Today is the 7th day of the 7th month in the lunar calendar, and as such is the Chinese Valentine’s Day (乞巧节, qi3 qiao3 jie2). There’s a couple different myths that surround the origins of the day, and I can’t be bothered to repeat them here. For me, the significance of today is that it’s [...]
|
|
8 Comments |
Ok, I don’t have much time as I’m about to head out on the links with my dad for a day of what I assume will be rather punishing golf, but I wanted to make mention of this link that my buddy Hek sent me. It’s a column by the rather informed and well-spoken Mike [...]
My bestfriend’s married. Wait, let me say that again… Cory Is Married!
I’ve been trying to wrap my head around this marraige thing for the last few weeks but I’ve not come any closer to reaching any sort of enlightment about it.
What I’ve been trying to do is understand the significance of the day in relation [...]
|
|
5 Comments |
“I actually only did not think that human rights ought to segregate according to political position. The Nationalists, the Communists, the Democratic Progressive Party, any fucking party … if human dignity is not your core value and if you permit human rights to be determined by those in power, then you are just someone that [...]
|
|
0 Comments |
So it happened. I knew it would, I’m not naïve. I had, however, assumed it might come at 30 +, but nope… 29 is the magic number when you switch from candles that denote your age to the more euphemistic two or three that mark your transition to “old”.
Yesterday I entered the last year of [...]
|
|
10 Comments |
