Thomas Jefferson famously (probably) said “When the government fears the people, there is liberty. When the people fear the government,…
Spiritual Spearmints
This is a continuation of my journal from my life in China. It was a chaotic, unimaginable time, and these…
Adventures in Yunnan
Since I’ve been on a bit of a Chinese kick lately, I figured I’d continue the trend and share this…
The Truth About Gaming: How It Changed My Life
So apparently there’s some bogus study that came out—I guess this was back in August, I’m just seeing it now—that…
Scribbles from the Orient
I took the picture above in the meat markets in Lijiang. A pervasive boredom surrounds daily Chinese life. Most of…
The Day Dream
The thronged boughs of the shadowy sycamore Still bear young leaflets half the summer through; From when the robin ‘gainst…
Tik Tack Tok
Following up on my previous post. Yes, the government spies on us, and so does China. One evil does not…
Should the US ban TikTok?
So the big news is that the Supreme Court is unanimously upholding the decision to ban or sell TikTok come…
The Peace of Wild Things
“When despair for the world grows in me and I wake in the night at the least sound in fear of…
Alien Invasion
So I occasionally have these pretty epic dreams that would make phenomenal movies, in my opinion. It’s really too bad…