Unlike many other students, I go to an international school in Asia. I've never been to a public American School, and the only other schools I've ever attended was 3 years of public Taiwanese school in elementary. Some of you might wonder how 'w...
One of the most problematic things for kids and teens these days is: lack of sleep. Yes, it might be because they are up late watching TV shows or procrastinating and doing whatever to put off their homework, but ultimately, it leads up to the com...
Noir cyberpunk science fiction is Richard K. Morgan’s speciality and he’s damn good at it. This stand-alone work is the best of his I’ve read so far. Published in 2007 as Black Man in the UK and Thirteen in North America, the book won the Arthur...
“Choose a job you love and you'll never have to work a day in your life.”
Well, maybe just the weekends. That said, we do spend most of our adult waking hours working and many of us continue to work into our mid-60’s. But there are those...
I should be so lucky as Tsukuru. Things do get better. Basking in the warm glow of this book, it’s interesting to reflect on how I came across it.
There was the Nobel prize news which vectored across my attention: Haruki Murakami, once again...
Justin Bieber and Selena Gomez are officially back together?? What?? It has been quite a while before the pair split up in 2011. They were on and off for 5 years!! This below is Jelena before
I'm sure everyone has their own opinion on them an...
Theater has always been apart of my life ever since I was pretty little, but it was recently reintroduced into my life as something way more important.
Before, I believed theater and acting was mostly about learning your lines, and pretending ...
Recently, (Oct. 28 to be specific) there was a LGBT march that happened in Taiwan, and it was the largest one held in Asia!
Personally, I attended and walked in the march for about an hour, and was extremely happy with all the positive energy s...
The tech company where I’d landed not long out of school was all about innovating. We felt like trailblazers and in many ways were just that. A couple of years in, one of the original founders started a new project for a solution in an emerging...
For those of you who don't know (which I would hope isn't a lot of you) Taiwan is a little island just off the coast of China. But don't belittle Taiwan because of its size, their reputation for street food is off the charts, and rightfully so. ...
Taylor Swift, 27, can easily be named as one of the top artists and celebrities of the 2000s. Sure, we all know her as the 'cute country girl' who always has the adorable 'surprise face' when she wins an award, but is she really even anything l...
James Lee Burke is a masterful writer. His command of language is nothing short of breathtaking. For this novel, come for the language, stay for the story and linger over qualities of the characters in the drama. Wayfaring Stranger didn’t ti...
I guess I was looking for something harder-edged. Actually, that's a pretty safe bet. The best politico-econo-philosophy books I've read in recent years have all been more confrontational. I liked John Dean's book on the mind of conservative...
There was a moment there when mechanical pencils took my fancy. My interest was peaked partly because of my son. Deep in the math weeds, pencils were his weapon of choice in his studies. It was also partly thanks to a friend from across the pon...
Looking for an engaging cop thriller to pass a few hours? J.D. Barker's The Fourth Monkey is a great place to land. The story revolves around a serial killer who's been plaguing Chicago for some 5 years. No one's been able to crack the case. T...
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People are private animals We are all multidimensional individuals. “Who are you?” is an impossible question for anyone to answer fully, so our answers are always partial. When asked, we keep parts of our selves to ourselves. We expose differe...
Beyond privacy, WriterShelf offers unique and practical advantages when for sharing messages with the world. In everyday life, we adjust our voice to fit the particular situation we’re in. We speak differently with friends, family and workmates...
Not many of us write kiss-and-tell memoirs. But we all just might have the impulse. Life is full of stories and sharing those stories is something we seem bred to do. Maybe your storytelling is mainly around the water-cooler, the dinner table ...
The NBA does continue to roll on. The finals attracted the most viewers in nearly 20 years. Then the draft. Now the free-agent market. For the Warriors, things have been going well. With Kevin Durant reportedly ready to sign and Steph Curr...
One could say that smart Californians look north. And the Warriors are proving themselves to be pretty darn smart. It didn't seem like the Dubs would have much to say at the draft this year but that was clearly my failure of imagination. The Wa...
Who says that sourdough and oil don't mix? OK. Silly question, but tons of sourdough purists hold that straying from the orthodoxy of flour, starter, salt and water inevitably heads down the wrong path. And that's been my thinking for a good ...
Who hasn't heard of Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale? Even in passing, it's hard not to pick up the vibe: Dark. Depressing. Sad. Important. Landmark. Something that you really should read. It's on all the lists. From a distance, the book...
This was my second time through this book. The first time I listened to it. It was one of my first audiobooks after my library started lending the format. While they say that listening to books is basically the same as reading them, it does take...
In a Real News Network report Colin Powell's former Chief of Staff, Lawrence Wilkerson makes good points about who will get hurt by reversing the changes in Cuba relations. Besides the larger money interests who want to build hotels, Wilkerso...
It doesn't take too long poking around the pocket knife world to discover great swaths of titanium.
Traditionalists may consider it out of bounds, but titanium is a premium handle material for all kinds of modern folders. And for good reas...
And it looks like these trophies won't be darkening the door at the WH this year.
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