Third Culture Kid(s)

I’m neither a fan of Britney Spears, nor a fan of Craig Ferguson’s show - which is to say I know next to nothing about both of them.  But Every. Fifteen. Minutes we get bombarded with news about either Britney or Anna Nicole Smith, and it’s really, really sordid.  And I’m with Craig Ferguson 100% […]

I’ve been worried that this weblog is devolving into some kind of All Asiaphilia All The Time kind of creepy blog. Maybe I’m turning into what M. describes as “those guys who study kanji on the train in Tokyo” - next thing you know, I’ll be enrolling for Kung Fu (which I’ll annoyingly call […]

As has been reported ad nauseum, 2007 is the year of the Golden Pig and, as such, is an especially auspicious year to have a child.
We are not having another child this year. BUT, M.’s sister, N., is expecting a daughter in June, and since her husband’s family is Cantonese/Vietnamese, I’m guessing this is […]

I have a couple of posts on identity/parenting/thirdculturekid stuff in the offing, but right now all I have is a quick update, which isn’t even all that interesting.

MM should be taking a nap. But, like Kitchen Fire’s Bella, she seems to be trying to make this an optional activity. At 20 months, it’s […]

Is anyone reading this weblog?  If you are, even on a feed, can you leave a comment and let me know?  Right now I kind of feel like I’m writing to a howling wilderness, but my stats page suggests otherwise…so I’m just wondering.

When I try to describe the actual process of writing a dissertation, The Lord of the Rings always makes a good analogy. I was secretly pleased to discover that I’m not alone in thinking this, and this woman does a much better job here in Frodo Baggins, ABD.
It just works. And in the […]

By way of 8 Asians is this article about USC offensive coordinator, Norm Chow.  It’s a little bit of brilliance in the way it reads Chow’s inability to be appointed head coach anywhere in terms of systemic, institutional racism rather than one Asian guy being discriminated against.  A really nice piece of writing.

This little guy and his parents need help. I’m just going to cut and paste from the DCbaby website to give a little information:
Cal Robbins, one-year-old son of local musicians J. and Janet Robbins, has been diagnosed with the genetic motor neuron disease Type 1 SMA, or Spinal Muscular Atrophy, which kills most children […]

Since I deleted all my old blog posts when I closed down the typepad account, I’m just posting this entry from last August in order to file it here.
Some of you know that M.’s family (father, grandparents, aunt/uncles) was in Hiroshima Prefecture* at the end of WWII, and his grandmother and an uncle were actually […]

Metro Dad (who may not be “hip,” but who’s certainly cool) posted this quiz today, and since I’m all about the quizzes, I’m pasting it here (complete with my answers in bold):
ARE YOU A HIPSTER PARENT?
Does your child own any of the following “ironic” t-shirts or onesies?

The Clash, The Ramones, or Sonic Youth […]