Category: My Yeti Life
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The blog gurus say that it’s a bad idea to blog about what you had for lunch or how your bowel movements have been lately. Generally, I agree with this, but if I can’t write about how I’m doing I really don’t see the point. (After all, a majority of the readers I have are…
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I keep pretty close to my cave here in Xining. Some people have a hard time believing this. Some people claim to have seen my footprints as far away as Russia… Here’s one article about it. And here’s some muddy pictures… C’mon! My feet are way bigger than that and not nearly so narrow. (Although…
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Contrary to appearances, this post is not another shameless plug for my recently published book, Titan’s Tale. But I did want to make a few "editorial" comments (before archiving the topic…) #1 – Now that I have seen the "finished product" I must say that there is nothing that feels more like vanity than perusing…
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33 years ago today, J.R.R. Tolkien set sail for the gray havens… It’s strange that I was only a few months from being born in September of 1973. Our paths on this planet barely crossed and yet I feel like he was my third grandfather. I’ve spent a lot of time inside Tolkien’s head over…
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When I see pictures like this one, it makes me want to grow it back… p.s. The squinting, on my part, was incidental. I often do that when taking pictures. I was not trying to impersonate this gentleman.
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Hi folks. Sorry for the short interruption. We just got back to Xining today. Hallelujah! I was reunited with my ladies (Christa, Anna, Sarah) and the in-laws in Beijing. We saw many of the sights and then hopped a plane to Xian where we saw more sights. (More news on that at 11…) Warning: Self-promotion…
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Doesn’t that title (Bachelor Survivor) sound like the latest reality TV show/contest? What if you just combined all of the them? Here’s what mine would be called: Big Brother’s Bachelor Apprentice Meets Survivor’s Amazing Race Mole in the Real World 7’s Fear Factor Road Rules American Idol. Now I’m going to get all kinds of…
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Today was a day of rest. I tried not to think about blog topics at all (I kept telling myself, "No funny anecdotes, no colorful insights into culture, no Seinfeld-like ‘what’s-that-all-about’ type questions…") …and then right at the end of the day I blew it! I thought of these cute pictures and I just had…
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This painting is called The Hermit and was done by the Russian artist, Mikhail Nesterov. It seemed suitable to my current situation of relative solitude. I’m curious where this old guy is headed with his walking stick and keys. I assume he’s headed back from his morning walk to his apartment or hillside cave. Yeti-like,…
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I’ve been trying to think of something interesting to blog about lately, but I’ve been having a bit of a block… I think it’s because this feels a bit like a time in-between times. (Not quite summer, but definitely past the point of me being a highly motivated language student for the semester…) I’ve also…
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