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- Blacklisted: B, “Jeremy Lin is the Joe Louis of our time. I remember reading the Autobiography of Malcolm X,...
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- Andre M. Smith: Further on Chua as a Chinese surname . . . My wife, a gyn surgeon, hails from a family of...
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- Raguel: Yes! I mean with me. How did I miss that part out? And why do I suddenly feel some anxiety?
But here is an... - King: “If I ever get a mail order bride I will get her addicted to sex first.” I assume you mean with you...
- bigWOWO: Linda, Haha! Maybe that dude is on to something with the foreign language nagging. But to be honest, maybe...
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- N: @TD Good pick up on that one.
- trolldetector: @Colin I love how whites keep trying to troll their divide tactics Asian blogs under different guises.
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- trolldetector: GO JEREMY LIN
- N: @danny You should youtube his college games. The two against Boston college and the one against UConn. Lol, he can...
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- trolldetector: @Colin. Dont you belong on a Lord Of The Rings filmset? Thats where most white trolls dwell isnt it?
- colin: A bit late to this, but bigwowo, you grossly underestimate the anti-work and anti-intellectual ethic here in...
- bigWOWO: Yeah, I could go for that.
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- bigWOWO: That’s a really good point, Raguel. Like it or not, TV executives control everything (including what...
- Raguel: I could be wrong but the distribution windows for media and especially film seems very hierarchical. If you...
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- Raguel: Time to get your concealed carry licences, folks!
- Eurasian Sensation: Jeff Yang has a good article about this ad: http://inamerica.blogs.cnn....
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- Raguel: ^ Nice one Byron! I’m reading through the NYT picks, they’re good!
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- Raguel: The origins of racism in the American military as described by loudestfuckingazns is accurate. Very recently,...
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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...
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- 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...
- How to Win a Streetfight (18)
- 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...
- 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...
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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.
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Category Archives: parenting
A handful of sugar, a pinch of salt, and a liter of water
I’ve been at home for two days and counting with a sick feverish infant. Little Pod has been running a fever and throwing up. We just got back from the doctor’s office. Everything is okay; the doctor just said to keep giving her liquids and getting her rest. Right now she’s sleeping on my shoulder.
So here’s the next post on “stuff to make you cool,” or in this case, stuff to help you help others. If you’re ever in a poorer country and you meet an infant who is vomiting, feverish, and has diarrhea, make sure he or she drinks ORS (Oral Rehydration Solution). Diarrhea kills millions of kids each year–more than malaria, AIDS, and measles combined. It kills children by dehydrating them. But there’s a simple solution: ORS.
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Cooking making a comeback
Cool article in CNN today: Food 101: Seeking Clues in the Kitchen. In the article, the writer Stephanie Chen writes about the new movement spearheaded by Jamie Oliver and Michelle Obama to bring good food back into the national conversation. According to the article, even though people eat food in restaurants, read about food, or watch the Food Network, there are many people who still do not know how to cook. Lack of culinary awareness contributes to all kinds of problems. From Jamie Oliver:
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 Weingarten, but the question is interesting–what do you do about a school that is somehow failing?
Educating Children About Food
I thought some of you might enjoy this. Jamie Oliver, a winner of the 2010 TED Prize, talks about how America can help its young people live longer and healthier through better school cafeteria programs and education about food. His recommendations are interesting: kids should know what they’re eating, and they should be able to cook at least ten healthy recipes by the time they leave school.
I credit Jamie Oliver for starting my own interest in cooking. He makes it sound fun, and he communicates his passion for food through his words. I think this is a good prescription not just for schools, but also for parents. We parents need to do more to raise our children to appreciate and to know food.
Chinese Language School
Thanks, AlphaAsian, for posting this video. The video is about how education in the Chinese language is critical for Americans to learn about the world. 20% of the world lives in China, and as the experts say, it’s the most important foreign relation that the United States will have in the future.
Dudescape to Dadscape
I caught this article linked by the fine people of BicoastalBitchin.
Alls I gotta say is that the writer hit the nail right flat on the head. This was my favorite sentence:
When baby makes three, the abrupt lifestyle change spells an end to these spontaneous expeditions.
Age three is the magic number, and it’s a dad thing, almost exclusively. Wives and women are cool checking with the singles, adjusting to the schedule, embarking on the same activities. But for guys, the party begins to end when the baby first comes, as you get used to changing diapers, feeding the baby, putting the baby to sleep, etc. The party completely ends at 3. You’re no longer the same person. Dude, meet yourself.
Who's your daddy?
What irony!
Just a few days ago, I posted about extra pair copulations, talking about beta male birds who sneak up and “mate” with married birds while the alpha male husband is off fighting. I took the bird comparison and humanized it, comparing the beta bird to a guy who cheats with the wife of a military man who is fighting. I postulated that alpha males always beat beta males.
Well…it looks like I’m kind of wrong. Betas (for lack of a better word) can win…in court. The NY Times site has an article that discusses a very interesting situation with paternity. Check it here.
When your kids say too much
(Also posted on Rice Daddies)
This is more of a Rice Boy post rather than a Rice Daddy post–since the dad is White–but I thought it raised some interesting parenting questions. So you’ve all heard about the boy who everyone thought was in the runaway balloon–authorities were scrambling in fear that a six year old boy was in a helium balloon that he had supposedly set aflight, and when the balloon landed, he wasn’t there. It turned out that the little boy was hiding in the attic.
Marketing in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu schools
My son’s school ends before the work day, so when I pick him, we often have free time. I’ve recently been trying to find some activity to get into shape–other than running, which kills my knees–and since there’s a well regarded Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu school around the area, I thought I’d pop in. I don’t know if I’d have time to make the class times, but it never hurts to look, right?
Conditional Parenting
(originally posted on Rice Daddies)
There was an interesting article in the NY Times today about “conditional parenting,” which the author describes as a style of child rearing in which parents “turn up the affection when they’re good, withhold affection when they’re not.” The author points to evidence that this parenting style may create more compliance in children, but that it also creates more psychological issues when children become adults. The author criticizes Supernanny Jo Frost and Dr. Phil as people who advocate for conditional parenting. This article is currently the most popular on the NY Times site.
