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Thursdays are my longest day because I teach three classes (6 hours) plus sometimes have a culture lecture in the evenings. Terrible, I ...

By Kevin The man stood in the hallway knocking at the door, wearing a suit and holding a briefcase in his hand. But nobody was answering. Wh...

By Ruth So we have this plastic drinking bottle that is filling a hole in our office wall. It sounds strange, I know, but it works well. T...

By Kevin (yes, Oct. 1 was two weeks ago, but I just realized that I wrote this and never posted it, so since we haven't posted anything ...

So, maybe we should have known from the start that it was going to be a rough ride. When I went to adjust Ruth's bike seat before we s...

By Ruth (sorry - this is really long) I was looking forward to getting into a normal schedule, but even though it's the first full ...

Students in China are excited about the launch of China's Shenzhou 7 mission tonight. Just as we got back home after doing our "Me...

By Kevin I haven't heard from anyone in the U.S. asking about the China milk scandal , in which more than 6,000 infants have been hospit...

by Ruth On Tuesday we heard a rumor that Freshmen classes might be starting soon. The rumor was confirmed when Wes got the official call on...

By Kevin To celebrate Mid-Autumn Festival we opted to spend the evening outdoors, dining on “ethnic foods street.” Ok, maybe the whole stree...