Ok, so here, I don't really know anyone in a 1000-mile radius around my home, or even a 2000-mile radius, or even a 3000-mile radius (the actual distance is about 3500 miles, since that's the distance to New York, and I do know my coworkers and roommate but whatever). I'm assuming it won't be like this here forever, so I had the thought that I ( Read more... )

I'm at the British Library, borrowing their wireless internet since I don't have an internet connection at home, which, by the way, is now Mayfair, London. In Monopoly terms, Mayfair is the British Boardwalk. That's probably not helpful, or at least it wouldn't be to me, since I have no idea what American Boardwalk is. Anyway, Mayfair is an ( Read more... )

Why Chinese Mothers are SuperiorI agree completely with the author. Westerners suck at parenting because for whatever reason they think it's OK for kids to get bad grades when good grades mostly take effort. Having a good attitude helps too ( Read more... )

I got into a snowboarding accident Christmas Eve and had to go for surgery around my eye on Monday. It is miserable being in a hospital. This time I only had to stay one night, which is way better than the ten days for each of the three times I had to go in for a lung collapse, but one day is still too much ( Read more... )