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Life and Reviews
I am thinking about coming back here. I may do a scrub of most of the accounts I am friended to (the dead ones). If you are still alive and still look here (or I keep in contact with you in other venues), I'll keep you ( Read more... ) -
The Satisfaction of Beating the Village Idiot
I hate to tell this to everyone in the middle of high fiving one another, but Ken Ham, the owner of the Creation Museum in Kentucky, is a fringe guy. He’s the village idiot of the Christian community…. Yes, we have them. Everyone does. He is so fringe that he is denounced by Pat Robertson. How far out do you have to be to have that happen and ( Read more... ) -
Costume cons.... And why they stopped being fun
This is probably going to be long winded and I am going to offend people, maybe lose some friends. My mind is wandering all over the place concerning it. But I feel like I should say something ( Read more... ) -
Augusta
Thanksgiving is over and I am back in Augusta. Nine hours of travel when make haste. Parents door to my apartment door is 600 miles on the nose. I got back to my temporary place and immediately got to work preparing for the next day.
Computers and electronic devices were reconnected and set charging.
Lunches for tomorrow were packed and ( Read more... ) -
China: Weight
In March I weighed 322 pounds. I measured myself after I came back from a walk this afternoon. I weighed 289.5. 32 pounds? I am almost half way to where I want to be ( Read more... ) -
China: Week 4 Things worth living for
What is hard about living in the other side of the world? You are isolated. The people that surround you that speak your language are all that you have. Of course you can email friends and family. Posting pictures is slow. You need a VPN to use facebook and twitter. Skyping can be done with faster connections. But is it not easy to just pick up a ( Read more... ) -
Yoga and Reading
Today I learned that power outages of various lengths are a weekly occurrence in the village. I have no plug in clocks so I have not noticed if this happens while I am away or when I sleep. The authorities blame it on sunspots or testing of electrical equipment, but the real reason is that there is not enough power for this area. That is why we are ( Read more... ) -
China: Lazy Sunday
I should write about a few dining experiences I have had recently while here. Or about my trip to Qingdao. Maybe later this week. Today was spent being antisocial and not hearing any word in English outside of a 3 minute phone call this morning.
I walked the track 10 laps and did some lifting in the gym, but I didn't want to be anywhere. I am ( Read more... ) -
Titanic Stories: The Chief Baker
The Chief Baker of the RMS Titanic is one of the more interesting characters of the story of the Titanic. Charles Joughin simply knew he was going to die. Offered a place in one of the boats as a member of the crew, he argued that it wasn’t right that he do so. “I’m no sailor” he told Second Officer Charles Lightoller. He assisted passengers ( Read more... )
