Archive for July, 2004
Democratic Convention from Taipei
This is hot topic here. People are starting to get into the thick of the action. I catch snippets of it on CNN Worldwide. Getting the European or HK flavor to American political coverage.
I regularly hangout with some guys on Friday and last night was no exception. We did a fair [...]
Posted: July 31st, 2004 under Taipei.
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It’s the weekend…
NY Times reported on the recent passing of Francis Crick, the Nobel Prize DNA person (who would have preferred to not have been typecasted as the DNA person).
Some final thoughts on the Democratic convention? Well, I’d like to read the upcoming Time magazine issue for any other comments (haven’t gotten to be on [...]
Posted: July 31st, 2004 under Brooklyn.
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And, so the Dems march on.
Wednesday night was John Edwards night in Boston. Thought that Elizabeth Edwards seemed authentic. She’s a bankruptcy lawyer, so it wasn’t like I’d expect her to be a hugely polished speaker, but she was fine. Edwards seemed lessy sparky than I have seen him in previous instances (I do wonder if I’m [...]
Posted: July 29th, 2004 under Brooklyn.
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Dem Dems in Boston on tv yesterday
If Day 1 was about Democratic Party past, then yesterday - Day 2 - was the bridge from the past to the future. Some commentary on my part, which may not mean very much:
Ted Kennedy started the night off; yeah, he’s the Democrat of the Democratic party, but he was kind of boring (confession: [...]
Posted: July 28th, 2004 under Brooklyn.
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Times in Taipei
Just wanted to drop a note. I’ve really enjoyed the recent writings the past couple of weeks. Sorry I haven’t been able to join in.
Thing have been quite busy with work. I’ve had to travel to Hsinchu, Taichung and just all around craziness with MIS support issues at local Taipei branches. [...]
Posted: July 28th, 2004 under Taipei.
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