It’s 10:42am and I’m blogging from Thomaston, Georgia, U.S.A.! I left Vietnam Friday morning (Vietnam time) at 6:05am, and flew to Atlanta via Hong Kong and Chicago, arrived in Atlanta at 6:40pm Friday (Georgia time) – a little over 24 hours door to door. The most recent blog post “from” Long An was actually auto-posted [...]

Thao and I both got off of work early today and took the bus out to her family’s house in Long An this afternoon. We’re going to spend the weekend out here – it’s the first time I will be spending the night in Long An, so it should be interesting. I think it will [...]

Woo-hoo! I just found out that my Tibet Travel Permit has been approved! Apparently the following document says that I am permitted to travel to Tibet (hopefully it says that instead of something like “Kill this roundeye on sight.”

Me and my feet having the morning coffee in front of our new living room window: View from said window: That little boat moving from left to right is a ferry – it goes back and forth across the river right there all day long and late into the night. Straight down from the 15th [...]

. . . if it is not already: Running on a treadmill for 15 minutes in bare feet will result in blisters of the painful, on-the-bottoms-of-the-toes variety. That’s all. Carry on.

Just back from the cardiologist. Bottom line: I’m fine. A slightly thick valve that causes the valve not to seal 100% and so releases (or lets in – I’m not sure exactly) a little bit more blood than it should (or something like that), and the cardiologist said that I was born with the thick [...]

Groom drinks too much at wedding, dies Mon May 25, 2009 9:14pm IST TAIPEI (Reuters) – A Taiwanese groom died on his wedding day after having too much wine and beer to drink, police and local media said Monday. The man, 35, an insurance company worker surnamed Wu passed out at home after drinking too [...]