There are times when my thought process in regards to learning takes a turn toward the Zen. On the one hand, I’m very interested in new learning techniques and processes—anything to help me learn more effectively—but now and then we need to go back to basics.
I started studying kung fu when I was 10 […]
Archive for November, 2006
Favorite Chinese movies
Published by November 29th, 2006 in Video, Regional/cultural and movies. 13 CommentsA few posts back, I promised that I’d spend a few minutes talking about my favorite movies to come out of the PRC. First, let’s get the obvious out of the way:
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
House of Flying Daggers
Hero
You’d simply have to be born without a soul not to be completely captivated by the beauty of […]
Let’s talk briefly about frustrations today, shall we?
We spend the better part of our youths learning things. Sure, there’s grade school and middle school and high school. You get some useful stuff there. You learn about Plymouth Rock and world wars and the ever-popular dangling participle, but at the same time, you’re cramming your head […]
I was born in Brooklyn, New York, in a part of the city called Bensonhurst. If there is a more Italian place in all of America, I haven’t found it yet. That’s where my grandparents settled when they emigrated from Sicily, back before the Great Depression (As opposed to the minor, but persistent, depressions of […]
