The Conversation
- Literature and Religion: Podcast with Kobukson (25)
- MojoRider: kobukson, thanks for your thoughts. to me, it’s one big epistemlogical mystery. Something happened...
- kobukson: correction: Scripture does NOT hold the view that matter=evil.
- kobukson: Mojorider: Kobukson, you had touched briefly upon Jesus being a feminist….very interesting. The Gnostic...
- Why Do Asian People Have Bad Eyesight? (1)
- B: Hi, this is actually a very good post – I was adopted from Korea and I have glaucoma…since I was a...
- YA Literature/Someone Like Summer by M.E. Kerr (23)
- jaehwan: Done!
- RiceCakeRabbit: :-s Sorry for the double post, feel free to delete one or the other…
- jaehwan: Sorry, RCR, my spam filter is weird. It’s supposed to be “learning” how to better identify...
- White on Rice (Review) (14)
- A handful of sugar, a pinch of salt, and a liter of water (15)
- Why Parents Hate Parenting (10)
- TZ: @ Leon: I love other people’s kids too but I’m not so good with them. At a company function I once...
- jaehwan: Alpha, I totally agree. I know lots of people who succumb to the pressure/promises of kids being some kind...
- MojoRider: I’ve no experience in being a father, I have no children of my own, but I am a godfather to a niece...
- Agent Cho: The Mentalist (7)
- 1001 Cranes by Naomi Hirahara (Review) (5)
- jaehwan: Thanks, G! Do you actually teach these books, or is it more of just a library where kids are free to take...
- g: Nice review, and you’re right, there’s lots of Asian American writers these days who are writing for...
- King: I think it’s just missing the “l” at the end. http://www.ted.com/talks/ch...
- Japanese Hamburg and Japanese Spaghetti (13)
- jaehwan: Thanks, Leon and TZ! I think what I’m going to do is just make larger portions with my omurice and my...
- Leon: TZ- Dammit, yours sound much tastier than mine.
I also wanted more rice than what could fit inside the wrap.... - TZ: Instead of peas, I use corn. A little sweeter that way. And I use shitake mushrooms. I also don’t put the...
- David Blackwell, First Black Tenured Professor at Berkeley, Dies at 91 (2)
- Teaching Apple to Really "Think Different" (45)
- The People I’ve Slept With, opening in SF, LA, NYC (1)
- kobukson: It’s an Asian American romantic comedy, which, as most of you know, is kinda rare. There’s an Asian guy...
- The Asian Rake and Jamie Yeo in Singapore (118)
- Asian woman sues Steven Seagal for sexual assault (22)
- jaehwan: Segal should go to jail for his bad acting. Or maybe gaol…in Australia.
- The Default Human Being (15)
- Literature and Religion: Podcast with Kobukson (25)
Monthly Archives: March 2009
Sylvia Plath's son kills self
Very sad–the son of Ted Hughes and Sylvia Plath has killed himself. He hanged himself. Their family history is quite tragic, and they have a long history with depression. Plath gassed herself while her children slept in another room. Feminist … Continue reading
Who's to blame?
Man, talk about the mortgage crisis affecting families. In the NY Times today, they profiled several families and individuals who have lost massive deposits on real estate purchases in the New York area: Up in Smoke. The Pham family above, … Continue reading
Picky Eaters
From my upcoming post on Rice Daddies: I saw this Omamas post on the topic of picky eaters. It’s a podcast that provides advice on how to get your kid to eat a balanced diet. According to Connie Warner, the dietician, one … Continue reading
The R-Word
President Obama was on the Tonight Show last night, where he was joking about his bowling ability. He told Leno that he bowled 129 in the White House bowling alley and said his bowling skills are “like Special Olympics or … Continue reading
Information and Segregation
Kristof has a good editorial here: The Daily Me. It’s about how the demise of newspapers will push people towards the web, and how when we search online, we tend to become our own gatekeepers and move towards articles in … Continue reading
Typewriter Envy
(Picture from here.) It’s part of the writer’s toolbox: the typewriter. I wrote longhand for the first twelve years of my life. When I moved to a new school, they required papers to be typed, so I learned how to … Continue reading
Recalibrating
bigWOWO has been in operation since September 23 of 2008–six months this Monday. Originally I was hoping to post almost all commentary on Asian American issues. I was thinking that it would be similar to my work at the 44s, … Continue reading
Bicoastal Bitchin'
I blog and say what I have to say about Asian American culture; however, I post on a whole bunch of other stuff as well, including politics, literature, and other stuff. There are just too many interesting stories out there. Anyway, … Continue reading
Flannery O'Connor biography
Some of you writers may be interested in Brad Gooch’s biography of Flannery O’Connor. I saw this in the Economist. Writers these days often do research before writing, and many feel that they can’t write without research. Ms. O’Connor had … Continue reading
Golden Swan, RIP
I drove all the way out to the other side of Beaverton to eat at my favorite restaurant, the Golden Swan. Few people in Portland know of the Golden Swan. It’s a hole in the wall–the place has no central … Continue reading
