

April 23, 2013
Sleeping on an Oven in China’s Countryside
This morning I awoke in Beijing not wanting to get out of bed. Why would…

April 19, 2013
From China, with Laughs
One of my favorite parts about my vacation home in America—other than demolishing a monstrous,…

April 16, 2013
Special Post: Boston, Beijing, and the Marathon Bombs
I woke up on Tuesday morning to the sound of text messages pinging in my…

April 12, 2013
[Only in Beijing] A White Guy Raps in Chinese to Jay-Z
This evening I took the stage at the open comedy mic at the Hot Cat…

April 5, 2013
Why Walk a Dog when You Can Walk A…Bird?
It was just another ordinary-unordinary day in Beijing. Each day here brings something fresh -…

April 2, 2013
An American-Beijinger in Taipei
Comedy is culture, and my favorite way of defining culture is to answer the question:…

March 28, 2013
[On Lifestyle] Living Breathlessly…
Every time I read another news article about the sickening state of smog in Beijing,…

March 21, 2013
A Xiangsheng Comedy Throwdown at Tea
I arrived back in Beijing after three and a half weeks away, across oceans in…

March 13, 2013
[On Relationships] “Do you want to ditch him?”
Have you ever met someone who simply doesn’t get it? You try to ignore his…