The Taipei Kid

Taking a break to take care of my old, sick dog.

Poagao’s recent post on his bad experience at Bank Sinopac, a bank I won’t be going to anytime soon, reminded me of the temper tantrum I had at a certain American bank here when I was 18. This American bank and I seem to have had an up and down relationship, and now it is [...]

I keep hearing about this Leatherheads movie. I thought it was some sort of sequel to the Texas Chainsaw Massacre, but apparently it is about football.

I am not sure which is grosser. Was is it the time I watched a colleague who sat across from me, back during my newspaper days, scrape his front teeth with his nails, inspect the gunk, then eat it? Or was it today when I watched the businessman in the taxi cab next to mine [...]

It seems I’ve received a failing blog review and death wish (”Time to Slash the Kid”) from TrippinTV, a site I must say I never heard of until now. The site seems to be a video-version of Forumosa. The Taipei Kid was called “crap” and full of “retarded” articles.
From the review:
The Taipei Kid is one [...]

We are laughing our heads off at the recent glut of ads and advertorials we’ve been seeing in the English media here that trumpet a certain American airline’s new direct service to San Francisco. Yes, we are so happy that an American airline is increasing its service from the island, because, you know, American airline [...]

Wow…we were really surprised to see that a certain business chamber had purchased a supplement in that English paper, especially since the one who calls the shots has in the past lashed out against the quality of said paper. Then why give them your money?

Once in a while I will sell some stuff on eBay. Usually textbooks and CDs that I don’t want, although once I did sell an Italian suit. My legs had gotten so fat, almost overnight, that I couldn’t fit in the slacks. It was liking trying to stick a pair of Taiwanese carrots in those [...]

Geffen Records chairman Ron Fair defending the criticism American Idol judges lash out at contestants: “In order to have a reputation and continue in a healthy manner in this business, you have to tell people `no’ all day long,” he said. “I’m telling people ‘I’m not going to sign you, that song is not a [...]

Salon’s latest feature on the death of James Kim mentions another family who had also gotten trapped in the Southern Oregon snow–the Stivers. I don’t feel quite as sorry for the Stivers, who took their kids on a little RV holiday with Grandma and Grandpa Meth Dealer,  as I do for the Kim family. Is [...]