I first talked about this show here, and now it is finally going to air on PBS. I’ve got my DVR set to tape it. Starting tomorrow, it looks like you’ll be able to view it online as well. Here is a trailer, followed by a video of Faith’s mother, followed by a rather lengthy [...]

This tool allows you to translate from English, from pinyin, or from Chinese characters. As an example, type in Cat and then either hit enter or click the Go button. You’ll see the Chinese character and the pinyin. Click on the character in the first column and you’ll get a pop up. If you click [...]

I’ve been doing a lot of that the past few days. I think it’s probably time for me to read Siblings Without Rivalry again. At a certain point I have to remember that if I’m doing my job correctly then there shouldn’t be this much fussing. Yesterday I heard the words, “Mommy! She smiled at [...]

If you weren’t around last year when I was battling with ASUS customer service, the short story is that I received a brand new Asus T91 Tablet Netbook on July 16th, and it broke on July 17th. I returned it to ASUS and was told I’d have to pay for repairs. I argued the point, [...]

I’m sure everyone has heard about the traffic jam outside of Beijing, but did you know that it “miraculously” cleared up? The funny thing is, when Letterman started joking about it last night during the monologue and I realized how much of an embarrassment this would be to the Powers That Be in Beijing, I [...]

Last week, as we were trying to get ready one morning, GlitterGirl (now in the throes of Tweenhood) screamed at me “You don’t understand!!!!” and then ran to her room in tears. This because she wanted to wear last year’s shorts that are now too short for the dress code, and I told her she [...]