There’s a new rumbling at the ranch. After years of riding a sport bike, I’ve apparently caught whatever bug it is that drove Stephanie to buy a cruiser not long ago. I think it started when I rode her bike home from the shop when she bought it. Though her bike doesn’t fit me and [...]
A great big “Thank you!” to Zunerama and DLO is in order. I won a drawing for a free DLO HomeDock for Zune. All I had to do was post a picture of myself or a friend with my Zune. I chose one of the pictures below, with Lina in my Zune, and what-do-you-know? I [...]
Yes, I have a Zune. Yes, it’s brown. Yes, I like it.
The one thing that I really found limiting was the capacity. I don’t need 80 GB, but I definitely need more than 30. I’ve been using the Zune Pass subscription a lot; it lets me download and listen to a lot of music I’d [...]
Lina’s becoming more and more fun to be with all the time–except when in the middle of a tantrum, which is also becoming more common (”No no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no!”). We’re enjoying the former and doing our best not to encourage the latter [...]
…and Lina has entered it. Today when I got home Stephanie and Lina met me at the bottom of the stairs, as is their wont (and which I enjoy immensely). I always get a beautiful smile from Stephanie, a super-cute smile from Lina, and sometimes a shout of “Papa!” (usually from Lina). Stephanie told me [...]
It’s 3am, and Lina just cried out and then coughed a few times before quickly falling back asleep. Now I’m awake and thinking about how my life has changed recently and over the years. There are huge and obviously great changes like Stephanie and Lina coming into my life, but then there are the little [...]
My lap tends to be a crowded place any time I sit down at home. If there’s not a small human in it, there’s usually a small furry animal. Sometimes, as you can see, two. Occasionally three, but that’s less common now that Lula has grown to epic proportions. Not that they all get [...]
I picked up some Moutai at the Duty Free in Beijing. Roy and I shared some of this stuff in the hotel bar at the White Swan and found it quite interesting–strong, but with a finish of tropical fruit and maybe a hint of berry. I think the name translates as something like, “Fresh Quaff [...]
Today I saw a man carrying a ten foot ladder. Riding a bicycle. In rush hour traffic. Which means he was riding in a crowded bike lane with cars weaving this way and that, including into the bike lane. The traffic here really has to be seen (or, better, ridden in) to be believed. The [...]
Hmm. It’s starting to seem like every time I post something to this page, it’s about an embarrassing story. Oh, well, here goes.
Yesterday we went to the WalMart in Nanchang. That’s right, WalMart. We’ve been doing a lot of shopping in discount stores in China. In Beijing, there was a Carrefour (a joint French/Chinese WalMart [...]