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As heard at the Wiens house

Posted by Jordan on September 24th, 2007

Be forewarned–Jaime informs me this wasn’t the funny the first time, and it won’t be funny repeated. Oh well. Discretion may be the better part of valor, but it’s not prominent in my repertoire.
Jaime: When you make a burrito, what do you do with it?
Jordan: Well, some folks like to take them outside [...]

How not to learn Chinese

Posted by Jordan on May 7th, 2007

Just in case you thought learning Chinese by reading fortune cookies was a valid method of self-education, I’d like to use this time to demonstrate why that’s not a good idea. These fortunes were two of the three we recently opened at a meal. I always try to make people who don’t know [...]

Poison of the gods

Posted by Jordan on September 23rd, 2004

There are times when I can empathize with a smoker’s craving. Sometimes I will not settle for anything less than a tall, cold glass of Coke. Caffeinated. Cold. Sugary. Goodness.
Just an hour ago after I ordered our ever-so-healthy pizza and garlic rolls for dinner, I went into the fridge to [...]

Fake Fruitilicious

Posted by Jordan on March 16th, 2004

In case anyone’s interested, I took the liberty of testing the ultimate fake fruity mixed drink this evening. One of my favorite drinks is a John Wayne. As a good friend of mine described it, it’s kinda like a Shirley Temple, except, umm, it doesn’t sound pansy. I’ve always ordered sprite’s with [...]

A place for the cream cheese

Posted by John on December 19th, 2003

I’m not much of a cook, but I’m certainly willing to try. Since moving to China I’ve cooked a number of things on my own, most of which have turned out at least decent and I’ve only started one oil fire (but boy was it a doozy!). But as a humble man I’m [...]