A grab bag of interesting stuff:
–My friend Reeves H. voices his objections to the Iraq war in this Reuters article from last weekend. I’m with you, Reeves. (Related: don’t miss Don Rumsfeld caught playing fast and loose with the facts. And shame on you, Tom Friedman, by the way, for supporting the war and then […]
It seems as if Kaohsiung, our new home town, is in the eye of Taiwan’s ongoing political storm. We’ve seen no protests or commotion of any sort; it’s business as usual. The Taiwanese administrators at our school have only made passing mention of the recent election and protests. It’s sort of odd, really. Pehaps all […]
I’ve been living out of a backpack (or two) for the last month. Lots of traveling. It’s good to be settling down here in Taiwan. (Jill and I move into our new apartment tomorrow.) My notes from the last 30 days look something like this:
–February 2: Left DC and spent a few days at home […]
Taiwan’s president Chen Shui-bian can breathe a sigh of relief.
Not only did he and his vice president, Annette Lu, survive Taiwan’s first ever assasination attempt on a head of state Friday, but he narrowly beat out challenger Lien Chan in a nationwide election last night. Chan, however, is calling for a re-count.
Things here have […]
We’ve been running around and haven’t had much time for Web stuff, but I wanted to give you a quick update.
The last few days have been action-packed: we’ve been observing some classes at our school in preparation to begin teaching on Monday; we undertook a medical exam necessary to obtain our visas (we both […]
A very brief note to say all’s well here in Southwestern Taiwan.
Jill A. and I arrived safely on Tuesday night and are having lots of fun. Our journey–from Seattle to San Francisco to Tokyo to Taipei, and then from Taipei here via bus–was a long one. But the sights and sounds and astounding, and […]
A quick note on my whereabouts: I’m leaving in an hour to head West (to get to the far East)–I’m flying from Savannah to Atlanta to Denver to Portland, Oregon today. I’ll be visiting my Dad in Pendleton until Friday, when I’ll make my way up to see Jill A. and her family in Seattle. […]