My friend, a terminal sociologist and recovering Chinese-American, spontaneously sent me this email: White people! White people have all kinds of ridiculous gadgets and toys in their kitchen. They’ve got 16 different knives, an eggbeater, a slicer, a dicer, a cheese grater, and all kinds of other wacky shit. My dad has one (1) big … Continue reading
I’ve recently been doing a lot of thinking about the smattering of traveling I’ve done in the past year. Just a few days ago I started reading an Ursula Le Guin book, The Dispossessed, which, while also a rabidly feminist diatribe and an unabashed Marxist treatise, dwells often and well on cross-cultural learning. In the … Continue reading
I wrote this in fulfillment for coursework during my stay in Taiwan. I found it recently and recalled that at the time, I’d thought it would make a good blog post. It seems to match well with the thought processes of the United Lodge of Theosophists post I made recently. Recalling times when I have … Continue reading
This week I took a small adventure. In downtown Philadelphia, right next to beautiful Rittenhouse Square, there’s an old wooden door hidden in plain sight. It leads to the United Lodge of Theosophists, as the lettering on the window beside modestly proclaims. Every time I’m in the area, I get a kick out of the … Continue reading
Please excuse the use of verbal communication throughout this post. Last night, while training home with some friends after watching an incredible performance of classical guitar at a coffee shop in a suburb, it was somehow decided that it would be interesting to hang out with friends while not using verbal communication. I believe this … Continue reading
I recently received an e-mail from my department, informing me that there’s a new position as assistant professor of anthropology to fill. The list of candidates ran as follows. Already I have a pretty good idea who will be appointed. The Culture and Communication Department will be bringing in three candidates for the faculty position … Continue reading
At work tonight (how many entries can I possibly start with that line? I need a new intro!), there wasn’t much going on. I grabbed a pint of Cappuccino-and-Caramel-and-awesome Häagen-Dazs, which is super marked down because nobody buys it, pulled up a couple cases of beer to sit on, and chilled out. Since there weren’t … Continue reading
Kind of a harsh title for a post, but that’s really how I see this entry over on Savage Minds. To be fair, it’s really hard to feign badassness when your profession’s standard issue gear is the notebook from Blue’s Clues and maybe a kinship chart. That doesn’t strike fear into the heart of anyone. … Continue reading