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In Shanghai, there's a park where folks get together to buy, sell, and talk about birds. It's not all birds, but that's what's mostly there. It's all Chinese men talking, spitting, squatting, and having a leisurely day. I'm not sure who comes to buy birds, but maybe it's for the seed or feed. I also saw worms and what looked like fat beetles (maybe it was for some kind of Chinese medicine?), then...
In Shanghai, there’s a park where folks get together to buy, sell, and talk about birds. It’s not all birds, but that’s what’s mostly there. It’s all Chinese men talking, spitting, squatting, and having a leisurely day. I’m not sure who comes to buy birds, but maybe it’s for the seed or feed. I also saw worms and what looked like fat beetles (maybe it was for some kind of Chinese medicine?), then a few had antiques. I walked through twice since it was so interesting. I didn’t buy a bird, but if I wanted one, this was the place. Go the theFlickr site and see the rest of the pics.
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Kei Nishikori reaches the fourth round. He's from Japan, is 18, and is ranked in the 120s. He'll surely vault higher. He's the first Japanese person in 40 years to get this far at the US Open. Why? In the past Japanese players didn't quite cut it. It's small country, not a lot of courts, and tennis is an individual sport taking up a lot of space. There's also their own game of soft tennis. What's...
Kei Nishikori reaches the fourth round. He’s from Japan, is 18, and is ranked in the 120s. He’ll surely vault higher. He’s the first Japanese person in 40 years to get this far at the US Open. Why? In the past Japanese players didn’t quite cut it. It’s small country, not a lot of courts, and tennis is an individual sport taking up a lot of space. There’s also their own game of soft tennis. What’s that? It uses a softer ball, and who knows why it exists, but it’s been around for a while. He’s in the fourth round and we’ll see if he can win his next match. He’s horrible in interviews so you won’t be seeing him on TV soon. Here’s a clip of Nishikori winning earlier in the year, he beats James Blake! Watch this video about soft tennis, it’s funny to watch some of these folks hit, some are good, but look funny.
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Thomas Campbell's website is now up. I just got a notice. You should definitely check out this man's art. I guess the blog entry is perfect timing with the Beautiful Losers movie. Random! I met Thomas Campbell way back in the early 2000s. He was painting with Barry McGee in a building. I didn't know his work then, but he was living in San Diego at the time (I think). He was doing art, and sitting...