white hats abound in

In case I perked your interest with my little quiz, I thought I should let you ALL know what this mystery potato, tumor, melon, tuber, steroid-induced ginger root, squash, bagel, Chinese book-end thingie actually is… The envelope, please…. This is: YAK BUTTER carefully preserved for general consumption inside A DRIED GOAT STOMACH! (Should you be…

December 29, 2005

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Life in Xining

With apologies to my dad

I come from a long lineage of golf lovers. Unfortunately for my family name this golfing gene was not passed through to my DNA. This quote kind of sums up my sentiments on the subject of golfing: I have never understood the appeal of golf. Which is odd because I’m quite partial to the game…

December 28, 2005

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My Yeti Life

any guesses…

…what this might be? It took me four months to find out. (I wasn’t trying too hard; lazily, I was trying to figure out by sight alone.) p.s. if I already told you, please don’t ruin it for the other participants!

December 28, 2005

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Food and Drink, Just Too Weird / Funny, Life in Xining

…what this might be?

…what this might be? It took me four months to find out. (I wasn’t trying too hard; lazily, I was trying to figure out by sight alone.) p.s. if I already told you, please don’t ruin it for the other participants!

December 28, 2005

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Life in Xining

post-christmas nurses needed

Sometimes the days right after Christmas seem like a recovery period. All the hustle and bustle, parties, food, and gift-giving takes its toll and leaves you a bit…exhausted. Well, for us, this recovery period was a bit more acute this year. Not because of the usual elements of yuletide, but because our family contracted a…

December 28, 2005

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