Monthly Archives: June 2011

(original date 11/12/2010) …and I’m home! Slight dusting of snow on the ground, 24 degrees F — how else would I recognize it? Successfully restarted my hot water heater and car, but my desktop computer is dead as a doornail; … Continue reading →

(original date 11/07/2010) …but not fast enough. In honor of the 2010 Asian Games event in Guangzhou, the local Minister of Goodies declared “free bus and subway for everybody during the month of November!” Now, in China, people know: if … Continue reading →

(original date 11/02/2010) Play a little of these ditties: Athletes March (mp3) Red Scarf March (mp3) What? You expected maybe the Pink Scarf March? This is “Red China” after all. This is the music that wakes everybody up at the … Continue reading →

(original date 10/21/2010) So, Li Gang is some powerful Chief of Police, and he has a good-for-nothing son. So the son is out driving his fast sports car, plows right through a couple of people (killing one), and just keeps … Continue reading →

(original date 10/20/2010) For the past 2000 years or so, China has had a system of “Imperial Examinations” (roughly equivalent to Civil Service Exams), which were used to qualify applicants for government posts — ministers of X, governors of Y … Continue reading →

(original date 10/20/2010) I have burned my finger on this Piece of Shit genuine copy of a fake Bic lighter, yet again! BTW, for those who don’t remember: “…genuine copy of a fake…” comes from some 1960′s ditty that went: … Continue reading →

(original date 10/14/2010) Whatever China has accomplished, it has accomplished it in the absolutely most inefficient manner humanly possible. A few examples: Today’s email motivator: the courtyards between the apartment buildings needed mowing. Maybe 50′ by 150′, with a kidney … Continue reading →

(original date 09/25/2010) The Big Question to be answered here is: how does the traffic in China move 10 times as many cars over 1/10 as many roads in 1/10 the time, compared to the US? The Short Answer is: … Continue reading →

(original date 09/21/2010) Listen my children, and you shall hear,Of the midnight ride of Pale Ribore. And our founding father, Gurgle Wershugrin. And third President: Trombus Geppertin. Well, now you know how the Chinese feel 1950′s abominations based on Oxford … Continue reading →

(original date 09/16/2010) …required! The alternative: die quickly from absolute despair. Lights.jpg: hey! 3 out of 4 ain’t bad for locally manufactured goods. Plungers.jpg: “you get what you pay for” is the same in all languages. For $10, which plunger … Continue reading →