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The Cheney thing continues - although for me, the story is the reaction to the story. As today’s NY Times and the Washington Post notes, the two parties are getting real nasty. The Democrats, via Senate minority leader, Daschle, was calling for unity and peace and all that, and various Republicans [...]

It’s pouring right now; Mets v Yankees baseball is postponed for a doubleheader on Sunday.
Interesting Asian/Asian American stuff in the NY Times today:
“A Crash Course in Tradition for Modern Korean Brides” - according to this article, one may have higher degrees in Chinese literature and originally planned to get that Ph.d., but feel free (or [...]

Slate.com’s Seth Stevenson has the latest “Ad Report” to comment on (drum roll, please) - those Budweiser v. Miller ads. You know, the Miller ads have this dorky spokesman who’s running for president of beers against the Budweiser Clydesdale spokeshorse. Apparently, Budweiser got all mad and so unleashed their spokesreptilians and the spokesdonkey [...]

Funny - I thought yesterday was summer solstice; d’uh, it’s actually today - the time of year when the natural light is out that much longer (even at the hour in which I’m writing this blog). See, I like summer for this one reason - the light (not the humidity - so help [...]

Seattle pics, Vancouver pics
Some pics to tide you over until I can get a proper entry filed for the trip — finally got the Internet working in the hotel. This was the longest day, though — in British Columbia, dawn broke at about 5 am and dusk was at 10 pm. Saw the dragon [...]