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I launched this blog in 2008. My mini-me.
Why I’m not cranky this Thanksgiving
November 24, 2011
Even though I can be grouchy around the holidays (’tis a hellish season to be single), you won’t hear any complaints from me right now. Instead, I am feeling reasonably […]
The garden of life needs good people and ideas
November 1, 2011
Thought for the day: Friendships are like gardens. Every once in a while, they have to be weeded and pruned. Sometimes, a drastic redesign is necessary. This marvelous wisdom was […]
3 great writing tips that transform my students
October 25, 2011
I have a ton of writing tips. But for students in a hurry, three essentials always work. Together, they constitute a crash course in cleaning up how they express themselves. […]
Becoming more Asian and, more American
October 5, 2011
Tell me the truth — do I really have to spend the rest of my life wrestling with ethnic identity issues? Can’t I just be me? What the hell does […]
October 3, 2011
For most of my life, I’ve been a computer idiot. Even the act of emailing threw me into despair. Then around 2006, I dumped the PC and switched to a […]
Guess who won the $50 gift card giveaway ;)
September 28, 2011
And the winners are…quite fitting for this blog contest. They’re two people who only know me because they somehow found my blog online. Yay — let’s hear it for […]
What it’s like to work at Etsy
September 22, 2011
Have you ever heard of Etsy? After a tour of the company’s corporate headquarters in Brooklyn, I have much more hope that great jobs are possible — if we can […]