I just found out my maternal grandfather has died.We weren’t particularly close.  I grew up far away from my extended family.  He and my father had some issues between them that were never really resolved.  We lived very different lives. ...
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In the aftermath of my last blog post I got a bunch of Facebook friend requests and so I went ahead and signed up.
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It seems like everybody is on Facebook except me.  I never get invited to the cool kids’ parties.  I’d join now, but that would seem pathetic and trendy.Oh, well…
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Our visiting scholar has returned to Beijing.  He had to cut his year short due to developments at his home university.  I had occasion to drive him to many events and we spent a lot of time talking.  I began to see China from a completely new place...
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Lots of people seem to be reading my review of “Cloverfield” recently.  Huh.
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