Trying to explain to a tourist that $15 is not going to get a kids' meal at a non-chain restaurant in #DC... why did I bother.
Jamie Bear
- 47 Followers
- 42 Following
- 295 Posts
#Marketing dweeb. Hangry opinions. Former DCist and Eater #food writer. #washingtondc #science #blm #stopasianhate #methodologyqueen
Just booked an overnight trip to Boston. RT flight? $167. Hotel in Cambridge, not fancy? >$500 Boston is the WORST hotel city.
Find it really strange that my "international employer" in science and tech has ~2% at best Asian staff when 35% of the world's population is from China and India alone, and Asian folks have comprised the majority of Dev/IT departments in 2 of my 3 previous employers.
kottke.orgThis recent episode of You're Wrong About on Sinéad O'Connor is worth a listen, particularly if all you know about her is Nothing Compares 2 U and her SNL appearance. https://www.buzzsprout.com/1112270/12624780
Sinéad O'Connor with Allyson McCabe - You're Wrong About
This week, we fight the real enemy with Allyson McCabe. Here's where to find Allyson online here.You can find Allyson's book Why Sinéad O'Connor Matters here. Support us:Bonus Episodes on PatreonDonate on PaypalYou're Wrong About Spring TourB...
Was thinking about the book Sophia of Silicon Valley by Anna Yen, which is a semi-autobiographical book about working as a PR person for Steve Jobs and Elno. Sadly she passed away last year, but you def. see the bad Elno shit cropping up pretty heavily in it already. https://www.harpercollins.com/products/sophia-of-silicon-valley-anna-yen?variant=32206178910242
I invested in a new rice cooker with a brown rice setting (pretty much the only rice I eat), and wow... it was really worth updating from my 40 year old rice cooker.
GeraldineMy phone corrected "Jesus H Christ" to "Jesus H Mart" and honestly this is such an improvement on my blasphemy
"Things that aren't meant to be offensive can be hurtful." - Stephanie Hsu
This follows on a listen of an episode of This American Life about a Black American living in Paris and how she finally felt like she was fitting in because neither of her core identities were the norm there.
Just watched Joy Ride and was the sole Asian person in the theater. Great movie, and they handled something extremely cleverly. But being the sole Asian was a mistake. No one to laugh at the Asian inside jokes with and also found myself absorbed in analyzing the things that made the other people laugh.
Also concurrently reading RF Kuang's Yellowface and it is amazing so far, but hard to read.