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Law, travel, reading, computers, RPG, psychology, science, criminology, gardening, theater . . . the list goes on

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Classical, jazz, celtic, some new age,world, tolerate most others except stuff that is played overly loud to compensate for lack of musical ability.

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Sci-Fi, fantasy (well-done, that is), action, some anime, suspense, foreign films, just about anything except romances. They bore me to tears.

Television:

CSI, Lost, Star Trek, X-Files, Twilight Zone, I Love Lucy, The 3 Stooges, Law & Order - Again, eclectic to say the least.

Books:

Tolkien, Lovecraft, Eddings, Mitchell (Gone with the Wind), Asimov, Burroughs, C.S. Lewis, Kongzi, Ivanhoe

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Posted by Les on Fri, 21 Dec 2007 05:26:00 PST

Plans for Next Year

You know - sometimes reality really sucks! I've done some hard thinking and realized I can't afford to stay in China another year. My finances and my academic career can't take another year.As you kno...
Posted by Les on Mon, 29 Jan 2007 06:56:00 PST

Weekending with the Yangs

Last Sunday Nash, a young Chinese friend from last year, dropped in for a short visit. His Chinese name is Yang Yi Qun (means "flock of sheep"). He came to visit Rhashea, another teacher who taught wi...
Posted by Les on Mon, 29 Jan 2007 06:13:00 PST

Thailand

The itinerary's planned (and e-mailed out to several folks who tend to fret), everything is planned and the country hasn't blown itself up! So, it looks like I'm going. Didi can't go, so I'm definitel...
Posted by Les on Sat, 20 Jan 2007 06:54:00 PST

Career Options

It's the end of the second week of January. A time when all of us teaching overseas begin the process of deciding what to do NEXT fall. Do we want to stay where we are? Do we want to stay in this coun...
Posted by Les on Tue, 09 Jan 2007 05:08:00 PST

Dilemma Solved (I hope!)

So, unless the country of Thailand decides to implode, it looks like that's where I'm heading. Didi (Li Ya Hui or Leo, depending on which name you best know him by) has decided he's going with me. Hop...
Posted by Les on Sat, 06 Jan 2007 07:03:00 PST

Choices, Choices, Choices

Well, I'm struggling with choices here. Deep, potentially life-altering choices.Do I go to Thailand and risk getting blown to pieces by a dissident's bomb? Do I change plans and go to Cambodia, instea...
Posted by Les on Fri, 05 Jan 2007 08:48:00 PST

It's the Little Things

 I've just been thinking and observing the last few weeks and I've made an observation. This is something that I've always known but I've had several poignant reminders. It's the little things in...
Posted by Les on Sun, 03 Dec 2006 08:53:00 PST

Winter holiday plans

Winter Holiday (for Spring Festival - go figure) is late for me this year. It's Jan. 29 - Feb. 25. I'm actually supposed to be back before the 25th. Anyway, I'm excited! Last night I booked my tickets...
Posted by Les on Fri, 01 Dec 2006 02:37:00 PST

I am the WORLD!!!

You are the WorldCompletion, Good Reward.The World is the final card of the Major Arcana, and as such represents saturnian energies, time, and completion.The World card pictures a dancer in a Yoni (so...
Posted by Les on Sun, 26 Nov 2006 04:36:00 PST