Category Archives: 上海

I finally finished season two of Daredevil.   I never thought I’d say this but…too many ninja fights.

  For fuck’s sake do not open this box.

Work has been nigh-apocalyptic these last two weeks.  It put me in mind of what Rudyard Kipling wrote… If you can keep your head when all about you     Are losing theirs and blaming it on you, If you can … Continue reading →

Achievement unlocked!  This was my very last terminus adventure of all existing Metro lines (until more are opened in 2017, I believe.)   There was a certain unintentional but beautiful symmetry to ending on the southern terminus of Line 13 since … Continue reading →

I don’t particularly have an eye for good graphic design, but I did enjoy this graphic celebrating 2016 as the Year of the Monkey.

Visited the eastern terminus of the new Line 12.  Found construction sites rising into the mist. And busy industrial intersections.Previous terminus adventures can be found here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, and here.

I found the trip to the northeastern terminus of Line 6 to be particularly poignant.  Until the planned extension connects under the Huangpi River with the Line 8, Line 6 ends in the North Waigaoqiao Free Trade Zone.  A few … Continue reading →

I discovered that the easter terminus of Line 9 was just some random spot in Pudong with the skyline lost in haze in the distance. Previous terminus adventures can be found here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, and here.

Began “mopping up” the last of my Metro Terminus adventures.  Took Line 7 to its eastern terminus and discovered the Shanghai Himalaya Museum (which I’d never heard of and want to go back and check out sometime.) Previous terminus adventures … Continue reading →

While rewatching the first season of Community, I had the horrifying realization that my company is Greendale Community College.  Yet I found Jeff Winger’s perspective liberating: We can do anything we want.  It’s Greendale.

Hannibal Buress summed up the arbitrage of love in his Netflix comedy special Comedy Comisado: A dollar bill isn’t worth that much in England but it’s worth a lot in Mexico.  We all mean different things to different people, is … Continue reading →

 I was excited about this one, too.  One of the farthest flung of all the Shanghai Metro lines:  Line 16.  (Why there is no Line 14 or Line 15 is a mystery that I have not been able to solve. … Continue reading →

Spent a day on terminus adventures in Pudong.  First up was the southern end of Line 8. Okay, wooded area with bridges, smokestacks, and cooling towers in the distance.  Yeah.  I got right back on the train and left. Previous … Continue reading →