The list that follows is based strictly on my experiences in Taiwan, and while the list might seem facetious, it really isn’t. Taiwan is a bit like a crazy old uncle. He just doesn’t seem right in the head, but at the same time he’s a cool old dude.
Commentary
A light in the tunnel for Simon Singh?
I think I’ve been neglectful about reporting on Simon Singh’s case. I suppose it’s too late for me to go into a comprehensive summary of the case, but let me hit the high points as I recall them. Simon Singh is a science writer in the UK, he wrote a critical article about chiropractors and … Read more
Charlie Brooker on Psychics and Creationism
I’ve only recently heard of Charlie Brooker, when one of his videos concerning how news reports are made went viral (or at least viral in the circles I follow.) Since then, I’ve been “catching up” with his series, Screenwipe and Newswipe where he has a very refreshingly incisive view of television and the news. Here … Read more
iPad… is there a gap to fill?
I’ve been shying away from reading commentary today about the iPad, mostly because I wanted to form my opinions in a vacuum (like I always do 🙂 ) on the device. I’ll say in retrospect that I am one of those people who thinks a tablet computer is generally a bad idea… at least as … Read more
England – Fading on the Horizon
The shoe finally fell tonight. We’ve known for weeks approximately what was going to happen, but we’ve been in a holding pattern to see what form it would take. The State of Arizona, like all the states is experiencing a drastic turn-down in tax revenue. Like many governments, Arizona spends its tax money before it … Read more
New Immigration Problems
A lot has been said about the problem with illegal immigrants coming up from Mexico and there’s a lot of mindless polemic on both sides, which I shall not address here. If you live somewhere like Phoenix where the numbers of immigrants (both legal and illegal) is high, you may have noticed that the recent … Read more
Is it fair to say that the only thing Sarah Palin is good for is to be fodder for comedians?
Yes… I think that is fair to say.
The Kitchen Progresses
It’s been a frenzied day (and last evening) of building IKEA kitchen cabinets. Our handyman finished the sealing of the new tile floor and today marked the start of cabinet installation, so I had to get them ready. I’m actually quite impressed with the ingenuity that IKEA has engineered into their cabinet system – with … Read more
Shooting reporters for the good of China?
When I first read this article, I thought the Chinese had come up with a clever way to get rid of pesky journalists in the run-up to their Olympic-committee sponsored propaganda orgy they’ll be having next month. Three Chinese reporters attending a police briefing on the success of an anti-gun campaign were accidentally shot, media … Read more
Kitchens – Specifically
So, we have all that new-found (potential) income and Ikea only holds their prices stable in one-year increments, so, come June 30 prices on the rest of our kitchen cabinets were due to jump – or, possibly, be discontinued. In the last week of June we purchased the cabinets to complete our two-phase kitchen renovation. … Read more