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Sep.27.2011
I have a new boss. Actually, my boss's boss's boss's -- or, in correct corporatese, my manager's manager, manager -- is new. A man. Don't know him. Never heard of him before. He's from the IBM executive ranks. Took almost three months of searching (I know he's in here somewhere -- just stop and...
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Sep.16.2011
Sisters chatting over dinner, mom lying in bed watching Modern Family.
I hear an intimate conversation going on at the dinner table. I approach the girls and stay wanting to be a part of the circle.
“We’re having a conversation mom.”
“Oh, sorry. If you need me I’ll be in my bedroom.”...
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Aug.23.2011
The Great Conversation
It must not come to a national tragedy before Americans correct the course of our nation from one of overspending and indebtedness to one of economic well-being and prosperity once again. Where has the moral compass of the country begun to point? Other nations have looked to...
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May.11.2011
What a wonderful last few weeks I've had. My daughter turns 4 months old today and I also received our second book of poetry, "Poeticising Chat" in the post. Synchronicity!
Here's a short free preview: https://www.createspace.com/Preview/1081752
Please take a look and let me know what you...
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Apr.13.2011
http://asiasociety.org/events-calendar/maxine-hong-kingston-conversation-andrew-lam
Apr 21, 2011 | 6:00pm to 8:00pmNorthern CaliforniaMechanic’s Institute, 57 Post Street, San Francisco
Asia Society/Mechanics' Institute Members: free. Non-members: $12.
To register, please email rsvp@milibrary.org ...
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Feb.27.2011
Several years ago, I sat next to a man on a plane who listened to my tale of why I stopped writing fiction in college, and reacted with pleasant skepticism to my statement that I wasn't a storyteller. If that man happens upon this blog post, please comment. I would like him to know that I am...
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Dec.01.2010
When was the last time you had a good conversation?
I saw an interview today with Christopher Hitchens, one of the great of conversationalists of all time, and I thought how desperately I missed really good conversation. Not the exchange of pleasantries, or a duet of monologues that passes as...
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Oct.24.2010
A conversation that made me rich on my B’day.
This conversation is between Celine and I on my birthday. I met her at Facebook. She is French and is not very good at speaking English. Our initial introduction was hilarious where I mistook her for another friends girl friend because I did not...
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Sep.15.2010
"Good morning. Is there any coffee?"
"Yes. Made some just now."
"I had such a weird dream last night. Want a cup?"
"I'm good. What was the dream?"
"My legs fell off, but I could still walk."
"That's weird all right."
"Yeah. I...
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Sep.15.2010
To be fair, he went out of his way to tell me he was not Jesus. It was nearly the first thing he said. But he looked like Jesus. Well - you know - he looked like the depictions of Jesus by all the people who have never seen Him. And it doesn't matter that, as far as I know, there is not one...
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