http://homepage.mac.com/johngoodman/iblog/B1528764187 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss john@distractivity.com Tue, 07 Mar 2006 15:02:11 -0500 Tue, 07 Mar 2006 15:04:56 -0500 iBlog 1.4.6 John Goodman SINOFILES John and Deborah Lerme Goodman report from Kunming, in the hinterlands of China. John Goodman john@distractivity.com SINOFILES http://homepage.mac.com/johngoodman/iblog/B1528764187/C1998740971/E582358333/index.html At the end of our last vacation in China, on the train back to Kunming, I was already starting to daydream about being back in the US. When a vendor wandered through our railroad car selling toys, I got an idea about how I could use one of them in a project I'd be working on at home. ]]> Fri, 23 Jul 2004 09:16:36 -0400 http://homepage.mac.com/johngoodman/iblog/B1528764187/C1998740971/E582358333/index.html http://homepage.mac.com/johngoodman/iblog/B1528764187/C1998740971/E313498508/index.html One of the surprises of traveling is discovering what you can buy and where you can buy it. ]]> Sat, 03 Jul 2004 12:09:42 -0400 http://homepage.mac.com/johngoodman/iblog/B1528764187/C1998740971/E313498508/index.html http://homepage.mac.com/johngoodman/iblog/B1528764187/C1998740971/E903460375/index.html I have heard that beauty is one thing that people agree upon around the world. Now that I have come to Xinjiang, I think this may not be true. ]]> Fri, 02 Jul 2004 12:58:08 -0400 http://homepage.mac.com/johngoodman/iblog/B1528764187/C1998740971/E903460375/index.html http://homepage.mac.com/johngoodman/iblog/B1528764187/C2140376843/E1859604829/index.html This afternoon, when I went for a massage at the same clinic where I have had 19 previous massages, I imagined it would be the usual--which is heavenly. ]]> Fri, 25 Jun 2004 09:03:24 -0400 http://homepage.mac.com/johngoodman/iblog/B1528764187/C2140376843/E1859604829/index.html http://homepage.mac.com/johngoodman/iblog/B1528764187/C1998740971/E2015739585/index.html For their final examination, I have been asking the freshmen English majors to tell me a story about their childhood. An awful lot of them talk about the bad things they did, but that's not what's most surprizing. ]]> Tue, 22 Jun 2004 01:55:02 -0400 http://homepage.mac.com/johngoodman/iblog/B1528764187/C1998740971/E2015739585/index.html http://homepage.mac.com/johngoodman/iblog/B1528764187/C1998740971/E1891938146/index.html China's construction explosion is sometimes almost literal. ]]> Wed, 16 Jun 2004 00:30:01 -0400 http://homepage.mac.com/johngoodman/iblog/B1528764187/C1998740971/E1891938146/index.html http://homepage.mac.com/johngoodman/iblog/B1528764187/C1998740971/E801553380/index.html CCTV, the national television network, has recently revamped their programming and newscasters. The changes are not all improvements. ]]> Sat, 12 Jun 2004 01:03:22 -0400 http://homepage.mac.com/johngoodman/iblog/B1528764187/C1998740971/E801553380/index.html http://homepage.mac.com/johngoodman/iblog/B1528764187/C1998740971/E297943409/index.html Foreign policy has a way of creeping up on you when you least expect it. ]]> Tue, 08 Jun 2004 07:37:26 -0400 http://homepage.mac.com/johngoodman/iblog/B1528764187/C1998740971/E297943409/index.html http://homepage.mac.com/johngoodman/iblog/B1528764187/C2140376843/E251918326/index.html Even though I am generally known for my speedy pace, when I hike in the mountains with my friend Zhou Xueying, I can barely keep up with her. ]]> Sat, 22 May 2004 01:59:44 -0400 http://homepage.mac.com/johngoodman/iblog/B1528764187/C2140376843/E251918326/index.html http://homepage.mac.com/johngoodman/iblog/B1528764187/C1998740971/E2104167466/index.html In a Tibetan cultural center, a painting of mountains showed me more than a landscape. ]]> Tue, 18 May 2004 23:20:32 -0400 http://homepage.mac.com/johngoodman/iblog/B1528764187/C1998740971/E2104167466/index.html