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Am I the only one that didn’t feel it?

So, as everyone is now well aware, China was hit by a major (7.8) earthquake at 2:30 this afternoon. Current reports cite nearly 9,000 dead, and its effects were felt as far north as Beijing, in the south east in Taipei, and directly east of me in Shanghai. I had no idea. At the time …

May 13, 2008
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That’s Uncle The Humanaught to you!

So as of some yet undisclosed time today I officially became an uncle! My sister gave birth to a whopping 9 lbs. 9 1/2 oz bouncing baby boy named Gabriel. I’ve yet to receive all the details, but was too excited to wait and post about it – I’m going to assume he’s got the …

May 9, 2008
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Suzhou Bookworm’s East & West Music Fest

I swear, this town gets a little bit more livable every day. I mean, we’ve got an Irish Pub that serves Guinness on tap, we’ve got one, two, three places that I can get a taco, we’ve a cafe/bookshop/lending library loaded to the rafters with English-language books, we’ve got an English-language movie cinema playing Iron …

May 8, 2008
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Technologically Superior Inferior

You ever have days when technology treats you as the weak new fish in a bad prison movie? I bought a new computer last week from Dell, and am absolutely loving it. I’ve had the same computer, a Chinese-made Hasee laptop, since trading in my savings to move to Australia for it back in ’05. …

May 7, 2008
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Carrefour-3-2-1 – Protest!

So, the fateful day has arrived – the day when Carrefour unleashes its anti-China, pride-taking, I-fart-in-your-general-direction May Holiday sale on the masses of Chinese willing to sell out their nation in order to save a few jiao. The sale, of course, is backed by French members of the Eight-Nation Alliance, who were frozen more than …

May 1, 2008
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Humanaughtahaironmyhead

So, spring is in the air in lovely Suzhou. Yes – our two weeks of paradise have arrived, and just in time for the droves of tourists looking to capture a picture of the city’s tranquil gardens (which are overflowing with tourists looking to capture a picture of the city’s tranquil gardens). Spring always stirs …

April 30, 2008
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<3 Grace Wang

Alright, normally I would tackle Chinese current events commentary over at Lost Laowai, but as I just wrote a post there on the stupidity of the Carrefour boycott, I figured I’d spread the as it were. It seems I’ve had nothing to say lately but for commenting on the waves of stupidity surging higher and …

April 18, 2008
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Feed Update: Feedburner is dead…

Right, so Feedburner actually died a long time ago, but it wasn’t until I got around to upgrading WordPress to the shiny new WordPress 2.5 the other day that I realized I really needed to finally bury the sucker and switch back to in-house feeds. Now, allegedly Feedburner will be redirecting everyone to the original …

April 10, 2008
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George W Bush Sewage Plant

Presidential memorials are something essential to a nation that has fathered some of the most influential leaders the world has ever known. In this small way we are able to remember them and the value they added to our great globe during their term in office. On that note, some rather fantastic news from the …

April 7, 2008
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Panda Meat Consultant

Well, the cat’s out of the bag. Professor Lonnie B. Hodge, a dear “friend” of mine has outed me and my matchmaker ambitions on his blog. As he’s helping me get my new Bag A Canuck!™ e-book business off the ground, I figured I should return the favour and officially announce his latest endeavor – …

April 1, 2008
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New Dog, New Tricks

It’s been a while since I’ve given an update on the puppy, and what better way then to show you all how cute and clever she is. Addie’s now 3.5 months old, and is growing faster than tension on the [*tib*] plateau. She’s still got another two weeks before her rabies shot and license, so …

March 30, 2008
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