Posts categorized ‘Life’

Mango Bene and Hot Tsokolate

Thursday, March 21st, 2013

Tropical Fruits

Sunday, March 10th, 2013

A Chinese-Khmer tradition slowly fading

Wednesday, February 27th, 2013

Then and now – going home is bittersweet

Sunday, January 20th, 2013

Learning Filipino etiquette

Sunday, January 20th, 2013

the GOP gets introduced to reality (and facts)

Friday, November 9th, 2012

Cineplex theaters in Phnom Penh

Wednesday, August 15th, 2012

Veterinarian options in Phnom Penh

Sunday, July 29th, 2012

a new color scheme

Saturday, July 28th, 2012

one happy little boy

Saturday, July 21st, 2012

Tuk-tuk rides: Look, ma, no seatbelt!

Saturday, May 26th, 2012

the problem with the way we handled attachment parenting

Saturday, May 19th, 2012

Healthy baby girl, FREE to whoever can feed her

Sunday, April 29th, 2012

Desperately seeking green spaces in Phnom Penh

Friday, April 27th, 2012

building Tristan’s communication skills to help with the Terrible Twos

Wednesday, April 25th, 2012

Happy New Year!

Wednesday, April 11th, 2012

Easy-peasy plain yogurt recipe my Bengali neighbor taught me

Monday, April 9th, 2012

a chocolate cake for Easter

Sunday, March 25th, 2012

how to unlearn those first words.. as in, quit cursing, Tristan!

Sunday, March 18th, 2012

Dried freshwater clams anyone?

Saturday, March 10th, 2012

Malibu rum coconut – my tropical beachside cocktail

Saturday, February 11th, 2012

Top regrets at the end of life..

Monday, February 6th, 2012

ifttt: such a simple app, so useful

Sunday, February 5th, 2012

Awake training

Saturday, February 4th, 2012

a useful photography cheat sheet

Saturday, January 28th, 2012

What to do with an old crib

Sunday, January 22nd, 2012

Khmum Ang (Bee larvae cake)

Saturday, December 31st, 2011

from Diapers to Durians

Friday, December 23rd, 2011

Tristan’s first Christmas

Friday, December 23rd, 2011

Plai kvet for the intrepid palate

Sunday, December 18th, 2011

Toys for tots

Sunday, December 11th, 2011

5 Things You Think Work, But Actually Don’t

Thursday, December 8th, 2011

Bill Moyers Essay: Plutocracy and Democracy Don’t Mix

Wednesday, December 7th, 2011

My favorite iced coffee in Phnom Penh

Monday, December 5th, 2011

Foreign aid contribution as a percentage of your taxes

Monday, November 28th, 2011

Christmas in the Penh

Monday, November 21st, 2011

Brat bans

Friday, August 5th, 2011

who’s behind all the edits on Wikipedia?

Friday, July 15th, 2011

use Google Translation to access blocked sites

Tuesday, July 12th, 2011

When you close an abdomen after a failed rescue, the OR is silent

Thursday, July 7th, 2011

Happy Easter!

Sunday, April 24th, 2011

Chol Chnam Thmei

Wednesday, April 13th, 2011

Gender in Toys Advertising

Monday, April 11th, 2011

News feed gems

Tuesday, April 5th, 2011

Breastfeeding is a partisan issue??

Wednesday, February 23rd, 2011

Living in Phnom Penh, Having a baby in Bangkok

Sunday, February 20th, 2011

Mom I Am

Wednesday, February 9th, 2011

Twelfth Night – It’s CARNIVAL time!!

Thursday, January 6th, 2011

Is your physician accepting “gifts” from pharma?

Thursday, January 6th, 2011

Cartoon: Questions expats get every day

Tuesday, January 4th, 2011

Chestnuts roasting on an open wok..

Friday, December 24th, 2010

the U.S. Religious Knowledge Survey

Thursday, October 14th, 2010

Colbert “testifies” before Congress – in character

Sunday, September 26th, 2010

the Asian Barbie and Ken

Friday, September 24th, 2010

Tales from the bump

Sunday, September 5th, 2010

“natural” birth animation

Tuesday, August 31st, 2010

Anti-natal update

Monday, July 12th, 2010

another Mekong sunset

Friday, May 21st, 2010

the ice truck

Friday, May 21st, 2010

View across the street… danger pay?

Sunday, May 16th, 2010

squid ink pasta in wine sauce

Sunday, May 16th, 2010

will the oilspill finally generate a viable energy plan?

Sunday, May 9th, 2010

Do ‘Family Values’ Weaken Red State Families?

