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joe

About Me

Hoosier in Taipei City. I nurture plants and pets (fish, gastropods, turtles, frogs, beetles, crustaceans)at my home in Taipei City. But actually, I'm at school or work most ofthe time.

a new videocheck it out at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kBzwBHW7Tuw

My Interests

Homebrew & Commercial alcohol industry, art, music, literature (non fic, fic, and s.f.), East Asian politics, travel, education, ethics, audiobooks, non-mammallian domestic pets, history, business (uhh... except accounting and finance are dreadful.)

I'd like to meet:

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Music:

Today, just Sun Ra.

Movies:

Blade Runner, Latcho Drom
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Television:

Rome, Stargate, Heroes, although since I don't actually have a TV set......

Books:

PKD "Clans of the Alphane Moon", C.Mielville "Perdido Street Station", Klare "Blood and Oil", Chen, ed. "If China Attacks Taiwan"

Heroes:

Hiro Nakimura

My Blog

American with almost no sense

These have to be some of the most ignorant people in America:http://www.getusout.org/check out the FAQ, it's hilarious!
Posted by joe on Mon, 13 Aug 2007 07:21:00 PST

More about Confucianism

April, 2007              Clearly Confucius has well developed prescriptions for ethical behavior, and he enumerates the benefits of them. From th...
Posted by joe on Sat, 21 Apr 2007 05:19:00 PST

silly story

Robin asked, "What should we do if the evil villain is holding a child hostage, in order to escape, Batman?" Batman said, "Robin, a proper superhero has anticipated the unstable nature of the villain...
Posted by joe on Sat, 24 Mar 2007 03:48:00 PST

The four virtues...

  The four virtues ren, de, li, and zhi(1); these core values outline the dao of a junzi. Allowing all persons of good and righteous living to fit into the category of junzi, and considering the...
Posted by joe on Sat, 24 Mar 2007 01:46:00 PST

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Posted by joe on Thu, 22 Mar 2007 03:03:00 PST

The Legacy of Kongzi

Brief reflections on ConfucianismThe Mandate of Heaven              Confucianism has many qualities that made it attractive to its early supporte...
Posted by joe on Sun, 11 Mar 2007 06:51:00 PST