Tag Archives: Rants

I suck at Christmas trees

Posted on December 22, 2010 by Will Moss

So I’m back in the US of A for Christmas and based on a sample size of two (my parents), I can report that the political mood here is bleak. My mom’s dog of many years died a week or … Continue reading →

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Not enough radiation in your skull and other problems with retail

Posted on December 21, 2010 by Will Moss

Modern Beijing, as distinct from the leafy, 1960s loufang neighborhoods and the hutongs, is an unlovely town at the best of times. No acreage of hanging glass curtain walls can make up for the viscerally alienating nature of the razor-edged, … Continue reading →

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Absolutely the last post on nasty furniture…

Posted on August 9, 2010 by Will Moss

…at least until I move again, I suppose. Imagethief is pleased to report that he has found  a suitable apartment all of 100 meters away from his current apartment in China Central Place. Among this apartment’s distinguishing characteristics are its … Continue reading →

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Journey to the planet of the electro-squids

Posted on July 5, 2010 by Will Moss

It’s time to move. We’ve been in the same place for nearly three years. It’s been good, but Mrs. Imagethief’s business is growing, I’m spending some of my time working at home, and let’s not even get into the whole … Continue reading →

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Poorly thought out adventures in commuting

Posted on June 12, 2010 by Will Moss

In the grip of my darkest and most bourgeois moments I actually considered buying a car and hiring a driver. So, it’s come to this… I thought, as I hovered over a digital map of Beijing. I have to get … Continue reading →

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Down the rabbit hole in Kansai

Posted on March 16, 2010 by Will Moss

So here’s how it goes. Someone inconveniently dies on your airplane just as it is about to take off. You experience an odd mix of feelings. On the one hand, you sympathize with the family and feel bad for their … Continue reading →

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A few other people that China could helpfully quarantine

Posted on May 6, 2009 by Will Moss

Imagethief has been watching with some interest the resolution of the drama concerning the quarantining of Mexican passport holders, some of whom hadn’t even been to Mexico in recent months. Given that my own country, the United States, was only … Continue reading →

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Will we all burn in a fire made of mooncake packaging?

Posted on September 5, 2008 by Will Moss

Imagethief likes the Mid-Autumn Festival. I like it because even though it actually comes in late summer, it reminds me of autumn, and autumn is famously the nicest time of year in Beijing. In any year devoid of Olympic rigging, … Continue reading →

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E-Z steps to make your own Beijing air at home

Posted on July 30, 2008 by Will Moss

Imagethief realizes that he and much of the journalistic and blogging community have been doing a grave disservice to our readers who don’t live in Beijing. We beg your forgiveness. Living in Beijing is such an all-consuming experience that we … Continue reading →

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Let me tell ya about Edison Chen’s dirty photos

Posted on February 14, 2008 by Will Moss

With the possible exception of Disney villains, Imagethief cannot think of a group of people that more richly deserve their miserable fates than Hong Kong celebrity Edison Chen and his cavalcade of cupcakes. If I sound unsympathetic here, that is … Continue reading →

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