A Travelogue and (occasional) Sketchblog
It’s been a bit difficult to fire off entries lately, or at all, really. Things happen so fast here – on a daily basis, for the most part – that stopping to ruminate upon just one thing means I’m probably simultaneously leaving out three or four other things I could be writing about, or I’m [...]
Mein gott – two posts in a day?
It’s ’bout that time… my daily routine (the one that sorta makes it difficult to write on account of every day looking kinda like the day that came before) is starting to break up a bit. Now I spend afternoons pouring over travel sites, looking for stuff to [...]
(via boingboing, via Jos)
This is just too awesome to not share:
I wish I could do this:
Teaching. It’s… not me. I’ve thought about it for a bit – since I got here, really – and I’ve kind of come to the conclusion that I’ve got a lot of traits and skills that might make me like a teacher, but that’s not exactly my thing. My enthusiasm for the things here that [...]
Say what you will about raptors or the T-Rex, but this actually scared the pee outta me; the thought of such an animal existing:
Paleontologists have discovered fossils of several crocodile species that indicate some crocs galloped upright on land, some were enormous, and some literally ate dinosaurs for breakfast.
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Unlike modern crocodiles, many of these ancient [...]
Being low on… everything, I did a semi-major grocery run tonight. I bought:
Two large bottles of juice (each will last me a week)
Three large potatoes
Two large onions
A bag of mushrooms
A hand of bananas
A roll of Oreos (I’m ashamed)
A bottle of Sesame Oil
Six servings of milk
Today was an odd day of firsts.
I had my first professional hair cut in 10 years. Before, I’d just have someone grab the bottom of my ponytail and hack the damned thing off with a pair of regular office scissors. Today, I went out and spent a cool 21 yuan (about 4 dollars) in a [...]
I ran into this a few weeks ago and only got around to watching it now:
(includes Tom Waits anecdote, be forewarned)
(It came highly recommended from a webcomic artist I enjoy)