From the monthly archives:

January 2009

Joy Based On Truth

January 31, 2009 Traveling

Someone made a comment to me recently that “whatever (religion) makes people feel better is okay.”  I was struck by the insecurity and disappointment of such false hopes.  To try to hope because one must believe something  is like walking out over a gorge on an illusion of a bridge.  Hope must have a basis [...]

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No Extra Charge

January 27, 2009 Traveling

Today I rode in a taxi that I have hired two other times.  This driver uses Costco as a base.  All of the Costco taxis line up to wait their turn for store patrons.  I don’t know how many people use taxis there, but there is usually quite a long line waiting.  I know there [...]

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Walking Greg’s Bike Back Home

January 24, 2009 Traveling

Greg’s bike has been at a police station since Wednesday morning.  They were nice enough to take it into protective custody after he crashed.  Today there was opportunity to schedule picking it up.  An officer had kindly written the station address on a piece of paper, in Chinese, for a potential taxi driver.  With that [...]

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