The Conversation
- Asian Racism and the “Asian of Reason” (22)
- King: “So…whats the problem here? AOR has the right to an opinion right? “ This is a common fallacy: The...
- Asian Dude: kinda funny how you all don’t even bother to debunk any of the points I bring up, you just fixate...
- Leon: Thank you, Asian Dude, for proving my point. If you are indeed Asian, that is.
- Frank Chin debates Yunte Huang on the topic of Charlie Chan (9)
- Nancy: If Earl Derr Biggers made Charlie Chan more like the real Chang Apana (the Chinese detective in Hawaii that...
- Larry: Somebody give Yunte Huang his “Oriental 4 Life” card. Huang’s claim that Charlie Chan is an...
- neaato: goddamn! thank you bigwowo!!!!!! glad you shared w/ us this linkage. here was my comment to the commentators:...
- The Happy Post (21)
- RiceCakeRabbit: I voted! (And hopefully I don’t get spam mails because I was too lazy to create a new e-mail...
- N: @RiceCakeRabbit I voted! (And hopefully I don’t get spam mails because I was too lazy to create a new e-mail...
- RiceCakeRabbit: There is an essence of imprinting when it comes to the IR pairing disparity – and this is why the...
- B.J. Penn disappoints (5)
- jaehwan: Notty, I don’t know if you’ve seen this Bellator submission, but it’s pretty sick:...
- jaehwan: I agree. A point that someone made on one of the forums is that Edgar is really a featherweight, and he did...
- Nottyboy: I don’t want to write off Edgar yet. He has some really good takedowns and great speed. Still,...
- “This is a Bust” by Ed Lin (Review) (2)
- Podcast: URB4N talks about Interracial Relationships (86)
- etain: Yes, I meant that there were 24,000 more marriages involving Asian women than Asian men in 2008. And I still...
- MojoRider: jstele wrote: “Just date who you want. Who cares if there are more Asian women dating outside their...
- uRB4N: Oh, Jesus. Use some deductive reasoning for crying out loud. He obviously means 24,000 more Asian women than...
- Building Subcultures and Accepting Emotions (282)
- King: “How was that King? Enough f-bombs for you? You know certain topics just get me fired up.” Haaa!!!...
- AF/AM couple: N, No, I meant either AFs or AMs I come into contact with (so AF/AM), not an AF/WM couple, but I can...
- N: @AF/AM couple I assume you meant AF/WM in the first line? I got slightly confused reading it. But I do encounter...
- Western Schools in South Korea (10)
- dan: Not sure how I feel about this. If the entire city is more modern, clean, and well funded than any other...
- john: This is a bad idea. It will be like those Indonesian who don’t know Indonesia becuase their parent sent...
- mama nabi: This is interesting – my mom pitched this exact same idea (I remember helping her come up with a...
- A Great Wall (3)
- Dinobot: I heard from somewhere that the construction of Zheng He’s fleet deforested large parts of China,...
- Ngo Bao Chau, First Vietnamese Fields Medal Winner (4)
- Why Am I Doing This? (Review) (14)
- jaehwan: us_Asians, I had a few words to say about David Henry Hwang in the comment section of this post:...
- MojoRider: @us asians, indeed, Eva Cassidy is the best all around female vocalist I’ve ever heard. I...
- us asians: Just some additional thoughts + @Alpha Asian says: I agree with your comment that the “just felt right”...
- White on Rice (Review) (17)
- angrybritishchinese: @simon tsui The audience i saw it with were also rolling in the aisles and shitting bricks. but...
- Simon Tsui: I am disappointed in your review. I watched White on Rice in the movie theatre during the premiere in...
- Tiger Woods and His White Women (22)
- jaehwan: And then it was over. http://www.golf.com/golf/tours _news/article/0,28136,2012613, 00.html?hpt=T2 Sheesh,...
- Chinese economy surpasses Japan (6)
- Asian Racism and the “Asian of Reason” (22)
Monthly Archives: June 2009
Yesterday Once More
No real post today because I’m working on a big project that is coming out in the next week or so ( that I hope you all will help me with), but I saw the video above, and I couldn’t … Continue reading
The End of Superstardom
There’s an article in the Times today about Michael Jackson, and how no one will ever be as big as Michael again. The article presents an interesting historical look at some other big names in the show biz. According to … Continue reading
Get Shorty
I found this NY Times piece at 8A, which offers an explanation on why the AF/WM numbers are so much greater than the AM/WF numbers–Asian guys are shorter, and therefore White women don’t want to date us. Similarly, according to … Continue reading
Death of a Pitchman
Billy Mays, the well known infomercial pitchman of Oxiclean and other late-night products, is dead at the age of 50. See the story here. Pending an investigation, it may be related to a hard landing on an airplane flight. I … Continue reading
Chinese guy pays $2.11 million for lunch with Warren Buffett
Zhao Danyang, a hedge fund manager in Hong Kong, paid $2.11 million for a lunch with Warren Buffett. For that big price tag, he got to bring seven of his close friends and family. It’s all for a good cause–proceeds … Continue reading
RIP Michael Jackson
Michael Jackson died today at the age of 50 from cardiac arrest. This one belongs here because of Michael’s extraordinary accomplishments in race relations with his music and dancing. Along with the Bee Gees, he was one of the very … Continue reading
The Difference Between Bruce and Jet (and Jackie)
(Bruce pic from here, Jet pic from here, Jackie pic from here) In our last podcast with Ed and Eric, we touched on the difference between Bruce, Jackie, and Jet. Vu had brought up the difference between Jackie and Jet … Continue reading
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Stay at home dad groups
Portland Dads at Home I learned of this group maybe a month ago, but they got written up in the Oregonian just this past week. Check out the article here. I’ve communicated with some of these guys through e-mail, and … Continue reading
Chinese Language DVDs: Mei Mei Hu
Edit: Okay, I just saw some of the later videos, so I have to correct what I wrote. Some of the later DVDs in the series are quite high tech and shot from China. They look like they had professional … Continue reading
Divorce
It looks like the speculation is over. Jon and Kate are headed towards divorce. The world’s most famous Rice Daddy will soon be single. Supposedly there is going to be a big announcement tonight on the show. I would apologize … Continue reading
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