Eugene Glover Tuesday, October 8, 2024 Up at 2:30 AM again and starving. The jet lag is not “sliding” towards normality like it usually does. At this rate, I won’t get on a normal sleep cycle until we leave. I had the instant noodles I purchased at 7-Eleven. One thing I love about instant noodles in Taiwan … Read more
Monday, October 7, 2024 Today’s update should be quick, and relatively painless. Woke up at 2:30 AM, starving. Had some chips and went back to bed. At 7:00 AM, I didn’t even make a show of going to the hotel lobby for breakfast. I let Chuwan get her “free” food while I waited in the … Read more
Sunday, October 6, 2024 You might want to go back and read my Prelude to Day Two to understand my motivations for the day: Avoid spending time with my in-laws. I’m writing this snippet on Day Six. I’ve been writing this account of Day Two since Day Two, and I wouldn’t say I like it. … Read more
Before I tell you the tale of Day Two, let me recount something that happened 22+ plus years ago. This will inform you about my frame of reference when eating with my in-laws. We arrived in Taiwan, battered and bedraggled after the flight, as usual. On the first day, it’s obligatory that we eat together … Read more
Saturday, October 5, 2024 Stay positive. Don’t talk about food. Stay positive. Don’t talk about food. Fuck it. The food on the flight was terrible, and our first order of business was eating. We got to my in-laws’ at around 5:00 AM, and they were up and waiting for us. (My eldest child couldn’t be … Read more
Thursday & Friday, October 3 & 4, 2024 In the past month or so, in the run-up to this trip, I’ve been watching tourists in Taiwan on YouTube. What I saw depressed me. I am not a “newbie” to Taiwan. I first visited in 1998. In chunks, I’ve spent the better part of a year … Read more
Once in a while, I’ll get drawn into one of those things going around social media where somebody does a thing, then challenges everyone who sees it to do the same. Recently on the Fediverse someone posted such a thing where you describe five interesting things about yourself. Considering that I have always had a … Read more
…but once I get started…
Since there was no practical way I would ever be a starship captain (my preferred career path) I spent a fair amount of my childhood with no clue or direction on what I wanted to be “when I grew up.” (Arguably, I’ve gotten around that by never growing up.) By the time I reached high … Read more
This is actually about bicycles, not the metric system. I’m not going to drone on about my position that we should just all say, “fuck it,” and start using the metric system exclusively and damn the retrograde cavemen all to hell if they can’t keep up. My dad and I shared a love for sports … Read more