Just pissing down again. It hasn’t stopped for days and apparently won’t for another week. Today was Commencement at our school. Out with the old in with the new. But it’s not really new, is it? Question of perspective. Is it possible to see with new eyes? My students, my kids, my wife? Sometimes for [...]

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I read some of Range’s T.V. show summaries and decided to give Jericho a whirl after Range suggested a good torrent site. It’s not bad. Both the site and the show.
“The storyline revolves about the residents of Jericho, a small, rural Kansas town, in the aftermath of a series of nuclear explosions across the contiguous United States.
The [...]

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We are in the middle of exams now, which means I have to proctor. I’d rather be teaching…
Standing for 2 or 4 hours at a time without being able to do anythning else is, well, tiring. And it hurts my knees.
Mark posted something on the transient nature of expat life. At the age of 38, [...]

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I’ve been meaning to post this video for a while now. My good friend Nathan made it a couple of months ago. He’s gone now and I miss him. This is a video/photo montage that includes students, buildings, old people, watermelon, hello kitty and dog passenger. Enjoy…
YouTube - Where I am Calling From: Taiwan

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