Posts Tagged ‘Essay’

Bad Books

05Jul08

Why are there so many crappy books being published? I am tired of all the mediocre writing being churned out of these college classes that ends up on the bookstore shelves. Haven’t they heard of editors? I’m not talking the pulpy fiction stuff but things purported to be literature. And I am talking big publishers [...]


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Global Zonal Time and getting up early

28Jun08

This and all my other blogs are using UTC time. So that means wherever I am in the world the time here (blogtime) is always the same for postings and checking stats and so on. I do the same with my email and laptop because of the travel.
With globalization, outsourcing and increasing travel I think [...]


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Taiwan Travel Journal Excerpt

30Mar08

Taiwan Travel Journal Excerpt
The sun sets slowly golden over the city of Tainan tonight. The tin burners lining the curbs of the street flare as they are filled with handfuls of paper money. The ancestors will not go hungry in heaven tonight.
We three walk beneath the overhanging cement buildings:a common architectural feature in this monsoon [...]


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Nutrition Acquisition of Tomorrow : the future of grocery shopping

22Feb08

Every time I return to visit Canada I notice changes happening. Some are perceptually significant such as new buildings going up and old ones torn down to clear the way. That kind of change can affect a whole skyline of a city. And some changes are relatively small at present but may have an impact [...]


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