Pre-Boozeday Tuesday Edition [#30]
Howdy!
Election Day is closer for me than it is for those of you in America since I am now 14 hours ahead of the U.S. East Coast. So we will be watching returns over Wednesday brunch.
Thanks, everyone, for your nice notes after the last Hu's letter. I wrote the last one on my phone at Haneda Airport, and I quickly learned there were some juicy links that were broken. So I've included a couple of those in this edition.
What I Read
Cultural differences between East and West, in drawings. The shame of being Chinese-Americans, when we were little. Macedonia, the capital of pro-Trump websites. 'Little Katy' is a friggin' badass. How to deal with haters. The biggest money mistakes we make, by decade. Whatever happened to the kids of the Runaway Train video? Air pollution kills more than half a million children a year. Gender equality is getting worse around the world. You can blame rom-coms for undermining women. F yeah, ranch dressing. A personal uniform?
Replay: Joe Buck's hairplug addiction almost cost him his voice. The science of standing in line.
What I Wrote/Created
There is an insane presidential scandal in Korea right now. New developments daily. That time I was 'one person' in a Buzzfeed piece. What my 'hostile environment training' was like in England. What being pregnant with my third kid is like, compared to the first.
What I'm Watching
This is Us has really grown on me. Anthony Bourdain goes to HOUSTON! About to start (finally) the British series, The Thick of It, after talking w/British friends about how the film In The Loop is one of my all-time faves. 'Thick' is from the same guy! Wheeee!
Recommendations
Short books to read (the best kind, imho)
ICYMI, this is the best. Survive 'The Oregon Trail' of American democracy.
Anyone want to do Hobonochi Techo with me in 2017? It's kind of going back in time...
Meanwhile, I totally have 'Runaway Train' stuck in my head now.
It's easier than dealin' with the paaaaain,
Elise
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