Tuesday one of my students challenged me to Chinese chess and I thrashed him pretty soundly, so he told the Chinese history teacher (who is Chinese) and we played yesterday. He won a game that was tight until about midway, but he did say I was the best western player he’d ever met. I’ve often attributed it to Dad teaching me international chess at ( Read more... )

I had lunch with a friend, which pushed by my regular plan for today back a couple of hours. Because of that, I accidentally ran into a young woman I haven’t seen in four years, at which time she had crushed my crush on her, not because she was mean or anything, just something of a wild girl by Chinese standards and I was a little too staid. But ( Read more... )

23: My fantasy novel as broken the 30,000 word mark and I've outlined the rest of the chapters. I think I can have it done by the Chinese New Year.  Monica and I puzzled over my washing machine, which has stopped draining properly which makes drying clothes a major pain in the tush. After she left a couple of my male students dropped by and invited ( Read more... )