Jottings from the Granite Studio

For a week one recap of the Beijing Olympics, check out Anthony Lane’s piece in The New Yorker, The Only Games in Town.  It’s snarky in a “David Sedaris does P.J. O’Rourke” kind of way:
On the principle that every Western visitor is a sucker, to be wooed into believing that the grass is greener inside [...]

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Tang Dynasty Times will be hosting the 21st Asian History Carnival starting on August 23rd.
The Carnival will appear in two parts.
August 23 (大吉）:        Part 1: Special Edition (Olympics & Hiroshima)
September 21 (大吉）　Part 2:  Notable Posts for Early Autumn

For more information and to submit your nominations (the more the better) for the carnival go to 21st [...]

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