My wife didn’t get quarantined!

If anyone has read anything interesting about golf and the environment lately, please send it my way. Doesn’t need to be China related.

Something about watching the NBA Finals on Filipino TV makes me hungry for KFC and Colt 45. And Appeton Weight Gain.

Paranoid. Since frog escaped from tank I keep “seeing” him on floor, only to find him in tank. Hallucinations induced by salad-&-beer diet?

Zhou Xunshu opens with 5-under 67, two strokes off lead http://tinyurl.com/lhb593 (via @zhouxunshu)

Crazy day here at the zoo. Our aquatic frog somehow got out of aquarium. Confused dog alerted me to tiny, filthy creature hopping on floor.

These Pudong cab drivers are not of this world.

Brian Seymour sound check at Cotton’s on Xinhua Lu sounds great … thanks to @sinoelectro. Don’t be scared off by the rain!

Sign spotted by Bliss on drive through south Georgia on Monday: “To prevent sin burn, use son screen.” It’s not Chinglish, it’s Christlish.

Brian Seymour doing Tom Waits covers at Shanghai’s House of Blues & Jazz tonight. Originals at Cotton’s tomorrow. http://is.gd/SNiq

Free pitcher of beer to the first person to fix China’s Internet.

Ozzie on balcony waiting anxiously for Bliss to come home. He’s whimpering a little. (Poor guy doesn’t know she won’t be back for 9 days.)

@sagebrennan Several people arriving at Shanghaiist via itweet.net/web/, twitzap.com and dabr.co.uk. Any of those work for you?

On Tiananmen anniversary, what is Shanghaiist’s most viewed story? That’s right: A 16-month old post about a sex scandal: http://is.gd/NR3I

Watch first two episodes of Conan here: http://is.gd/NDJF Fans of Twitter humor will enjoy “Twitter Tracker” segment in second episode.

Twitter blocked in China, but you can still read and post to Twitter via another very popular website that will surely be blocked soon, too.

Forgot this was coming out. Then missed it when it did come out. Dad had to notify me. You’d think they’d send me a copy? http://is.gd/M4U8

Big day. Just retired my oldest external hard drive, “Brickey.” Named after my favorite NCAA hoops player, Robert Brickey. http://is.gd/LcpJ

How do I access regular NBA.com without having to turn on my VPN? These automatic redirects to localized sites are increasingly annoying.

Anyone got the hookup on Yankees tickets between June 16 and July 8? Looks like I’ll be in the market for some …

On way to Parts Unknown, Pudong, to cheer on Shanghai Saints and Sirens in All China Gaelic Games. And drink Guinness.

Ozzie, our 60-lb dog with bad hind leg, tweaked good hind leg, which could lead to me tweaking my back carrying him up 3 flights of stairs.

Slate: 1965 marked the beginning of the end for metropolitan daily newspapers. http://tr.im/mR0H (via @jackshafer)

Check out Shanghai-based author Paul French’s pretty new non-Blogspot blog, China Rhyming: http://is.gd/ITJ7 @chinarhyming @accessasia

First golf lesson in, oh, seven months. Maybe I’ll be course ready by the 2010 World Expo.

Tip: If you do not want your videos shared on the internet, do not upload them to a popular video sharing website. http://is.gd/HQPK

Listening to Bliss practice the violin is not a bad way to start the day.

You haven’t lived until you have heard a drunk Paul French sing Robbie Williams. Lighters out now.

At the Harbour Bar. Heard of it? Didn’t think so.

Someone save me a seat outside at Cotton’s Xinhua: http://is.gd/ExE8 Too bad I’m not eligible to win the Aegis stuff. Could use some finery.

H1N1 query: Anyone heard reports of China denying entry to passengers (with proper visas) arriving from US?

Where to buy Wiffle balls/bats in 上海? Taobao surprisingly unhelpful: 在当前分类中共找到“wiffle”宝贝0件. No luck with various Chinese searches, either.

Shooting in Shanghai? Yeah but can they pack heat in their national parks? That is sign of truly advanced society. http://tinyurl.com/r9r3h5

Ears still ringing. Never sure once it “stops” whether it actually stopped or I just got used to it.

That much needed post-Ratatat shower failed to wash away the ringing in my ears.