Monthly Archive: November 2005
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...