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: February 2010
Tea Party
Has everyone been following all the craziness with the Tea Party? They only started last year. I just learned through the New York Times that the very first Tea Party activist was a young 30 year old woman named Keli … Continue reading
Liberalism and Atheism linked to higher IQ
From CNN: Evolutionary psychologist Satoshi Kanazawa at the the London School of Economics and Political Science correlated data on these behaviors with IQ from a large national U.S. sample and found that, on average, people who identified as liberal and … Continue reading
Kim Yu-Na Wins First Korean Figure Skating Olympic Gold
Check out the article here–the South Koreans are celebrating like crazy. I think everyone saw it, but if you didn’t the women’s free skate, check out the NBC Olympics website. I was nervous the whole time, but in the end … Continue reading
Transparency by Frances Hwang
bigWOWO Rating: Asian American Gold Transparency is a collection of short stories written by Frances Hwang. I picked it up at the suggestion of Akrypti, who said that she loved Frances Hwang. The short stories contained within the book often … Continue reading
PUA Douchebags Who Have No Boundaries (and Who "Sarge" FOBs)
Check out the video above. “Ooh hoo, you so handsome!” Please. There ain’t nothing “fobulous” about this “approach.” Girl didn’t know she was being filmed, but man, watch out fo’ Rice Chasahs! (You can google the douchemeister if you want … Continue reading
Fire Every Teacher
I saw the above debate this morning. It’s pretty entertaining. It seemed (and I don’t know this for a fact since I didn’t time it) that Anderson Cooper was giving Steve Perry a bit more time to talk than Randi … Continue reading
Apolo Ohno: Most Decorated U.S. Winter Olympian in History
Congratulations, Apolo Anton Ohno. With his bronze medal in the 1000 m short track, Apolo Ohno surpassed Bonnie Blair to become the most decorated U.S. Winter Olympian in history with a total of seven medals. He has two more events … Continue reading
Asian Sistah Helps Scotty Lago Celebrate Bronze Medal Win
Scotty Lago from the United States won the bronze medal in the halfpipe a couple days ago. To celebrate, an eager Asian sistah helped him polish his halfpipe….I mean, medal. TMZ posted the pic, and now Scotty is heading home. … Continue reading
Reformed Asian Immigrant Faces Deportation
Saw this yesterday morning: Judge Keeps His Word to Immigrant Who Kept His. This guy Qing Hong Wu confessed to a string of muggings when he was fifteen. The judge told him to clean up his act. Wu did, serving … Continue reading
Tiger Woods's Apology
Has everyone heard Tiger Woods’s apology? If not, find it above or read the transcript here. I heard Tiger getting slammed on talk radio while driving to work today. People were saying that he was insincere, that he turned it … Continue reading