Friday, May 7th, 2010

Pandas

Friday, May 7th, 2010

on immigration and the global brain race

Tuesday, May 4th, 2010

Oil Spill Politics and the US Energy Policy

Monday, May 3rd, 2010

how China sees Africa: We get commodities, you get infrastructure. Cool?

Monday, May 3rd, 2010

another blow to the New Orleans economy

Sunday, May 2nd, 2010

making small spaces bigger

Friday, April 30th, 2010

Photo of the day

Sunday, April 25th, 2010

on Iceland

Thursday, April 22nd, 2010

David Frum on bailouts

Tuesday, April 20th, 2010

the end of the “Third World”

Saturday, April 17th, 2010

ASEAN trade barriers fall, but will political barriers follow?

Wednesday, April 14th, 2010

The New Idealist Social Network

Wednesday, April 14th, 2010

triangulating information

Wednesday, April 14th, 2010

Chunpo Chnam Thmei! Happy Khmer New Year!

Wednesday, April 14th, 2010

Thailand’s state of emergency

Wednesday, April 14th, 2010

Wikileaks: the new journalism? the new threat to national security?

Wednesday, April 7th, 2010

Hello Kitty nostalgia and evil feline mockery

Saturday, April 3rd, 2010

gray hair is cool

Thursday, April 1st, 2010

Good contest on health care reform

Wednesday, March 31st, 2010

Guinness surger unit hits Phnom Penh on St Patrick’s Day

Friday, March 19th, 2010

‘Round the World in 8 Bottles!

Saturday, March 13th, 2010

FTAs and Big Ag’s equivalent of the “financial innovations”

Wednesday, March 10th, 2010

new dating site for finding submissive Asian ladies

Monday, March 8th, 2010

thanks to MacMall’s incompetence i found a better Apple retailer

Monday, March 8th, 2010

Ain’ts no more!!

Thursday, March 4th, 2010

Sham-A-Ling-Dong-Ding by Jesse Winchester

Thursday, February 18th, 2010

Saints the Soul of America’s City by Wright Thompson

Thursday, February 4th, 2010

The gestational journey ends

Monday, January 18th, 2010

the decade in magazine covers

Saturday, January 16th, 2010

when Asia’s per-capita income catches up to the West’s.. by Hans Rosling

Monday, January 11th, 2010

Employment recession

Monday, January 11th, 2010

New Year’s Eve on the banks of the Mekong

Sunday, January 3rd, 2010

tunes: All Alone on Christmas

Thursday, December 24th, 2009

Kermit Ruffins’ A Saints Christmas

Sunday, December 20th, 2009

Investing in an Empire of Illusion, by Chris Nelder

Sunday, December 20th, 2009

A pharma christmas carol

Sunday, December 20th, 2009

My consumption impact

Thursday, December 3rd, 2009

and it is time for Christmas

Friday, November 27th, 2009

it makes your head hurt

Thursday, November 26th, 2009

a magazine “for people who give a damn”

Wednesday, November 25th, 2009

the Khmer side of SE Asia’s politics..

Friday, November 20th, 2009

More fodder for hate

Friday, November 20th, 2009

Movie rave: Hurt Locker

Friday, November 13th, 2009

Thaksin– LIVE in Cambodia

Wednesday, November 11th, 2009

and the pot calls the kettle black (Thailand on Cambodia)

Saturday, November 7th, 2009

on the Public Option in US health reform

Friday, November 6th, 2009

H1N1 (swine flu) vs the seasonal flu

Monday, November 2nd, 2009

Cambodia’s Hun Sen v. Thailand

Saturday, October 24th, 2009

Logo ripoffs

Saturday, October 10th, 2009

websites for civic action on US health financing reform

Saturday, October 10th, 2009

24 Hour Comics in the Penh

Saturday, October 3rd, 2009

technology and politics

Saturday, October 3rd, 2009

#FollowFriday

Thursday, September 24th, 2009

SIALY: Slow Internet-Adjusted Life Years

Saturday, September 19th, 2009

The Socialist-Free Purity Pledge!

Friday, September 18th, 2009

Letter to congressmen: support Public Option!

Friday, September 11th, 2009

our resident tukei gecko

Monday, July 27th, 2009

Celestial dance of 22 July 2009

Wednesday, July 22nd, 2009

California plates in the Penh

Monday, July 20th, 2009

Traffic rules? What traffic rules?

Monday, July 20th, 2009

Opposition views not allowed

Saturday, July 18th, 2009

how tourists should NOT treat the natives

Saturday, July 18th, 2009

Happy Burfday America!!

