It’s that time of year: father’s day . Time to say thank you to our fathers or enjoy the day if we are fathers. I am not a father. Yet. (Please don’t email me if I am). As I am now. I’ve been fortunate in having three fathers. My first father, who had the joys…
Tag: Family
double happiness redux
What do I like about China? (other than low taxes, cheap beer, and the availability of fried chicken.) The stories. In a country with 5000 years of recorded history there’s a tale or two to be told. While the Europeans were living in caves, a movie character once memorably said, the Chinese were building cities…
bad days and wasted time – or – karma, again, kicks me in the nads
I don’t like Hong Kong. The people that do think it’s a Shangri-La. It has everything, they say. It’s better than Disneyland. The sun rises and sets on/in HK.
Teaching English in China: Classroom broken-hearted
My China ESL student broke my heart. Teaching English Overseas is sometimes very difficult.
kitchenless man contemplates slaying brother and feral cat
CHINA–Blissful sleep came to an abrupt end for The Stevo today. After three days of sleeping far later than his biology allows he was roused by the masked civet living in his kitchen. The cat, said The Stevo, was out of the bag. The burlap sack lay in shreds. A raccoon-like face stared at him…