Losing Japanese to Oversensitivity - 2008 Aug 13
(Tags: ChinesePod, Japanese, personal)
8 8 8 8 - 2008 Aug 08
Pickles - 2008 Mar 08
Fabricating the Known from the Unknown - 2007 Oct 27
(Tags: language, personal, Shanghainese, Spanish)
No One in Beijing Can Cut Hair - 2007 Oct 20
When a Fever Is Not Just a Fever - 2007 Oct 14
The Filthy Foreigner Flaw - 2007 Aug 17
Avast! Fails, Google Pack Wins - 2007 Aug 15
Questions for Yao Ming, and Other Tall People - 2007 Jul 10
(Tags: celebrities, personal)
Do these DVDs look pirated to you? - 2007 Jul 07
100% Married - 2007 Jun 10
How I Learned Chinese (part 2) - 2007 May 13
(Tags: Chinese study, Hangzhou, language, personal)
How I Learned Chinese (part 1) - 2007 May 06
(Tags: Chinese study, personal)
Culturally Awkward - 2007 Apr 18
(Tags: current events, personal)
Attempting Redemption - 2007 Apr 08
(Tags: personal)
Satisfying Conclusions - 2007 Mar 29
(Tags: ChinesePod, personal, visa)
A Conversation with a Wrong Number - 2007 Mar 16
(Tags: personal)
Homework Excuse Note - 2007 Mar 13
(Tags: Chinese characters, grad school, personal, tech)
Forced Break - 2007 Mar 09
(Tags: grad school, personal, site news, tech)
China and Eugenics - 2007 Mar 02
(Tags: marriage, morality, personal, sex, society, the wife)
10 Reasons I Hate Chinese New Year - 2007 Feb 17
The Poor Man’s Soft Bristle Toothbush - 2007 Feb 12
(Tags: personal)
The Not-So-Secret Ingredient to a Happy Chinese Marriage - 2006 Dec 19
Japanese Thanksgiving - 2006 Nov 23
(Tags: food, personal, Thanksgiving, USA)
Busy + Pecha Kucha - 2006 Sep 27
(Tags: personal)
Chinaversary - 2006 Aug 20
(Tags: linguistics, personal)
Am I Married? - 2006 Aug 18
(Tags: culture, girlfriend, marriage, personal, the wife)
Good People at Bad Times - 2006 Jul 11
(Tags: classic, observations, personal)
The Experts - 2006 May 05
(Tags: other blogs, personal)
Successful Beer Bartering - 2006 Apr 23
Satellite TV for Beer - 2006 Apr 19
(Tags: personal)
ChinesePod and me - 2006 Apr 03
(Tags: Chinese study, ChinesePod, personal, work)
Karaoke Notes - 2006 Mar 07
(Tags: Baidu, girlfriend, music, personal)
Riding with Strangers in Yunnan - 2006 Feb 11
(Tags: comics, personal, travelogue)
Farewell to Ayi - 2005 Dec 31
(Tags: Ayi, Brad, Carl, girlfriend, morality, personal, Shanghai)
Change - 2005 Dec 09
(Tags: personal)
Spitting, Peeing, Snot Rockets, and Me (part 2) - 2005 Dec 08
Signs of Winter in Shanghai - 2005 Dec 03
Betrayal - 2005 Oct 06
(Tags: classic, personal, travelogue)
Tiny Chinese Food - 2005 Sep 09
Travel and Moving - 2005 Aug 22
Science (something) Sect - 2005 Aug 18
(Tags: celebrities, culture, girlfriend, movies, personal, vocabulary)
Officially a Student - 2005 Aug 12
X-Net is here! - 2005 Aug 03
Courage and Fear - 2005 Jul 26
(Tags: classic, elsewhere, movies, observations, personal)
On American Food - 2005 Jul 23
(Tags: entertainment, food, girlfriend, personal, USA)
