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MOOC madness...
I'm so enamored of this whole MOOC thing... I've completed three classes so far and am currently taking far more than anyone should at one time ( Read more... ) -
Random Random Random...
I never post on here anymore... I need another platform...or something ( Read more... ) -
Gun Control Petitions
Ok... with all of the things going on in the government right now and
the recent change requiring 100,000 signatures instead of 25,000 for
petitions- I'm suspending my petition campaign for now.
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Sometimes I really miss Beijing...then there are those other days...
The air has been bad there lately...horrifically bad...I worry about my friends' health...especially those with little ones :(
Here are some pics that show the scene lately:
AAt an AQI of about 300-350:
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Back in the States...
Yeah...I've been excessively lazy about my posting for the last few...um...years ( Read more... ) -
Random Update Random Things
I'm obviously too far behind on my blogging to reasonably update anyone on anything. So...I'll just share the randomness of my life as of late.
Yesterday, as we were walking from one store to another (because the first store was completely overrun with people starting their Chinese New Year shopping and we didn't feel like waiting in the checkout ( Read more... ) -
Way too long...
It has been forever since I posted on LJ! Wow! Motherhood and work have totally thrown my blogging off the rails ( Read more... ) -
Christmas in China
Christmas in China is an...um...interesting affair.
Sometimes, I'm mildly confused by what they come up with here in terms of decorations.
In another sense, I am highly entertained by the sheer enthusiasm shown by their attempts.
At a local mall in Beijing (The Village in Sanlitun), for example, we have:
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The flu takes over our brains and forces us to act weird... no, seriously...
As I'm doing research for the random articles I write to support my "being a mother" and "doing stuff I want" habits, I occasionally come across other random articles or scientific research that blows my mind.
Like this one today:
"Change in Human Social Behavior in Response to a Common Vaccine" from the Annals of Epidemiology ( Read more... ) -
doing it all wrong...
The temperature outside was 23 degrees Celsius (about 73 F ( Read more... )