Dan is a writer living in Shanghai, China.
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March 27 08
"We're the lane next to the building with the stupid blinking lights."
Bliss and I can finally say this now that the renovations are almost done on the building at then end of our lane.
March 23 08
Cleast: Pirated racist toothpaste in Shanghai
A cross between Crest and Darlie, everyone's favorite racist toothpaste. Spotted in Qingpu District.
Also on Shanghaiist.
March 19 08
Golfers lighting lanterns
At Shanghai Silport Golf Club Wednesday evening during the welcome dinner of the KEB Invitational golf tournament, which pits China's top domestic tour golfers against their counterparts from South Korea. The tournament runs Thursday to Sunday. See a lantern in flight here.
Are you ready for your close-up, Mr. Washburn?
So my first-ever TV interview is complete, and, if edited correctly, I may end up not sounding like a complete boob — if not edited correctly, the jury is still out. Interview was with NBC Nightly News about the China Tour and golf in China. They found me through my ESPN.com stories on the topic and my book project, Par for China, which is about a lot of things, but focuses on Chinese golfer Zhou Xunshu, who was also interviewed for the story (and is currently competing in Guangzhou). The NBC crew flew to Shanghai from Guangzhou (and then drove to Shanghai Silport Golf Club, which is not in Shanghai, incidentally) specifically to interview me — I hope I was worth the effort and expense. I answered one question five times because of noise from lawn mowers, birds and those air hoses you use to clean off your golf shoes. Total package will likely be around two minutes, so maybe 10 seconds of that will be me. Let's hope they pick the right 10 seconds.
That's not me in the pic — they were getting lighting right — but I did sit (and squint) in that chair.
Ozzie on the balcony
Testing posting photos to blog from phone using Flickr (that is what I am doing, not what Ozzie is doing).
On the bus from Changsha to Hengyang
Amazingly cute and well-behaved. Not a good sign: They offered me the dog.
February 22 08
Now playing on the Chongqing-to-Zunyi bus' video screen: A cartoon video for a Chinese song that steals its tune from the 80s classic "Walking in the Rain" by Oran "Juice" Jones. Putting headphones on.
December 14 07
I think my gym is playing a CD of all Kool & The Gang covers right now. Wow.