Niniane's Blog

If you read nothing else this month, read this story about a guy and his tapeworm . You will never think about tapeworms the same way again...

[ First part of this conversation pieced together from two overlapping conversations. ] Mom: "All married couples fight like this. Ask...

Walking around in Egypt, several times I felt as though I'd stumbled into a scene from "Lord of the Rings". Behold: Two statu...

It is 1:25 in the morning. I am with my family in Vegas for Thanksgiving. My parents have been arguing on and off for the past twelve hour...

A couple weeks ago, Wei-chao and I made plans to eat at the Taiwanese restaurant Shinbala, known for its sausage. He offered to give me a ri...

I lost my camera USB cable in Aswan three weeks ago. Since my Fuji F30 uses a proprietary cable, my photos were trapped until I got a repla...

I had worked with Nikhil for six months when I asked him if I could pluck between his eyebrows. This was in 2004. He was the PM on Desktop...

I don't know what's worse, OJ Simpson's new book: Simpson describes how he would have committed the 1994 slayings of his ex-wife...

Me: [on phone to my brother] Tom, I need your help. I need one of your skills. You're the best in the world at this. Tom: [instantly] ...

A decade ago, during a summer internship at Microsoft, I went to the intern picnic at Bill Gates's house. During a moment in his living...

Inside the Great Pyramid. This is the Grand Gallery, an inner chamber almost as tall as the pyramid. I like vaulted ceilings. The wall beh...

Today I worked for 12 hours and then ended the day with a massage. By comparison, the Egyptian masseur from two weeks ago was crap. His mas...

Driving on the street in Cairo, you can see the pyramids in the distance. The rich Cairo citizens want to buy flats with a "pyramid vi...