Family

Huffington Post discovers Cat Cafes

The Huffington Post has discovered Cat Cafes at http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/02/17/lolcats-cat-cafes-in-tokyo_n_824620.html with a pictorial of a few photos from a Cat Cafe in Tokyo. As many of you know, my family and I are fans of Cat Cafes and we even run a page on facebook dedicated to the beasties with hundreds of photos and videos posted…

Of Tiger Moms or Chinese Mothers

Recently in the US there’s been a bit of controversy over Amy Chua‘s new book on the superiority of the “Chinese” mother in which she catalogs her approach to parenting and fostering achievement and academic excellence within her kids with a whole slew of things her kids can NEVER do such as: attend a sleepover…

D&D this Weekend!

Been on a very long hiatus from Dungeons and Dragons . . . it’s seriously been years since we’ve picked up polyhedral dice and killed something monstrous . . . we have been getting our roleplaying fixes with live action in the ol’ muder mystery party, LARP, and interactive drama freeform mode . . .…

Memories of Camelot

Well, I finally got some photos . . . well video framegrabs . . . of my daughter, Kaye Elizabeth Phillips, performing MEMORIES OF CAMELOT, her original piano composition on 4 June 2010 at Tamkang Senior High School in Tamshui, Taiwan, where she is a student in the music specialty program, majoring in Composition and…