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For all of you wondering why I’ve been silent for a while, let me take the gag out of my mouth and tell you why. First, let me hand that gag back to the Chinese government.
For reasons not known to me, my website is officially baned here in China. I haven’t been able to access [...]

Each summer I’m usually lucky enough to randomly score tickets to more than a few Red Sox games. Like every good New Englander, I love Fenway Park and all the sights, sounds, and suds it offers (even if the sud prices did go up…again). I made it to a couple of games before taking off [...]

It’s official—I’m a smoker. Now, everyone who actually knows me, pick you jaws up off the floor and let me elaborate. I’m diagnosing myself (and not with the help of Web MD) as having the Beijing Lung, an ailment I may or may not have just invented. It started with a tiny cough each morning [...]

When we arrived last month, the Olympic excitement was palpable. China is so incredibly proud to host the Games and when the first firework exploded over the opening ceremony on Friday night, the country collectively let out a pent-up jubilation seven years in the making.
A friend and I braved the crowds to celebrate with the [...]