Monthly Archives: October 2006

Debt Free

You know that feeling you get after you finish paying off a decade-old collection of debt and you enter the club of People Who Don’t Own Anyone Anything? I have that feeling. Today. Alright, so I’m not much for metaphors, but damnit – I’m elated. I just went to my online banking account and submitted …

October 15, 2006
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But I regress…

Ok, so if you think posts on this site are disappearing faster than foreign hikers, you’d be right. For some reason my site keeps becoming inaccessible. I had thought it was the wikipedia entry, but now I’m starting to think it might be the article about Japan apologizing. Just when I think I’ve got it …

October 14, 2006
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Wikipedia Unblocked In China, Kinda…

I’ve been caught sleeping. The Chinese blogsphere is abuzz with the news that the flagship to Web 2.0, Wikipedia, is now unblocked in China. (see references below) After almost precisely a year of having to access the site through proxy services (or the secure.wikimedia.org version of the site), all us in China are able to …

October 12, 2006
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Linktastic II

That’s right, I’m using Roman Numerals… what of it? So, I’m going to make this Linktastic thing a permanent habitue (yeah thesaurus!) of my blog. He… or She, hell… She will drop by once and again and tell us where to go – she’s a lot like a few of my ex-girlfriends in that regard. …

October 10, 2006
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vLog.06: The Road To Suzhou

In late August, 2006, Maggie and I pulled up stakes from Dalian and headed south to Suzhou, a tourist city criss-crossed with canals and dotted with gardens. With our wedding only months away, this move represents the beginning of our lives together and this video shows the trip.

October 9, 2006
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Someone Thinks I’m Funny

Hey, I was trolling around the blogs of a few fellow China bloggers the other day, catching up on stuff that I’ve let slide since coming back to China in August. I stumbled upon some surprising news… I was nominated for a Best China Blog: Humor award. Now, I get the sense – mostly from …

October 4, 2006
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Bring Me Chocolate, Call Me Son

I’m not sure if future mother-in-laws go to a special day-camp for training on how to impress their future son-in-laws, but I wouldn’t be surprised. Maggie mom just arrived from Dalian on a 23+ hour train ride. Rather than bring things she may need to make her stay more comfortable, she instead brought me chocolate …

October 2, 2006
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