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"And whether leaving or not, Google should not continue to politicalize itself, as linking its withdrawal to political issues will lose Google's credibility among Chinese netizens." via www.msnbc.msn.com I can't comment on this without sounding completely racist. Just one word...

Chana Garrett <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><blockquote><p>"And whether leaving or not, Google should not continue to politicalize itself, as linking its withdrawal to political issues will lose Google's credibility among Chinese netizens."</p></blockquote> <p><small>via <a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/35969517/ns/technology_and_science-tech_and_gadgets/">www.msnbc.msn.com</a></small></p> <p>I can't comment on this without sounding completely racist. Just one word keeps coming to mind: ZOMBIES. </p></div> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/774jK4ZvI5pMlUhYQmYfZEffNMM/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/774jK4ZvI5pMlUhYQmYfZEffNMM/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/774jK4ZvI5pMlUhYQmYfZEffNMM/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/774jK4ZvI5pMlUhYQmYfZEffNMM/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Thegarrettblog/~4/hXklwu89ANw" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.thegarrettblog.com/2010/03/china-state-media-accuses-google-of-political-agenda---tech-and-gadgets--msnbccom.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e009841ceb88330120a95d9cae970b 2010-03-21T19:29:16+08:00 2010-03-21T19:29:16+08:00

My house today around 6pm.

Chana Garrett <p>My house today around 6pm. </p><p><a href="http://bloggarrett.typepad.com/.a/6a00e009841ceb88330120a95d9652970b-pi" style="display: inline;"><img alt="P1000805" class="asset asset-image at-xid-6a00e009841ceb88330120a95d9652970b " src="http://bloggarrett.typepad.com/.a/6a00e009841ceb88330120a95d9652970b-320wi"></img></a> <br><a href="http://bloggarrett.typepad.com/.a/6a00e009841ceb88330120a95d9a6d970b-pi" style="display: inline;"><img alt="P1000806" class="asset asset-image at-xid-6a00e009841ceb88330120a95d9a6d970b " src="http://bloggarrett.typepad.com/.a/6a00e009841ceb88330120a95d9a6d970b-320wi"></img></a> <br><a href="http://bloggarrett.typepad.com/.a/6a00e009841ceb88330120a95d9bca970b-pi" style="display: inline;"><img alt="P1000813" class="asset asset-image at-xid-6a00e009841ceb88330120a95d9bca970b " src="http://bloggarrett.typepad.com/.a/6a00e009841ceb88330120a95d9bca970b-320wi"></img></a> <br>   </p> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/cCHD79b5uxBlhtt1TGwr2jjya-4/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/cCHD79b5uxBlhtt1TGwr2jjya-4/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/cCHD79b5uxBlhtt1TGwr2jjya-4/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/cCHD79b5uxBlhtt1TGwr2jjya-4/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Thegarrettblog/~4/oxvO20rg68I" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.thegarrettblog.com/2010/03/the-napping-house.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e009841ceb883301310fc2ef40970c 2010-03-21T08:48:12+08:00 2010-03-21T08:48:12+08:00

Chana Garrett <a href="http://bloggarrett.typepad.com/.a/6a00e009841ceb883301310fc2ede2970c-pi" style="float: left;"><img alt="P1000780" class="asset asset-image at-xid-6a00e009841ceb883301310fc2ede2970c " src="http://bloggarrett.typepad.com/.a/6a00e009841ceb883301310fc2ede2970c-320wi" style="margin: 0px 5px 5px 0px;"></img></a> <a href="http://bloggarrett.typepad.com/.a/6a00e009841ceb88330120a95bfdd2970b-pi" style="float: left;"><img alt="P1000797" class="asset asset-image at-xid-6a00e009841ceb88330120a95bfdd2970b " src="http://bloggarrett.typepad.com/.a/6a00e009841ceb88330120a95bfdd2970b-320wi" style="margin: 0px 5px 5px 0px;"></img></a>    <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/S1th07XXcQSBtsH85qwPLfcwdtE/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/S1th07XXcQSBtsH85qwPLfcwdtE/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/S1th07XXcQSBtsH85qwPLfcwdtE/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/S1th07XXcQSBtsH85qwPLfcwdtE/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Thegarrettblog/~4/EhZO6yxbGHM" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.thegarrettblog.com/2010/03/my-princesses.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e009841ceb883301310fbfd4ae970c 2010-03-20T16:17:40+08:00 2010-03-20T16:17:40+08:00

