The Conversation
- Asian Racism and the “Asian of Reason” (20)
- Leon: Thank you, Asian Dude, for proving my point. If you are indeed Asian, that is.
- Max: hmmm…I have a hard time believing “Asian Dude” is in fact Asian.
- Asian Dude: So…whats the problem here? AOR has the right to an opinion right? Seems to me like a mountain 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” (20)
Tag Archives: money
How to Spend Money
I’ve been meaning to post this for quite some time. The NY Times had an excellent article a while back about how to maximize happiness when spending money. Since I’ve had quite a few discussions on happiness, and since we’re … Continue reading
Born Rich
If you have time to watch an entire movie online, check out the movie “Born Rich.” (above, or link here). It’s relevant to my last post about money or love. The documentary was made by Jamie Johnson, an heir to … Continue reading
Posted in Citizenship
Tagged family, Ivanka Trump, Jamie Johnson, Josiah Hornblower, money
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Art Without Po' verty
I saw this post by Roger Fan at YouOffendMeYouOffendMyFamily: acting without dying, happy while trying. In his end-of-the-year blogpost, he says that if he could jump back in time, he would counsel his younger self to “BECOME A DENTIST YOU … Continue reading
Money, Marriage, and the Arrangements People Make
A bunch of us were discussing the new terms of Tiger and Elin’s prenup here. mT raises some questions about money and marriage. If a woman demands money for her hand in marriage, directly or indirectly, or, in Elin’s case, … Continue reading
Tagged marriage, money
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Male Pageants
Okay, okay, okay. You all know how obsessive I am when it comes to thought issues, so I wanted to post one last thing before showing you all the Miss Asian Oregon Pageant. Several times over the past month, people … Continue reading
Thymos Weekend: Anti-Pageant
(pic from here) Man, what a wild and fun weekend! On Saturday, we had the Miss Asian Oregon Pageant. Yesterday, we had the anti-Pageant. Both events were lots of fun. I wanted to put a post for each event. Even … Continue reading
Arrogant Hate Mail from the Ivory Tower
I got this e-mail from a disgruntled professor in California who is upset at the fact that we’re producing Miss Asian Oregon. I usually don’t post angry hate mail, but this one really got on my nerves because I really … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, Asian American, Education, Features
Tagged Education, Miss Asian Oregon, money, recession
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"Black Folks Need Legacy"
Embedded video from <a href=”http://www.cnn.com/video” mce_href=”http://www.cnn.com/video”>CNN Video</a> I’m not sure why there is so much talk out there about African Americans and money. Maybe it’s because our economy is in the dumps right now. Maybe it’s because we ought to … Continue reading
Posted in Asian American, Strategy
Tagged African American, Asian American, business, money
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Starting a business when young
Embedded video from <a href=”http://www.cnn.com/video” mce_href=”http://www.cnn.com/video”>CNN Video</a> Ephren Taylor, in the CNN video above, talks about starting a business. He started his first business at 12, became a millionaire at 17, and is now the youngest African American CEO of … Continue reading
Families and their money
(pic from here) The NY Times had a great Motherlode blog post here: When a Mother Ruins a Son’s Credit Score. It’s about a mother who persuaded her son to open a credit card while he was in college. She … Continue reading
