http://blog.danwashburn.com Dan Washburn in Shanghai, China Sat, 13 Jun 2009 15:27:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 en hourly 1 http://blog.danwashburn.com/2009/06/13/my-wife-didnt-get-quarantined/ http://blog.danwashburn.com/2009/06/13/my-wife-didnt-get-quarantined/#comments Sat, 13 Jun 2009 15:27:50 +0000 danwashburn http://blog.danwashburn.com/2009/06/13/my-wife-didnt-get-quarantined/ My wife didn’t get quarantined!

]]> http://blog.danwashburn.com/2009/06/13/my-wife-didnt-get-quarantined/feed/ http://blog.danwashburn.com/2009/06/12/if-anyone-has-read-anything-in/ http://blog.danwashburn.com/2009/06/12/if-anyone-has-read-anything-in/#comments Fri, 12 Jun 2009 04:18:38 +0000 danwashburn http://blog.danwashburn.com/2009/06/12/if-anyone-has-read-anything-in/ If anyone has read anything interesting about golf and the environment lately, please send it my way. Doesn’t need to be China related.

]]> http://blog.danwashburn.com/2009/06/12/if-anyone-has-read-anything-in/feed/ http://blog.danwashburn.com/2009/06/12/something-about-watching-the-n/ http://blog.danwashburn.com/2009/06/12/something-about-watching-the-n/#comments Fri, 12 Jun 2009 03:50:08 +0000 danwashburn http://blog.danwashburn.com/2009/06/12/something-about-watching-the-n/ Something about watching the NBA Finals on Filipino TV makes me hungry for KFC and Colt 45. And Appeton Weight Gain.

]]> http://blog.danwashburn.com/2009/06/12/something-about-watching-the-n/feed/ http://blog.danwashburn.com/2009/06/12/paranoid-since-frog-escaped-f/ http://blog.danwashburn.com/2009/06/12/paranoid-since-frog-escaped-f/#comments Thu, 11 Jun 2009 18:07:18 +0000 danwashburn http://blog.danwashburn.com/2009/06/12/paranoid-since-frog-escaped-f/ Paranoid. Since frog escaped from tank I keep “seeing” him on floor, only to find him in tank. Hallucinations induced by salad-&-beer diet?

]]> http://blog.danwashburn.com/2009/06/12/paranoid-since-frog-escaped-f/feed/ http://blog.danwashburn.com/2009/06/11/zhou-xunshu-opens-with-5-under/ http://blog.danwashburn.com/2009/06/11/zhou-xunshu-opens-with-5-under/#comments Thu, 11 Jun 2009 15:28:40 +0000 danwashburn http://blog.danwashburn.com/2009/06/11/zhou-xunshu-opens-with-5-under/ Zhou Xunshu opens with 5-under 67, two strokes off lead http://tinyurl.com/lhb593 (via @zhouxunshu)

]]> http://blog.danwashburn.com/2009/06/11/zhou-xunshu-opens-with-5-under/feed/ http://blog.danwashburn.com/2009/06/10/crazy-day-here-at-the-zoo-our/ http://blog.danwashburn.com/2009/06/10/crazy-day-here-at-the-zoo-our/#comments Wed, 10 Jun 2009 07:16:08 +0000 danwashburn http://blog.danwashburn.com/2009/06/10/crazy-day-here-at-the-zoo-our/ 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.

]]> http://blog.danwashburn.com/2009/06/10/crazy-day-here-at-the-zoo-our/feed/ http://blog.danwashburn.com/2009/06/09/these-pudong-cab-drivers-are-n/ http://blog.danwashburn.com/2009/06/09/these-pudong-cab-drivers-are-n/#comments Tue, 09 Jun 2009 15:27:46 +0000 danwashburn http://blog.danwashburn.com/2009/06/09/these-pudong-cab-drivers-are-n/ These Pudong cab drivers are not of this world.

]]> http://blog.danwashburn.com/2009/06/09/these-pudong-cab-drivers-are-n/feed/ http://blog.danwashburn.com/2009/06/09/brian-seymour-sound-check-at-c/ http://blog.danwashburn.com/2009/06/09/brian-seymour-sound-check-at-c/#comments Tue, 09 Jun 2009 10:35:35 +0000 danwashburn http://blog.danwashburn.com/2009/06/09/brian-seymour-sound-check-at-c/ Brian Seymour sound check at Cotton’s on Xinhua Lu sounds great … thanks to @sinoelectro. Don’t be scared off by the rain!

]]> http://blog.danwashburn.com/2009/06/09/brian-seymour-sound-check-at-c/feed/ http://blog.danwashburn.com/2009/06/09/sign-spotted-by-bliss-on-drive/ http://blog.danwashburn.com/2009/06/09/sign-spotted-by-bliss-on-drive/#comments Tue, 09 Jun 2009 04:40:20 +0000 danwashburn http://blog.danwashburn.com/2009/06/09/sign-spotted-by-bliss-on-drive/ 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.

