(Although the herculean Burj Dubai in the United Arab Emerites, under construction, would far outstrip any other building in height, more than 40% taller than Taipei 101.)
Thursday, June 30, 2005
Freedom sucks
The new design of the Freedom Tower sucks. Not only is it profoundly ordinary, but it won't be the tallest building in the world, unless you count the antenna, which is cheating. Taipei 101 (which is really pretty) will still win.
(Although the herculean Burj Dubai in the United Arab Emerites, under construction, would far outstrip any other building in height, more than 40% taller than Taipei 101.)
(Although the herculean Burj Dubai in the United Arab Emerites, under construction, would far outstrip any other building in height, more than 40% taller than Taipei 101.)
Wednesday, June 29, 2005
Mmmm... if only I could find 潤餅...
This weekend I went to the Billy Graham Crusade in Flushing to hand out leaflets, and I could not get those leaflets out of my hands fast enough. It was incredible, like hotcakes. On Friday I gave out a boxfull in 10 minutes, and on Saturday, 1600 in an hour. I got to tell people, "God bless you". Fun.
Then, being in Flushing, I bought a bunch of longan, which are fun to eat. I also found 米漿 (a thick sweet peanut rice drink) for the first time in America -- yum! And some 蔥油餅 (fried scallion pancakes) with 豆漿 (soymilk, but not like in the supermarket, this stuff is gooood). Taiwanese have great stuff.
Then, being in Flushing, I bought a bunch of longan, which are fun to eat. I also found 米漿 (a thick sweet peanut rice drink) for the first time in America -- yum! And some 蔥油餅 (fried scallion pancakes) with 豆漿 (soymilk, but not like in the supermarket, this stuff is gooood). Taiwanese have great stuff.
Tuesday, June 28, 2005
No to Glue Traps
Please spread the word about the popular but extraordinarily cruel glue trap:
Melbourne Herald Sun
People who use glue traps to kill mice and rats will be hit with fines of up to $1000 under a crackdown on animal cruelty [in the state of Victoria, Australia]...
A regulatory impact statement released this week has said the animals not only suffer extreme stress when stuck, but also prolonged deaths from dehydration, exposure, starvation, suffocation or attack by predators.
Animals also die from injuries or blood loss when they try to chew through their own limbs in an attempt to escape.
(You can read the whole article)
Melbourne Herald Sun
People who use glue traps to kill mice and rats will be hit with fines of up to $1000 under a crackdown on animal cruelty [in the state of Victoria, Australia]...
A regulatory impact statement released this week has said the animals not only suffer extreme stress when stuck, but also prolonged deaths from dehydration, exposure, starvation, suffocation or attack by predators.
Animals also die from injuries or blood loss when they try to chew through their own limbs in an attempt to escape.
(You can read the whole article)
Friday, June 24, 2005
PETA and the Lessons of the Holocaust
My opinion piece was published today in the Jewish Journal. While that is exciting, I have to make two important caveats. [Update: They apologized, will publish a correction, and changed the title of the online version.]
First, THEY CHANGED MY TITLE! I want to totally disavow their inflammatory title. I was not saying that factory farms are like Shoah suffering, just that one has lessons that can be applied to the other.
Second, I was not writing on behalf of the JVNA, but expressing only my own opinion.
That said, you can go ahead and read it.
First, THEY CHANGED MY TITLE! I want to totally disavow their inflammatory title. I was not saying that factory farms are like Shoah suffering, just that one has lessons that can be applied to the other.
Second, I was not writing on behalf of the JVNA, but expressing only my own opinion.
That said, you can go ahead and read it.
Wednesday, June 22, 2005
Decay
Dentist. Five cavities. $500. Dammit -- the downside of Luna Bars?
Keng-hui, my first serious girlfriend who no longer talks to me, is going back to Taiwan soon, a position at Academia Sinica. A few months ago I emailed her, to see if she wanted to get together before she's gone forever. She never answered. I do talk to her sister, with whom I stayed when I lived in Taiwan. She is visiting the U.S. for two months, so we were talking the other day. She said, she thinks Keng-hui wouldn't know what to say to me. What is that supposed to mean? Anyway, what can you do. Some people just don't care.
