November is great for kids, for it is a preview what's to come in December.

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Today at the library (CPL Sulzer branch) there was a small seminar on Gershwin brothers. The speaker was a Purdue professor specialized in information, and apparently Gershwin's golden age was her hobby.

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Language art. That's the word for a middle-aged person who inevitably talks much and writes. Once translated to Chinese, it becomes the skill of words, no longer an art.

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From dancing class. It is interesting tap dancing and drumming has that in common: between what you mean and what you do, it is often helps to translate it to lip movement (as opposed to hip movement).

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I remember the good old days when people can get together and drink lots of beer. Sometimes good amount of baijiu was consumed. But nowadays I just cannot. Drinking is a problem.

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During sometime at the beginning of 2023 I am 40 years old.

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For the new year, the first thing I want to do is to reduce the things I am doing. Slow it down to think. I am pretty lazy person already, not able to undertake any complex stuff. When there is complex stuff happening, I usually cannot make decision quick enough. A lot of times I spend my time on entry level stuff, while other people may think it ( Read more... )

Congratulations to my friends and neighbors who finished the Bank of America Marathon at Chicago on Sunday. They did well as they always do.

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I was like a student just graduated from college. And maybe never did I graduate.

This morning when waiting for the train (CTA had some delays), I just remembered the beautiful school anthem from the purple themed Nanjing University. It is so good, the melody is slow and the words are strong, every sentence is only 3 or 4 characters - for ( Read more... )

There are two half-marathon events. One in spring in May, the other in the fall on the past Sunday (9/25). Both are operated by Life Time, a fitness club that costs about $250/mo - no thanks I don't even go to the $25/mo BCBSIL sponsored one. The September one is sponsored by/named HOKA.

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