The joke below was e-mailed to me recently, and I've entered it with the text that I received in the e-mail. However, it seems that the more popular version of the joke has the gender of the characters switched. A man was leaving a convenience store with his morning coffee when he noticed a most unusual funeral procession approaching the nearby cemetery. A long black hearse was followed by a second long black hearse about 50 feet behind the first one....
Last October, during the beginning of my time in Beijing, I wrote this blog post that mentioned air quality with two comparative photos. Since then, I've been following the blog of James Fallows who also has been posting photos for comparison. In the last several days -- China has done several things to try to improve the air quality for the Olympics. Temporarily shutting down most factories East of Beijing Even-Odd car restrictions...
First, it's a really good song. Musically complex, and very heart-felt. I would link to it here, but I didn't find a source that has a copy. However, for two days I've had this same song going through my head. I've LISTENED to the song at least 12 times trying to satisfy whatever is making this song run through my head. It hasn't helped. So, I figure I'll try to give it to someone else, maybe the song will leave me alone for a while....
Well Summertime is here. Click to play (doesn't work in some RSS viewers): boomp3.com I went to a great summer solstice party last night, one of those parties where I only knew one person, but absolutely everybody was cool and easy to talk to. Had a wonderful time, and I got home really late.