i own this place!
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I went to the Asian Art Museum a couple of weeks ago and came across these wonderful Japanese prints of foreigners from around the Meiji Restoration era and wanted to write something about it. Who knew that this week would afford me that opportunity?!
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A reminder that culture clashes are complicated and never just about just the two at-odds that you see on the surface.
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Years ago, I came across a podcast that was about the muckracker Vincent Hallinan, who amongst other things sued the Catholic Church to prove there was a god. A supporting actor in his story was his wife, Vivian, who I found to be much MUCH more interesting of a character.
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J Edgar Hoover called her marriage to Vincent Hallinan (13 years her senior and already a lawyer getting in trouble with the FBI), “a case of one warped personality marrying another.”
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To make a revolution, people must not only struggle against existing institutions. They must make a philosophical/spiritual leap and become more human human beings. In order to change/transform the world, they must change/transform themselves.
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Wow, I don't know if it's just because it's been two years and change since I've had to move time zones, or if the East Asia to West Coast America switch is just especially brutal, but my life since I got here a week ago has felt like one barely coherent haze.
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And just like that... I'm out of here. I've got two suitcases and a cat to carry on the plane with me ASAP.
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Well! It's been a whirlwind couple of weeks since officially ending my time at RADII. Which is my excuse for pushing this out a day late when damn it, I already even had it completely finished in drafts days before.
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I’m thrilled to announce that as of today, I’ve joined the amazing team at SupChina as their Chief Marketing Officer. And as part of that role, I’m moving back to the United States.
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In this video, I get into: Wuhan's history, what it's known for in the modern era& where you should go and some of the things you should eat should you ever get a chance to visit this awesome city.
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As you might recall, I went to Wuhan recently for one of my last work trips. I liked the quick taste of it so much that I decided to get my friend/colleague Lu to talk to me more about it, and to go back and enjoy it again.
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With Thanksgiving coming up, it seems as good a time as any to remind everybody that, as fun as it is to celebrate over and over again (one year, I think I went to four different Thanksgiving parties in the span of a week), to be mindful of the amount of waste you generate.