Preserve your memories. They're all that's left you.
Keng-hui, my first serious girlfriend who no longer talks to me, is going back to Taiwan soon, a position at Academia Sinica. A few months ago I emailed her, to see if she wanted to get together before she's gone forever. She never answered. I do talk to her sister, with whom I stayed when I lived in Taiwan. She is visiting the U.S. for two months, so we were talking the other day. She said, she thinks Keng-hui wouldn't know what to say to me. What is that supposed to mean? Anyway, what can you do. Some people just don't care.
Preserve your memories. They're all that's left you.
Tuesday, June 21, 2005
This flash movieWednesday, June 15, 2005
Elder and Zenith
This morning, when I should have been at work, I was watching Elder, one of these daytime talk shows. They had a couple, the man had cheated on this woman several times, and she was emotionally distraught, but still wanted to marry him, wanted to make him commit. Then they had another couple, the woman had cheated on her husband four times, but he was still trying to work it out with her. I was a little amazed. If your significant other cheats, repeatedly, then what's to work out? Leave him and find someone else. What's the problem? You may be in love, but you can fall in love again. These people seemed to have emotional problems, unable to do the obvious thing.
Then I start thinking, is this what's wrong with me, that I find it too easy to walk away from a relationship? Is this why so many marriages fail? Isn't love supposed to be all-encompassing, willing to take any abuse, holding steadfast to forever no matter what? I don't know, maybe I'm the one with problems.
Today I ordered dinner over the internet (using www.SeamlessWeb.com, the best way to order food) from a vegetarian place called Zenith that sounded vaguely familliar. As I was halfway into my spinach-wrapped-in-noodley-thing-with-sweet-and-sour-sauce, I suddenly recognized those little rolls. I had stumbled upon Zenith when visiting NYC with Keng-hui, a lifetime ago, and ordered this very dish. That was the first time I really explored the city, and fell in love with it. Such memories, that cafe in Soho, the park bench in TriBeCa... sigh...
Then I start thinking, is this what's wrong with me, that I find it too easy to walk away from a relationship? Is this why so many marriages fail? Isn't love supposed to be all-encompassing, willing to take any abuse, holding steadfast to forever no matter what? I don't know, maybe I'm the one with problems.
Today I ordered dinner over the internet (using www.SeamlessWeb.com, the best way to order food) from a vegetarian place called Zenith that sounded vaguely familliar. As I was halfway into my spinach-wrapped-in-noodley-thing-with-sweet-and-sour-sauce, I suddenly recognized those little rolls. I had stumbled upon Zenith when visiting NYC with Keng-hui, a lifetime ago, and ordered this very dish. That was the first time I really explored the city, and fell in love with it. Such memories, that cafe in Soho, the park bench in TriBeCa... sigh...
Tuesday, June 14, 2005
Sunday, June 12, 2005
Pam and Me
Me and Pam were at the Puerto Rican Day Parade, leafleting en español. A lot of these guys had necklaces with HUGE crosses or gold Jesus heads the size of my palm. This has yet to catch on at my office.
Thursday, June 09, 2005
Sunday, June 05, 2005
Happy Birthday to Me!
My birthday. Didn't get a single present. No one took me to dinner. Not a card in the mail. I did get one e-card (thanks so much, you're the greatest!). I also got shouted at by someone, upsetting me for much of the evening.
So, I went to see Star Wars, which was entertaining but much like the other installments, and for the last movie to be made it didn't even have an ending. And what's a birthday without cake? I went to Lalo's and had two different slices. Nothing to write home about, but it has symbolic value.
So, I went to see Star Wars, which was entertaining but much like the other installments, and for the last movie to be made it didn't even have an ending. And what's a birthday without cake? I went to Lalo's and had two different slices. Nothing to write home about, but it has symbolic value.
Saturday, June 04, 2005
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