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- King: “So…whats the problem here? AOR has the right to an opinion right? “ This is a common fallacy: The...
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- Larry: Somebody give Yunte Huang his “Oriental 4 Life” card. Huang’s claim that Charlie Chan is an...
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- RiceCakeRabbit: There is an essence of imprinting when it comes to the IR pairing disparity – and this is why the...
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- 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,...
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- 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...
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- 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...
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- 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...
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- jaehwan: And then it was over. http://www.golf.com/golf/tours _news/article/0,28136,2012613, 00.html?hpt=T2 Sheesh,...
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David Blackwell, First Black Tenured Professor at Berkeley, Dies at 91
I caught this obituary in the NY Times: David Blackwell, Scholar of Probability, Dies at 91. He was the first black tenured professor at Berkeley as well as the first black scholar admitted to the National Academy of Sciences. He … 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
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East West Magazine Closes Down
It looks like East West Magazine is shutting down. Read the editor’s blog here–I agree with all of her reasons for closing it down, even though it’s sad to see it’s go. East West will become yet another casualty of … Continue reading
The Oak Park Story
Sylvie from The Anti-Social Ladder sent the following press release. The documentary is going to be showing alongside Curtis Choy’s Manilatown is in the Heart. If you’re in SF, check it out. For Immediate Release February 15, 2010 Contact: Valerie … Continue reading
Joe and Heidi Wang from the Amazing Race
I just got the newsflash from 8 Asians: Joe and Heidi Wang will be running the Amazing Race, beginning this Sunday on CBS. Like the winners Tammy and Victor Jih from last season, the team has an Asian American male … Continue reading
Nakata in Calvin Klein Ad
Thanks to Julie for this. Hey Siegfried, here’s some eye candy for you. Seriously, I think it’s great that Calvin Klein is diversifying their portfolio of models. I saw Nakata when he first started playing. When I was in Japan, … Continue reading
Children of Invention
bigWOWO Rating: Asian American Bronze Let me first begin by saying that I’m not a frequent consumer of artsy-style indie films. So take my words below with a grain of salt. I received several e-mails announcing Children of Invention, but … Continue reading
Girly Girls, Princesses, and Asian American Women
(pic from here) I read Emily Co’s piece on AbsolutelyFobulous about the Princess and the Frog, and the implications of ethnic princesses. In her piece, she writes: I know we have Mulan and everything, but somehow she doesn’t seem to … Continue reading
Active Web Activism: Militant and Alpha-Asian
Hey All, My fundraising has been dormant since Sam Yoon’s campaign, so I told my web posse that I’d post stuff up about their endeavors. 1. Project X: Militant’s work focused on the arts. You can contribute money to help … Continue reading
Justice, Episode 9
Anyone still there? I’m so far behind on this Justice course that it isn’t even funny. Sigh, this is like real school. I’m halfway through Episode 7 right now, and it’s a shame since Ep 9 is the Affirmative Action … Continue reading