Monthly Archives: May 2007

12 May

Never Send a Roi de la Guerre to Do a Mandarin’s Job

Yán Xíshān has been sampling the product if he thinks Mòzǐ is only at #9. The fix is in. #1 Chinese Thinker? Sanjaya!

12 May

Small Swords Magazine

This is a new, English-language literary journal out of Shanghai. It looks promising, and it’s looking for writers. Check it out.

09 May

I Can’t Believe It’s Not Petroleum!

Don’t think of oil as oil. Think of it as millions of years of concentrated sunlight. You want to replace it with a year’s worth of corn and jatropha? Good luck with that.

08 May

Growing Girth Bestowing Sartorial Mirth

One of the things that I miss about America is Goodwill Industries. When we lived in Washington, DC, Josh furnished his whole wardrobe from one Goodwill store in Northern Virginia. It was one of those places where movers and shakers unload their designer duds after only a few wearings.
And we [...]