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)
Category Archives: Asian American
The “Community Store” Experience
Does anyone out there watch the Bachelor/Bachelorette? I don’t. But people in my office often talk about it, so I went on Hulu to see the video above (I cut it for y’all so that you only have to watch … Continue reading
Posted in Asian American, Features
Tagged Chris Harrison, interracial relationships, Jake, the Bachelor, Vienna
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Sam Yoon moving to DC
Sam Yoon, as many of you know, ran for mayor of Boston last year. As the first Asian American on the Boston city council, the first Asian American to run for public office in Boston, and the first Asian American … Continue reading
My Favorite New Japanese Pop Band is White
Checkee outtee the video above. This is the first band out of Japan since M-Flo to really knock me down with their sound. Not that I hear much Japanese music these days–there’s something morally wrong about paying $40 for CD, … Continue reading
Language and Power in the Green Hornet’s Kato
I saw the trailer above, courtesy of the fine people at Absolutely Fobulous. They are making a Green Hornet movie starring Seth Rogen. Some guy from Taiwan named Jay Chou is playing Kato, the Green Hornet’s sidekick–some of you Bruce Lee fans … Continue reading
Local laws, local enforcement in Flushing
Oh, sweet! The NY Times allows us to embed videos. Check out the video above–I used to shop at some of these places! It’s about how Chinese stores in Flushing prevent shoplifting. They either demand exorbitant amounts of money not … Continue reading
The Default Human Being
Answer this question quickly–what race are the people in the picture above? What are their defining characteristics, what color is their skin, how are their eyes and lips shaped? Can you tell what race they are? If you answered White, … Continue reading
Teaching Apple to Really "Think Different"
Congratulations, King: 1st EVER Winner of the bigWOWO award! In doing so, he invented the category of “creative interference.” (Check the sidebar for my new page for award winners.) It’s not often that someone sends me something so funny that I … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, Asian American, Strategy, media
Tagged advertising, Asian American, interracial relationships, media
45 Comments
Black Sheep of the Blogosphere
I know you, you know me I’m the black sheep of the family, I’m in an’ out of trouble I’m the talk of the town I get wild in the street When the sun goes down I steal around, like … Continue reading
Gettin' Old
I’ve got bookish people on this site. Most of you read books, and most of you are capable of great things. Some of you have already accomplished great things. Anyway, I realized long ago that I’m old for an Asian … Continue reading
Posted in Asian American, Writing
6 Comments
The Big Shaggy
Excellent article by David Brooks here. It’s about how people tend to forego education in the humanities when the economy is down. Brooks, however, makes a compelling case for why the humanities are still important and relevant in the world … Continue reading
Posted in Asian American, Education, Knowledge, Strategy, Writing
Tagged David Brooks, humanities
3 Comments
