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Of course I got up early to watch the Royal Wedding of William and Catherine (of the United Kingdom).  It was very nice.  Now, I suppose I’ll catch up on reading stuff about it, as well as still watching tv.  (this is what I get for scheduling a few days off from work with coincidental [...]

Hope you’re having a nice Easter, Passover, spring! I have recommended Jennifer 8. Lee’s book on Chinese-American food; but I do question whether Panda Express can work in China (link is to an NPR coverage on the subject, including soundbites from Jennifer 8. Lee.  I’d guess that Panda Express would have to pull quite a [...]

Shakespeare’s birthday!  (more or less; something about the day he was baptized and plus or minus a couple of days). Roger Ebert has a nice tribute to Shakespeare on his blog, including embedding/linking to a YouTube video of the Beatles doing a Shakespeare skit. Oh those Brits. I have to see the Shakespeare exhibit at [...]

I read the excerpt of Janny Scott’s book on President Obama’s mom in the NY Times Magazine preview; it’s a very illuminating article. The book will likely be fascinating. I’ve liked Scott’s previous reporting on the subject, so I’m looking forward to one day reading it in book form. I would like it if Obama [...]

Other items: The latest episode of “Fringe” – that was nuts. Basically, Walter, Peter, and a certain William Bell make a trip into Olivia’s brain – and with more than a touch of “Inception,” evidently, Olivia’s brain ain’t a pretty place. Oh, and Walter, Peter, and Bell as cartoon animated versions of themselves was funny, [...]

Saw “American Idiot” on Friday night. Basically a Green Day opera. (see the review by NY Times’ Charles Isherwood). Johnny (played by Van Hughes) is a clueless young man in suburbia in the post 9/11 world. His friends, Will (played by Justin Guarini – yes, that Justin Guarini of American Idol fame) and Tunny (played [...]

A cross post from my Literature in Motion blog: I’ll be remiss if I don’t pass this along – check out the link for the 2011 Hyphen/Asian American Writers Workshop Short Story Contest, the national, pan-Asian American writing competition. Deadline of May 16, 2011. Details may be found on the websites of either Hyphen or [...]

Some decent news: the Senate Judiciary Committee recommended Goodwin Liu and so the Senate ought to vote him up or down already (not to mention Edward Chen). Now the Senate ought to confirm them already and to avoid a federal shutdown. Not that I think they ought to do everything, but they kind of have [...]

Texas A&M beat Notre Dame in the NCAA Women’s tournament. As a follow up to March stuff, I watched “The Adjustment Bureau” with a friend. Entertaining movie, even if a little cheesy at the end. Matt Damon’s fun as David Norris, former Congressman from Brooklyn (I’m not sure if he really convinced me that he [...]