Seoul to Shanghai and stuff - 2005 Jul 18
(Tags: girlfriend, Korea, personal, StarCraft, travel, USA, video games)
Me and a Baby - 2005 Jul 08
Over the Pacific - 2005 Jul 03
(Tags: Adopt a Blog, girlfriend, personal, site news, travel, USA, WordPress)
It’s About to Get Hotter… - 2005 Jul 01
Trojan! - 2005 Jun 17
Free Power? - 2005 Jun 15
DONE with exams!!! - 2005 Jun 04
(Tags: Chinese study, exams, grad school, personal, 华师大)
To the Consulate - 2005 May 30
(Tags: girlfriend, personal, Shanghai, USA, visa)
Bundle of Sticks - 2005 May 19
Recording of my Chinese - 2005 May 15
(Tags: Chinese study, funny, personal)
A Reminder - 2005 May 09
study make John HONGRY - 2005 May 06
(Tags: Chinese study, food, personal, vocabulary)
Stage 1 of the Makeovers Complete - 2005 Apr 08
(Tags: Chinese study, personal, site news)
New Blog Name - 2005 Apr 07
The Rat Game - 2005 Apr 07
(Tags: Carl, observations, personal, Shanghai)
Year of the Cock - 2005 Feb 09
(Tags: personal)
Dust - 2005 Jan 19
(Tags: observations, personal)
Holiday Thievery - 2005 Jan 12
(Tags: Carl, Micah, observations, other blogs, personal, Shanghai)
Christmas Mutated - 2004 Dec 27
Empowered Laowai - 2004 Dec 15
(Tags: other blogs, personal)
Legend of the White Ferret - 2004 Dec 06
Untested Cooking Scheme - 2004 Dec 01
China made me do it! - 2004 Oct 22
(Tags: personal)
Hospital Acupuncture - 2004 Oct 13
Coincidences - 2004 Oct 03
(Tags: personal)
2 weeks - 2004 Sep 24
(Tags: books, comics, linguistics, music, personal, video games)
Off Again… (and ROACHES!) - 2004 Aug 26
Looking to Guoqing Vacation - 2004 Aug 04
(Tags: personal)
To Stay - 2004 Jun 23
Dashan in Shanghai - 2004 Jun 14
(Tags: advertising, celebrities, personal, Shanghai, 大山)
Trip Labels - 2004 Jun 06
(Tags: personal)
America Revisited - 2004 Jun 01
Preparing for the Cook - 2004 May 20
Rejected! - 2004 May 16
(Tags: personal)
Sitemeter, Hair - 2004 May 08
(Tags: Brad, Carl, censorship, personal, site news)
Happy Birthday, Dad! - 2004 May 08
(Tags: personal)
May Holiday - 2004 May 05
Rabbits - 2004 May 01
(Tags: animals, girlfriend, girls, personal)
Sickness and Pets - 2004 Apr 28
Couldn’t Resist… - 2004 Apr 18
(Tags: personal)
ZUCC Community Photos - 2004 Apr 08
(Tags: personal)
Resting - 2004 Apr 02
(Tags: personal)
Happy Birthday, Grace! - 2004 Mar 20
(Tags: personal)
Calling All Engineers - 2004 Feb 23
(Tags: personal)
Familiar Strangers - 2004 Feb 13
(Tags: personal)
Doom Cometh to Hangzhou - 2004 Feb 09
Women Writing - 2004 Jan 30
(Tags: other blogs, personal)
Exorcising, Exploding, Welcoming - 2004 Jan 26
Hangzhou Got Shorted - 2004 Jan 21
Shanghai Gloom? - 2004 Jan 15
(Tags: other blogs, personal, Shanghai, Shanghainese)
Why Shanghai? - 2004 Jan 12
Back Online - 2004 Jan 09
Coming Soon… - 2004 Jan 08
Hard Drive Dead - 2003 Dec 30
John has lived in China for 8.1 years. He is a linguist focused on SLA and Asia.