New Design for Cafepress: Hate Running / Love Running

Here is my new Hate Running / Love Running design for Cafepress.
Yeah. You hate running, but you secretly love running too.
Buy a bumper sticker and orient it depending on how you really feel.

Also available on a variety of clothing and accessories.

Visit my store here to check it out.

The Loot: Part 1. Maratac Copper AAA Flashlight

Welcome to part 1 of The Loot in which I highlight some of the stuff I got from Santa. Shown above with my profits from this website (just joking, there are no profits) is my brand new Maratac Copper AAA flashlight! Thanks Santa!

This tiny AAA LED flashlight is a perfect size to carry around everyday. It has a clip and lanyard loop for versatile carry options. The light twists on and has two settings, low and high. The high setting is surprisingly bright to me for the size. If you are a stat junkie or just ready to buy one for yourself, go here. 

Stainless steel and titanium are wonderful metals, but a little boring. Aside from scratches these materials can look brand new years later. Hence this real copper flashlight. It comes out of the foil pack shiny and unscratched. Like a penny, it will start to patina with time. It's about having a little character with your functional tool. I can't wait to see a change in the finish and will post photos when it does!

Dear CBS, your racist Asian stereotypes are all wrong.

I watched Mike and Molly last Monday and among the crude tasteless jokes was a line about their Asian neighbor eating pets and building railroads. Now I understand that there's less risk for you making racist jokes about Asians than African Americans, but here's some pushback from me.

As an Asian born in the United States in a city with few Asians, I grew up with constant racism, from being asked for rice to having nonsensical "ching chong" sounds yelled at me. It lowered my self esteem, increased my sensitivity and elevated my anger.

Twenty five years later I see that you continue to perpetuate the racism and stereotypes that I grew up with. I see it in your shows such as Mike and Molly and 2 Broke Girls. How disappointing that so little has changed. People watch your show with the racist stereotypes. Some are offended but others laugh and continue to believe it is acceptable.

Not only are your racist Asian stereotypes unacceptable, they are just plain wrong. None of my ancestors have worked on a railroad. I have resisted eating any of my pets. I am a little lazy. I never listen to my parents. I am terrible at math, once getting a "D" in calculus. Despite thousands of dollars invested, I can only play one tune on the piano. And no, it's not Chopsticks. I am not a doctor, dentist, engineer, dry cleaner, or restaurant owner. I drive rather decently.

There are still things for me to work on. I do like Martial Arts. I sometimes pronounce r's as l's when I'm tired..And in public I'm a little shy and have a hard time voicing my opinion. But I'm working on it.

So I'm saying I dislike the racism on your shows, especially against Asians. I don't have to watch them and either do others.