The USS Hornet is a storied shop docked in Alameda. It is now a museum and national historic landmark.
Author Archives: Eugene Chan
Toilet Paper: An Existential Thought Exercise
In the bathroom this morning, I started thinking about hoarding and impulse buying of toilet paper.
Before the COVID-19 pandemic, toilet paper was plentiful and bountiful. Full stacked aisles of it were available at Costco, Target, even at the neighborhood corner store.
No one worried about where they would get their next roll.
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Unboxing the Tiger: King of Rice Cookers
Here’s my first unboxing video.
How to Play “Celebrities” over Zoom
Celebrities is a party game introduced to me by friends, Jean Cheng and Eric Chou. It’s super fun and we realized with a little effort, it can be adapted to be played over Zoom.
Dog Days
These Days, Little Things
It’s such a slog to get groceries these days that we’ve taken to texting our neighbors before we go: “Hey, heading to the Bowl. Need anything?”
Watching JoJo Rabbit
My son walked by the living room as we were watching JoJo Rabbit and asked, “What’s this? A Nazi boy scout movie?”
Life Imitates Art
It turns out that Lulu Wang’s real life grandmother—the one portrayed in the movie “The Farewell”—learned about her “terminal” cancer diagnosis from reviews of the film.
A Fond Farewell
The Farewell is a gorgeous movie, written and directed by Lulu Wang and features Awkafina in a dramatic starring role as “Billi”, the granddaughter who comes home to Changchun to see her Nai Nai (Grandmother) for the last time.