05.31.07
Posted in All posts, Star Trek, Travel at 6:13 pm by harry
The bright lights of the Las Vegas Strip.
My first visit to Las Vegas was in 1999. A buddy and I booked the best hotel deal we could find, and not knowing the geography, we ended up in the Stratosphere, at the far north end of the Strip away from most of the action.
In subsequent trips, we’ve got a little smarter and stayed at hotels at the southern end of the strip, where most of the big hotels are located, but often still trying to get a decent room and eschewing the larger luxury casinos, which have grown in size and number since 1999. Read the rest of this entry »
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05.23.07
Posted in All posts, Hyphen, Race relations at 2:11 pm by harry
Former AsianWeek columnist Kenneth Eng was arrested and jailed last week on harrassment and assault charges. Read the rest of this entry »
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05.16.07
Posted in All posts, Travel at 7:44 pm by harry
I was on the same Southwest flight from Oakland to Burbank with actor-director Penny Marshall on Saturday. My wife Ramie and her sister Debbie spotted her at the gate waiting area, and at first they weren’t sure it was her. She was wearing sweats and a baseball cap, pretty normal looking. Read the rest of this entry »
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05.14.07
Posted in All posts, Hyphen, Reality TV at 3:02 pm by harry
Yau-Man Chan on the final episode of Survivor: Fiji.
Yau-Man Chan, one of the favorites to win “Survivor: Fiji,” got voted out in the final episode. My colleague Chuck Barney describes the episode here. In other “Survivor” news, previous winner Yul Kwon has a gig on CNN. Read the rest of this entry »
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05.12.07
Posted in All posts, Hyphen, Media images at 3:43 pm by harry
Two New York radio show hosts were fired for airing a prank call to a Chinese restaurant in which the caller ordered “shrimp flied lice,” claimed he was a student of kung fu, and compared menu items to employees’ body parts. Read the rest of this entry »
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