Monthly Archives: May 2015

 The foyer to a “chili bowl” place by work has these decorative bottles with colored liquid in a small fountain.  If I’ve learned anything from RPGs it’s that I should gather all of them because they must be elixirs or plasmids … Continue reading →

Pro-tip:  don’t watch Kurt Cobain:  Montage of Heck while in the middle of an existential crisis.  It is, however, a good reminder of the interplay between pharmacology and mental health. Last weekend, I finally burned through my American supply of … Continue reading →

 I stumbled on these on a path around Meilan Lake.  At first I thought to file the photo under “know when to walk away” but I realized it ought be filed under “know when to run.”

Metro line 9 ends, um, abruptly. Nothing Keanu Reeves can do about that. Meilan Lake feels like a tired old resort town but there are plenty of couples taking wedding photos everywhere. Previous terminus adventures can be found here and here.

Took Metro Line 1 (the one closest to my apartment) beyond the Pale — out where a lot of the stations have 村 (“village”) in their names — to where it emerges above ground. Then took a cab (taxis are orange in … Continue reading →

 Eli & I picked up the shirts we have made.  Printed on the bag was this inscrutable “thank you” message.  

 Cali-Burger is an In-N-Out Burger knockoff.  Even down to the palm trees on the logo.  The only difference I found was no Bible verses on the cups. Oh, and the French fries are better.  (So Cal heresy, I know.)

 Took the metro Line 13 (which I now call the “Breast Cancer Awareness Line) all the way to its last stop.  So far out that Shanghai had run out of skyscrapers.But I still found an IMAX theater.   

 This stringlicker sat his big head down in front of me at a Comic Con panel about an artist who manipulates Chinese traditional art work in Photoshop to make postmodern pieces.  (Ancient Chinese warriors as stormtroopers, that sort of thing.) … Continue reading →

 “You know nothing [of body proportions] Jon Snow.” 

  Storm, Snow, and Scout.  Plus AT-AT driver, TIE fighter pilot, and Emperor’s Royal Guard.

 If there’s one thing China is serious about, it’s intellectual property.