Chana Garrett <a href="http://bloggarrett.typepad.com/.a/6a00e009841ceb88330120a958fb2e970b-pi" style="display: inline;"><img alt="P1000776" border="0" class="asset asset-image at-xid-6a00e009841ceb88330120a958fb2e970b selected" src="http://bloggarrett.typepad.com/.a/6a00e009841ceb88330120a958fb2e970b-320pi" title="P1000776"></img></a> <br>  <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/dNxgqURZk3CcqR4IBVQrmzCWwHo/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/dNxgqURZk3CcqR4IBVQrmzCWwHo/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/dNxgqURZk3CcqR4IBVQrmzCWwHo/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/dNxgqURZk3CcqR4IBVQrmzCWwHo/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Thegarrettblog/~4/stv9ClUScRY" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.thegarrettblog.com/2010/03/geography-lesson.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e009841ceb883301310fbfce88970c 2010-03-20T16:04:23+08:00 2010-03-20T16:04:23+08:00

Annabelle just came in with a shopping list she had made me. She said: "Mom, can you buy some bread and milk and apples and fruit and candy and candy and candy and candy and candy and candy and candy...

Chana Garrett <p><a href="http://bloggarrett.typepad.com/.a/6a00e009841ceb883301310fbfce3a970c-pi" style="display: inline;"><img alt="P1000803" border="0" class="asset asset-image at-xid-6a00e009841ceb883301310fbfce3a970c selected" src="http://bloggarrett.typepad.com/.a/6a00e009841ceb883301310fbfce3a970c-320pi" title="P1000803"></img></a> <br> </p><p>Annabelle just came in with a shopping list she had made me. She said:</p><p>"Mom, can you buy some bread and milk and apples and fruit and candy and candy and candy and candy and candy and candy and candy and some more candy? Is that okay, momma?"</p> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Vm5E3G4UBUmZV5FARo7u2ULqKps/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Vm5E3G4UBUmZV5FARo7u2ULqKps/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Vm5E3G4UBUmZV5FARo7u2ULqKps/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Vm5E3G4UBUmZV5FARo7u2ULqKps/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Thegarrettblog/~4/_rjV701fEDk" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.thegarrettblog.com/2010/03/annabelles-shopping-list.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e009841ceb883301310fb60de5970c 2010-03-18T22:19:48+08:00 2010-03-18T22:19:48+08:00

"If you are a poor person in China, you have plenty of friends and family around all the time; perhaps there are five people living in your room. Adding a sixth doesn't make you much happier. But adding enough money...

Chana Garrett <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>"If you are a poor person in China, you have plenty of friends and family around all the time; perhaps there are five people living in your room. Adding a sixth doesn't make you much happier. But adding enough money that all five of you can eat some meat from time to time pleases you greatly. By contrast, if you live in a suburban American home, buying another coffeemaker adds very little to your quantity of happiness - indeed, trying to figure out where to store it, or wondering whether you picked the perfect model, may decrease your total pleasure. But since you live two people to an acre, a new friend, a new connection, is a big deal indeed. We have a surplus of individualism and a deficit of companionship, and so the second becomes more valuable." pp. 108-109</p> <p></p> <p></p><iframe frameborder="0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?lt1=_blank&amp;bc1=000000&amp;IS2=1&amp;bg1=FFFFFF&amp;fc1=000000&amp;lc1=0000FF&amp;t=bloggarrettco-20&amp;o=1&amp;p=8&amp;l=as1&amp;m=amazon&amp;f=ifr&amp;md=10FE9736YVPPT7A0FBG2&amp;asins=0805087222" style="width:120px;height:240px;"></iframe></div> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/j8f1rMYRdL3HFyzN56HndHRrF38/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/j8f1rMYRdL3HFyzN56HndHRrF38/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/j8f1rMYRdL3HFyzN56HndHRrF38/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/j8f1rMYRdL3HFyzN56HndHRrF38/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Thegarrettblog/~4/DDmU94RkjM0" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.thegarrettblog.com/2010/03/deep-economy.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e009841ceb88330120a94c3e35970b 2010-03-18T10:22:23+08:00 2010-03-18T10:24:04+08:00

She can't read yet, but that doesn't stop her from trying!

