Month: July 2009

I know it's a week late, but I did want to say something about the 40th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing.  I got inspired by this series of photos at The Big Picture.  At the time, I was living with my family in Karachi, Pakistan.  We didn't have a television, but I still…

In case you're wondering about my knees, here's an update. It turns out that there is a vendor in the basement of the Silk Market who sells titanium knees (probably fake, I know), and he tells me he can have one ready for me in three days.  His buddy Dr. Wang (no relation to Farmer…

Summer is watermelon season in China.  Selling, buying, and eating watermelon become national obsessions from May to September.  In a land where 90% of the people live where it is beastly hot all summer, watermelon is a natural choice for a 'feel cool' food.  But one chap in Hangzhou has taken it to a new…

This morning, as the worship service was ending at church, the pastor announced that there would be a wedding following the service, and that all were welcome to stay.  Since a friend I was with will be getting married in that church 3 weeks from today, we decided to stay.  Her fiance was singing in…

Ok, not in school, but at the doctor's office.  Yesterday I had a consultation with a knee specialist from Hong Kong. I learned a lot: 1. Having an MRI in hand whey you visit the knee doctor saves tons of time.  Without them he would have given me his best guess about the problem.  Then…

One of the big stories flying around China this week is about a 74 year old fellow in Lanzhou, named Yan Zhengping, who, in his attempt to 'raise awareness' (my least favorite term in the American English language) of pedestrian safety has taken to throwing bricks at cars that run red lights at pedestrian crossings. …