houses that don’t need heaters except as emergency backup.
The concept of the passive house, pioneered in this city of 140,000 outside Frankfurt, approaches the challenge from a different angle. Using ultrathick insulation and complex doors and windows, the architect engineers a home encased in an airtight shell, so that barely any heat escapes and barely any cold seeps in. That means a passive house can be warmed not only by the sun, but also by the heat from appliances and even from occupants’ bodies.
More Annoying White Privilege from the Extremely Powerful
John "Chip" Saltsman
From the very first sentence of this CNN article:
A candidate for the Republican National Committee chairmanship said Friday the CD he sent committee members for Christmas — which included a song titled “Barack the Magic Negro” — was clearly intended as a joke.
The sad thing about these Repub jokes is that you really have to be both non-minority and racist to laugh at them. I can’t imagine a non-minority finding this funny, nor can I imagine a non-racist laughing.
Merry Christmas!
l to r: the inventor of the term "bigWOWO" and the webmaster
We’ve been snowed in for a week now. However, I’m happy since this is the first snowy Portland Christmas that I remember.
Hope everyone is safe and warm!
Culture around a Book
Michael Muhammad Knight, author of "Taqwacores"
I’m a writer. Not a paid writer, but a writer who someday hopes to get paid.
At the same time, I wonder whether I have enough overlap with general mainstream tastes and values. I’m not a big fan of Chang-Rae Lee and Ha Jin, which is the kind of stuff that most Asian Americanists and non-Asian people like to read (and buy!). It’s not that I dislike Lee or Ha’s messages or think they’re poor writers; I just find their stories somewhat insignificant to my own view of the way things are or should be. Their use of language is fine, but there isn’t much that one can build upon their stories when it comes to self-conceptualization or self-actualization or empowerment. I finish their stories and think to myself, “what’s the point?” I’m more of a Gish Jen, Leonard Chang, Wayson Choy, or Terry Woo fan. (I won’t mention Frank Chin because you ALL know I’m his biggest fan when it comes to essays!)
MMA and Really Young Kids
A NY Times advertisement led me to the Responsibility Project (which looks like an advertising campaign from Liberty Mutual…though the site is suprisingly slow) where they discussed MMA and kids–two subjects which interest me. I’ve blogged about kids and MMA before, although my previous blog post was about kids at the high school level, not little kids. The RP blog post led me to this site, where they host the video above.
I found this article highly disturbing. Little kids don’t have adequate self-control to use dangerous techniques responsibly. In judo, we don’t teach armbars or chokes until a person is at least 12 or 13. It’s incredibly irresponsible to teach them these moves earlier than that. Kids are kids. You can’t expect them to exercise that much judgment.
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