Sunday, July 5th, 2009

around the ‘hood with a visiting friend

Tuesday, June 30th, 2009

BudLite Presents: Real Men of Genius. . . Today we salute YOU Mr. . . . .

Thursday, April 23rd, 2009

THIS just in: We interrupt this regularly scheduled rioting for…

Wednesday, April 15th, 2009

Where is Khmer culture going?

Saturday, April 11th, 2009

something i came across at the store…

Saturday, April 11th, 2009

View from shotgun

Wednesday, April 1st, 2009

Durian: It’s that time of year again

Friday, March 13th, 2009

Market scene at Phnom Oudong

Wednesday, March 11th, 2009

Websites for Khmer Rouge tribunal updates

Tuesday, March 10th, 2009

what liberal media bias? ;-)

Monday, March 9th, 2009

Dialogue and the Khmer Rouge tribunals

Monday, March 9th, 2009

for Intl Women’s Day: women-owned beauty biz

Monday, March 9th, 2009

Culinary alchemy and Taste science

Sunday, February 1st, 2009

Forced evictions and land grabbing for the Chinese New Year

Sunday, January 25th, 2009

Has the entertainment factor gone, post-Bush?

Saturday, January 24th, 2009

… and the Inaugural Madness continues!!

Saturday, January 24th, 2009

Inauguration/Bush era Post-mortem press roundup

Saturday, January 24th, 2009

Top 10 things we’ll miss about Bush

Friday, January 23rd, 2009

Watching Obama’s Inauguration in Phnom Penh

Wednesday, January 21st, 2009

…hark the Twelfth Night revelries [sic]

Saturday, January 17th, 2009

countdown to a new era

Saturday, January 17th, 2009

Bye George!

Saturday, January 10th, 2009

Book review: The Corrections by Jonathan Franzen

Saturday, January 10th, 2009

a list for 2009

Thursday, January 1st, 2009

Xmas tunes: Trans-Siberian Orchestra with Hellsing!

Tuesday, December 16th, 2008

Facebook Terminates Relationship, Couple Stumped

Monday, December 15th, 2008

Music out of Africa!

Monday, December 15th, 2008

…on the auto industry bailouts

Saturday, December 13th, 2008

… so what’s another year of recession?

Friday, December 12th, 2008

Is it ok to tell people I’m an American now???

Saturday, November 8th, 2008

SHIFT Happens

Saturday, September 6th, 2008

View outside my office window: demolition

Saturday, August 30th, 2008

Olympics 2008

Saturday, August 23rd, 2008

What do you listen to when you’re on the road?

Saturday, August 9th, 2008

How to vote in Cambodia’s national elections

Saturday, July 26th, 2008

Book Review: Never Give Up: How I Turned My Biggest Challenges into Success

Tuesday, July 15th, 2008

5 Ways to Eat a Mango!

Tuesday, April 15th, 2008

Animal traffic

Sunday, February 3rd, 2008

Dark hours in Burma

Saturday, October 13th, 2007

Where Have All the Leaders Gone?

Sunday, September 2nd, 2007

Staying informed

Sunday, September 2nd, 2007

the US Agriculture Policy

Saturday, August 18th, 2007

Tuki gecko

Saturday, March 24th, 2007

Health Care for Expatriates in Cambodia

Friday, March 23rd, 2007

Flags Campaign: Meet the World

Friday, November 10th, 2006

Chiang Mai, Thailand: Tourists on the Prowl

Thursday, April 20th, 2006

The Mighty Mighty English

Wednesday, April 19th, 2006

Remote ordering extra fries

Wednesday, April 12th, 2006

news you can lose…

Thursday, March 2nd, 2006

Merriest sentiments this side of the Rock

Wednesday, December 7th, 2005

Past Plagues Are Prologue

Wednesday, October 5th, 2005

Just another long weekend

Tuesday, October 4th, 2005

Gross National Happiness of Bhutan

Monday, October 3rd, 2005

Shakespeare

Tuesday, September 27th, 2005

Dire Straits… please wake up

Friday, September 9th, 2005

Time for Civic Action

Monday, September 5th, 2005

Blame Game My Ass

Sunday, September 4th, 2005

Nostalgia

Saturday, September 3rd, 2005

And the racial shit hits the fan

Friday, September 2nd, 2005

Failure of governance

Thursday, September 1st, 2005

The inevitable fate of New Orleans

Wednesday, August 31st, 2005

Dude where’s my pipeline?

Tuesday, August 30th, 2005

The Big Easy meets Katrina

Monday, August 29th, 2005

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