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 […]
Teflon Man
Meet Teflon Man We finally figured out what Greg’s super powers are! He has the power of teflon, proving himself to be a non-stick man! Adhesives attack in vain! Well, at least until you come at him with a metal spatula… or shave his (gasp) chest. It took a 12 year old girl turning suddenly […]
The Real Fabric Market in Taipei Taiwan
If you appreciate sewing at all then a few pictures is about all you will need. The only thing I need to say is that the whole main floor of fabric vendors is the size of a floor of a department store in a mall. Each vendor has a space jam-packed with goods, with a […]
Simple Numbers
To quote someone close to me, “Life would be much simpler for me if I just lived like the Chinese here.” The idea is to eat what they eat, shop like they shop, travel like they travel. There is a small problem called ‘a language barrier…’ Case in point (like I haven’t mentioned any before): […]
Once-In-A Lifetime Manicure
Yep, those are my fingers! I have never in my life had all of my fingernails look so nice all at the same time. Its my very own, real nails, too. The secret is multi-fold, as many are. First, move to a large foreign metropolis where everyone lives in high rise apartments. That cuts out […]