How to protect your skin: Taiwanese Style
The Taiwanese women here really value white skin, if you are to judge both by the TV commercials and on the street behavior. You will often see TV commercials that…
April 2010
Jim’s Snailpionelephlyrhinosaurgiraffishbigeyeman
This picture and story present a very detailed and colorful! Well done, Jim!
Thermal Printing: receipts fade faster than our memory
If you go to the banks in Taiwan, or you pay a bill at 7-11, or put money on your Easycard, you always get a little slip of paper that…
From Sisyphus to Saint: Speech Writers Simplify the Soul
it’s always interesting to read success stories, like Donald Trump’s or richard willich‘s, but there’s always a sense when you read the biographies of their being ordained or fated to…
Why is this funny?
My students are all raving over this video… but I don’t get it. Why is this funny? Can anyone enlighten me?
Obblogatory: Loads Faster Now!
For those of you wondering what I’ve done on Obblogatory to speed things along recently. I will tell you: I was playing with my other server space at MediaTemple because…
Cars are Expensive
I just paid my car’s annual tax bill, about NT$7120 in Taiwan and is based on our car’s engine size. That is added to the repair bill for changing the…
Ready to quit smoking?
Whether you smoke cigarettes or tatuaje cigars, one thing is sure: you need to stop. Yet quitting smoking is one of the harder addictions to give up. What would persuade…