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UFOs: LIFE, Obama and eggs…

We recently purchased a bilingual version of the classic American cultural board game, LIFE. In light of the recent economic turmoil, I kind of played it this time in a new light. Every step of the game, from getting married to buying a house and retiring, is mandated. Interestingly enough, you can purchase home insurance [...]

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UFO: Close encounters of the Chinese kind

Part of living in foreign country are the daily encounters with UFOs–unidentified foreign objects. Here’s a recent collection of “close encounters” I captured with my cell phone.

I call it the “trash-o-vator.” After a long, hard day a work, this is NOT what you want to see as you head downstairs. Thanks, but I’ll wait for [...]

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Beijing’s Google gears

Remember when Google was just a search engine that made really good use of white space? Well in case you haven’t noticed, Google is in the advertising business now. No Web site banner or margin (or other white space for that matter) has been spared.
So when I recently ran into this Google-branded sanlunche (a kind [...]

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