Archive for August, 2006

The end of August are the dog days of summer. A classic baseball term, it refers to the fact that players get tired and hurt around this time, the weather in most cities with baseball teams is at its hottest, and a lot teams have to play games on strings of consecutive days to make [...]

A wonderful weekend away from Shanghai. Beaches (ick) and ocean (gross) and seafood (ok) were supposed to be enjoyments, but simply taking some time off to relax and to enjoy the company turned out to be the true Xiamen experience

As we walked out of the hotel in Xiamen on Sunday around noon, I looked at Lydia and said “I give myself 30 seconds before I start sweating.” She glanced at me and said “Too late, you already are.”
Yes, dear readers, I fall in the accursed category of having an embarrassing physical feature that no [...]