]]> http://blog.danwashburn.com/2009/06/09/sign-spotted-by-bliss-on-drive/feed/ http://blog.danwashburn.com/2009/06/08/brian-seymour-doing-tom-waits/ http://blog.danwashburn.com/2009/06/08/brian-seymour-doing-tom-waits/#comments Mon, 08 Jun 2009 08:34:40 +0000 danwashburn http://blog.danwashburn.com/2009/06/08/brian-seymour-doing-tom-waits/ Brian Seymour doing Tom Waits covers at Shanghai’s House of Blues & Jazz tonight. Originals at Cotton’s tomorrow. http://is.gd/SNiq

]]> http://blog.danwashburn.com/2009/06/08/brian-seymour-doing-tom-waits/feed/ http://blog.danwashburn.com/2009/06/08/free-pitcher-of-beer-to-the-fi/ http://blog.danwashburn.com/2009/06/08/free-pitcher-of-beer-to-the-fi/#comments Mon, 08 Jun 2009 03:43:01 +0000 danwashburn http://blog.danwashburn.com/2009/06/08/free-pitcher-of-beer-to-the-fi/ Free pitcher of beer to the first person to fix China’s Internet.

]]> http://blog.danwashburn.com/2009/06/08/free-pitcher-of-beer-to-the-fi/feed/ http://blog.danwashburn.com/2009/06/04/ozzie-on-balcony-waiting-anxio/ http://blog.danwashburn.com/2009/06/04/ozzie-on-balcony-waiting-anxio/#comments Thu, 04 Jun 2009 11:09:59 +0000 danwashburn http://blog.danwashburn.com/2009/06/04/ozzie-on-balcony-waiting-anxio/ 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.)

]]> http://blog.danwashburn.com/2009/06/04/ozzie-on-balcony-waiting-anxio/feed/ http://blog.danwashburn.com/2009/06/04/sagebrennan-several-people-ar/ http://blog.danwashburn.com/2009/06/04/sagebrennan-several-people-ar/#comments Thu, 04 Jun 2009 07:30:37 +0000 danwashburn http://blog.danwashburn.com/2009/06/04/sagebrennan-several-people-ar/ @sagebrennan Several people arriving at Shanghaiist via itweet.net/web/, twitzap.com and dabr.co.uk. Any of those work for you?

]]> http://blog.danwashburn.com/2009/06/04/sagebrennan-several-people-ar/feed/ http://blog.danwashburn.com/2009/06/04/on-tiananmen-anniversary-what/ http://blog.danwashburn.com/2009/06/04/on-tiananmen-anniversary-what/#comments Thu, 04 Jun 2009 07:17:21 +0000 danwashburn http://blog.danwashburn.com/2009/06/04/on-tiananmen-anniversary-what/ 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

]]> http://blog.danwashburn.com/2009/06/04/on-tiananmen-anniversary-what/feed/ http://blog.danwashburn.com/2009/06/04/watch-first-two-episodes-of-co/ http://blog.danwashburn.com/2009/06/04/watch-first-two-episodes-of-co/#comments Thu, 04 Jun 2009 01:17:40 +0000 danwashburn http://blog.danwashburn.com/2009/06/04/watch-first-two-episodes-of-co/ Watch first two episodes of Conan here: http://is.gd/NDJF Fans of Twitter humor will enjoy “Twitter Tracker” segment in second episode.

]]> http://blog.danwashburn.com/2009/06/04/watch-first-two-episodes-of-co/feed/ http://blog.danwashburn.com/2009/06/02/twitter-blocked-in-china-but/ http://blog.danwashburn.com/2009/06/02/twitter-blocked-in-china-but/#comments Tue, 02 Jun 2009 10:08:22 +0000 danwashburn http://blog.danwashburn.com/2009/06/02/twitter-blocked-in-china-but/ 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.

]]> http://blog.danwashburn.com/2009/06/02/twitter-blocked-in-china-but/feed/ http://blog.danwashburn.com/2009/06/02/forgot-this-was-coming-out-th/ http://blog.danwashburn.com/2009/06/02/forgot-this-was-coming-out-th/#comments Tue, 02 Jun 2009 08:08:35 +0000 danwashburn http://blog.danwashburn.com/2009/06/02/forgot-this-was-coming-out-th/ 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

]]> http://blog.danwashburn.com/2009/06/02/forgot-this-was-coming-out-th/feed/ http://blog.danwashburn.com/2009/06/01/big-day-just-retired-my-oldes/ http://blog.danwashburn.com/2009/06/01/big-day-just-retired-my-oldes/#comments Mon, 01 Jun 2009 05:35:57 +0000 danwashburn http://blog.danwashburn.com/2009/06/01/big-day-just-retired-my-oldes/ Big day. Just retired my oldest external hard drive, “Brickey.” Named after my favorite NCAA hoops player, Robert Brickey. http://is.gd/LcpJ

]]> http://blog.danwashburn.com/2009/06/01/big-day-just-retired-my-oldes/feed/ http://blog.danwashburn.com/2009/06/01/how-do-i-access-regular-nbaco/ http://blog.danwashburn.com/2009/06/01/how-do-i-access-regular-nbaco/#comments Mon, 01 Jun 2009 04:57:08 +0000 danwashburn http://blog.danwashburn.com/2009/06/01/how-do-i-access-regular-nbaco/ How do I access regular NBA.com without having to turn on my VPN? These automatic redirects to localized sites are increasingly annoying.

]]> http://blog.danwashburn.com/2009/06/01/how-do-i-access-regular-nbaco/feed/ http://blog.danwashburn.com/2009/05/31/anyone-got-the-hookup-on-yanke/ http://blog.danwashburn.com/2009/05/31/anyone-got-the-hookup-on-yanke/#comments Sun, 31 May 2009 14:12:14 +0000 danwashburn http://blog.danwashburn.com/2009/05/31/anyone-got-the-hookup-on-yanke/ Anyone got the hookup on Yankees tickets between June 16 and July 8? Looks like I’ll be in the market for some …

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