No, wait. I know I am.

I may have mentioned this before, but while in China, I picked up a pretty nifty propaganda poster from probably the 1960's. There is an image here for the curious. Obviously, as soon as I could, I translated the characters. The basic meaning was there, and I had an idea of the concept, but I never could quite wrap my ( Read more... )

Recently, people have been asking me if I am planning on going back to China this summer. I simply say I have not decided. Of course, I would go back in an instant. If I could find a job in Beijing today, I would be on a plane tomorrow. So of course, planning for summer is something I have again been kicking around in my head lately. Recently ( Read more... )

So this year, being all festive like, I decided to join up with the secret santa exchange over at Dumbrella.

I am heading out to mail my gift in a few minutes here, and as prepaid karma, my gift arrived in the mail!

So without further ado, here are the pictures!


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They go by many names. They all start with MMO, and they all end with WTF ( Read more... )

Normally, I ignore these things completely, but this one was way too good to not post.


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The internet stepped on my Sunday. Sometime in the early afternoon, I noticed my computer was acting a bit strange. The hard drive was running pretty much nonstop, process were making duplicates of themselves, and things were occasionally crashing. I muttered under my breath, and ran a spyware scan. Brought up two items. Most spyware I have ( Read more... )

WHY? DANG YOU WB WHY DID YOU DO IT? YOU MURDERED MY CHILDHOOD AND FOR NO GOOD REASON?

WHAT MADE YOU DO IT? WHY DID YOU DO IT?

Freaking cold. I feel like crap, I've been sick for days. That is, of course, a relative term. My worst sickness is a sore throat and a stuffy nose. Feeling like crap changes little for me, I just become unhappy. I guess having an immunity to the flu spoils ya, eh ( Read more... )

Back home again. The whole trip to China almost seems like a dream. Six weeks went by faster than could be imagined ( Read more... )

The current time is about 11:45am on Sunday morning. At this time next week, I'll be on a bus halfway between Newark, New Jersey and Pittsburgh. My trip to China is rapidly coming to a close ( Read more... )