Monthly Archive: November 2005

Are high achievers born or made?

Are high achievers born or made?

Lee referred to a recent WSJ (Wall Street Journal) article, The New White Flight (cf. Thomas Sowell’s commentary about it at capmag.com) and the Asian Week editorial about it, Diversity is NOT Black and White. [ht: Musings of an Urban...

Because God Doesn’t Always Fit

Because God Doesn’t Always Fit

This little text ad showed up in a recent newsletter I get: Because God Doesn’t Always Fit into a Church-Shaped Space. In 2000, the church was the focal point of faith activity for over 65% of American believers. Current trends...

2 tech notes

2 tech notes

When I use my preferred Firefox browser (1.07) to view certain websites, like timetales.com, I get extra pop-under(?) windows that go to ilead.itrack.it and sometimes wind up at redorbit.com. Some video starts playing in the background and I hear sound...

thankful for a truck

thankful for a truck

The deed is done, the papers are signed. We got ourselves a new 2005 Nissan Xterra! (specs: 4WD + S trim package + Solar Yellow color). Not to be confused with happy face yellow. Photos here. My car buying history...

bus warfare

bus warfare

WaPo piece today: Some Low-Fare ‘Chinatown’ Buses Told to Halt Over Safety. Would Angry Asian Man call this article racist? 🙂 Note his distinct and broader use of the term racist; yet he does also acknowledge Asian racism too: As...

okay to eavesdrop

okay to eavesdrop

It’s not often that I get into a conversation about Asian culture with a fellow Asian, as much as I seek it. Perhaps b/c it is not a comfortable kind of topic, not easy like small talk about weather, sports,...

brain games

brain games

Dropped in for half a day at the Academy of American Religion annual meeting. It’s a very large convention, a joint event with the Society for Biblical Literature, with maybe 20,000 8,500 academic types in attendance. That’s the whole population...

test driving today, theology tomorrow

test driving today, theology tomorrow

Today we (me, my wifey, and my son) went test driving cars, being in the market for a new car, since our 2nd car gave up its last gasp a few weeks ago with a notable last passenger. Since we...