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July 2010

Proof: Pacman ate all the money to reconstruct Iraq - "Weaknesses in DoD's financial and management controls left it unable to properly account for $8.7 billion of the $9.1.... July 29, 2010 10:24 AM

Follow Ryan Pyle around China on an F800GS BMW - Ryan's photos can be seen in the New York Times, Time, Newsweek, Outside Magazine, Fortune, Forbes, and Der Spiegel. He's.... July 25, 2010 9:42 AM

Summer - Stratus clouds mingle / Pink icing on a blue cake / This can't be Shanghai.... July 24, 2010 10:27 PM

二奶 ATM, "Sorry I am maintained" - If you are like many 大哥 and have a couple 二奶 to take care of, you'll appreciate this....... July 20, 2010 11:36 AM

Bummer Dude - Snapped this one while in Qingdao... They have these funky three-wheeled Jetsons-esque moto-cars tooling around the city, and this particular.... July 20, 2010 11:30 AM

Runner's symphony - Cicadas humming / 10K in the sun bumming / runner's symphony.... July 20, 2010 11:18 AM

Shandong girls - Shandong girls are tall / They drink beer but that's not all / Their drawl is like y'all.... July 16, 2010 11:19 AM

Fight the power - Terms like "Empower"/ "Facilitate" "Utilize"/ Ban them from business!.... July 11, 2010 11:21 AM

How to promote execution as a luxury brand - There's a saying that any promo is still good promo, but really - this kind of promo can't be increasing.... July 9, 2010 11:05 AM

On ducks and branding in The Middle of Nowhere, Xian - On a recent property visit to Xian where we looked at over a hundred residential and commercial sites, I was.... July 7, 2010 12:46 PM

Subway smell - Sniff sniff...what's that smell? / Funky Shanghai subway smell / Holy crap! It's me.... July 6, 2010 11:21 AM

Drippy - Heat makes thoughts drippy / Like a melting candle brain / Can I just snooze now?.... July 2, 2010 11:23 AM

Otter Rice - As part of my retail consulting practice, I work a lot with shopping mall developers to help them figure out.... July 1, 2010 8:42 AM