One of the great benefits of living in China is that everything happens to you first (or, almost first, if you don’t count those snooty Japanese and Australians, but really who does?). You see, it has been Christmas for almost seven hours in China, while most of our readers are still languishing in Christmas [...]
This year Jaime and I are buying our own presents to save with the hassle. So now I have to figure out whether to get the gamecube after all or get many other smaller items. Any advice?
I’m not much of a cook, but I’m certainly willing to try. Since moving to China I’ve cooked a number of things on my own, most of which have turned out at least decent and I’ve only started one oil fire (but boy was it a doozy!). But as a humble man I’m [...]
I’ve been walking a lot lately. The weather is nice if a little cold; clear as a bell as long as you ignore the dull grey horizon that extends about ten degrees up the sky (note that I wrote this post before the previous one, and that right now the weather is not as [...]
Seriously, it’s cold here. I’ve been known to bitch about the weather from time to time, but that’s only because I come from Florida (which has perfect weather if you ignore the hurricanes and summer downpours and oppressive heat) and I expect better of Mother Nature than those of you that come from less [...]