dearmisterecho will love these juicy stories...

Here's more about the world of host and hostess clubs in Asia. I sometimes joke that I should have tried to work for a Taipei host club when I worked in Taiwan.

Diary of a Tokyo hostess (Salon.com ( Read more... )

Here's the funniest thing I've seen today---3 guys pretending to talk like girly girls.

Mucho gusto girly girls. ;p

Girly Girl Talk

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How to be a girly girl

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I have much to say about the whole topic of "girly girls." Many men prefer them. I don't think it's sexist to like them, and I don't think women can't be both girly and independent, strong, ( Read more... )

This demographic and racial shift already happened at universities like UC Berkeley and UC Irvine. There, whites make up a minority group and Asians make up the majority.

In a Generation, Minorities May Be the U.S. Majority (NYT ( Read more... )

My mom finally called me this morning, to inform me of my uncle's death, from non-Hodgkin's lymphoma ( Read more... )

It's too late for me to see my uncle, now he's dead. How I feel now. I've had this song repeating through my head for days ( Read more... )

(Thank you to Vanae for this. Vanae is an Asian girl in Palo Alto who gives guys dating advice.)

I love this Internet TV show, Sexy Beijing! (Here's its YouTube channel. You may also use episodes of the show to learn Chinese.) Brilliant, charming, and heartwarming. What a breath of fresh air! Anna Sophie Loewenberg, who's fluent in Mandarin, ( Read more... )

Oh no!!! :( Ouuuuch. John Edwards's VP chances vanish. Before Obama, I supported Edwards for President. And I wanted either him or Wesley Clark for VP.

John Edwards Affair With Rielle Hunter: Will Admit Infidelity On ABC Tonight (HuffPo).

Edwards Admits Sexual Affair; Lied as Presidential Candidate (ABC News):


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Watch Gloria MacDonald's relationship/dating advice videos. Fascinating! Although most of us are under 40, her advice makes a great deal of practical sense. I don't always agree with her, haven't watched most of her videos yet, and obviously have less experience than she. I'll discuss her videos later when I have time.

Watch her videos here.

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Today, I start a long project here. Over the next months, I plan to gradually post the entire book, The Art of Worldly Wisdom (Oráculo manual y arte de prudencia), by Baltasar Gracián. Even though he wrote it in 1647, his wisdom, wit, and practical advice on living sound unbelievably modern ( Read more... )

In the 2020s, perhaps 10% of Chinese males will not find wives. By then, China will be no country for young men...

No Country for Young Men (The New Republic): China's testosterone problem ( Read more... )