Chana Garrett <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>She can't read yet, but that doesn't stop her from trying!</p> <object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/sI0MdqaYjVA&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" height="344" src="http://www.youtube.com/v/sI0MdqaYjVA&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="425"></embed></object></div> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/m32i-DhGvi_kqG0ak2IdEpWoIbI/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/m32i-DhGvi_kqG0ak2IdEpWoIbI/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/m32i-DhGvi_kqG0ak2IdEpWoIbI/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/m32i-DhGvi_kqG0ak2IdEpWoIbI/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Thegarrettblog/~4/VjnPoyzdCY4" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.thegarrettblog.com/2010/03/chicken-bigs-.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e009841ceb883301310fb2aad6970c 2010-03-18T08:44:50+08:00 2010-03-18T08:44:50+08:00

When my kids were born, I read about this idea in a magazine. Every year, for their birthday, take a photo of your kids in the same swimsuit. It's fun to see how much they've grown. I usually get around...

Chana Garrett <p>When my kids were born, I read about this idea in a magazine. Every year, for their birthday, take a photo of your kids in the same swimsuit. It's fun to see how much they've grown. I usually get around to taking the photo about 3 weeks late. Anyway, here's Chicken Little's photos from her 1st and 2nd birthday... (She turned 2 on February 28th)</p><p><a href="http://bloggarrett.typepad.com/.a/6a00e009841ceb88330120a94bd25f970b-pi" style="display: inline;"><img alt="P1060343" border="0" class="asset asset-image at-xid-6a00e009841ceb88330120a94bd25f970b " src="http://bloggarrett.typepad.com/.a/6a00e009841ceb88330120a94bd25f970b-320pi" title="P1060343"></img></a> <a href="http://bloggarrett.typepad.com/.a/6a00e009841ceb88330120a94bd3ce970b-pi" style="display: inline;"><img alt="P1000752" border="0" class="asset asset-image at-xid-6a00e009841ceb88330120a94bd3ce970b " src="http://bloggarrett.typepad.com/.a/6a00e009841ceb88330120a94bd3ce970b-320pi" title="P1000752"></img></a> <br> <br> Amazing, isn't it???</p> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Q0gR6p1AOF7tZq8DVW77Vg-761s/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Q0gR6p1AOF7tZq8DVW77Vg-761s/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Q0gR6p1AOF7tZq8DVW77Vg-761s/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Q0gR6p1AOF7tZq8DVW77Vg-761s/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Thegarrettblog/~4/CtKllPp3mAo" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.thegarrettblog.com/2010/03/the-great-swimsuit-project-chicken-little.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e009841ceb883301310fac82ff970c 2010-03-17T10:26:19+08:00 2010-03-17T10:26:19+08:00

Chicken Little has been stuck on my lap all morning. I feel like she's superglued here. I've tried putting her down, but I can't stand the tears. I'm pretty tough - I can let my kids cry at night when...

Chana Garrett <p>Chicken Little has been stuck on my lap all morning. I feel like she's superglued here. I've tried putting her down, but I can't stand the tears. I'm pretty tough - I can let my kids cry at night when they don't want to go to sleep, I can refuse them snacks when they haven't eaten dinner, but these crocodile tears are killing me. </p><p>Meanwhile, I'm feeling very claustrophobic. Must be the pregnancy hormones kicking in - one more person touches me today and I think I'll SCREAM!</p><p><a href="http://bloggarrett.typepad.com/.a/6a00e009841ceb883301310fac825e970c-pi" style="display: inline;"><img alt="Photo 51" border="0" class="asset asset-image at-xid-6a00e009841ceb883301310fac825e970c " src="http://bloggarrett.typepad.com/.a/6a00e009841ceb883301310fac825e970c-320pi" title="Photo 51"></img></a> <br> </p> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/lVugE1sHVR1BkPy1q8x5ztQLrpI/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/lVugE1sHVR1BkPy1q8x5ztQLrpI/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/lVugE1sHVR1BkPy1q8x5ztQLrpI/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/lVugE1sHVR1BkPy1q8x5ztQLrpI/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Thegarrettblog/~4/1cEG4wvi3vE" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.thegarrettblog.com/2010/03/stuck-like-glue.html