Monthly Archives: December 2009

Looking at the Concept 2 records, it looks like I have completed the Holiday Challenge every year since 2001, except in 2007 when I had an injured foot. (In 2006 I took the easy way and only did the 100,000 … Continue reading →

Last year I had an a-ha moment, one of those when someone puts something into words and I realized it was something I’d always known. I’ve minded Christmas greetings much less in the last 20 year since I’ve been celebrating … Continue reading →

Something very odd is going on. I’ve just been adding a whole bunch of Kindle books to my book catalog (I am very good about cataloging physical books before I read them, but I was eight months behind on the … Continue reading →

According to NORAD, Santa does not stop in Taiwan. It may not the majority religion here, but there are still a lot of Christians here. It kind of looks to me like NORAD thinks Santa stops only in Western colonies, … Continue reading →

Have you ever gone and looked through the holiday albums on iTunes? I think the best word is “disturbing”. There’s something called “The Ultimate Christmas Album” with everyone from Randy Travis to Elvis to Wham! to Gary Glitter to Bing … Continue reading →

I had an interesting conversation with my mom last night. In context of talking about some other people who see the world as they want it to be rather than as it is (and who, I’m quite sure, are and … Continue reading →

Winter has come to Taipei, courtesy of a weekend in which temperatures didn’t get much over 10C. Sunday I had a nice long lazy day during which I never changed out of my cozy flannel nightgown – but by dinnertime … Continue reading →

Meme snagged from Mer: 1. What did you do in 2009 that you’d never done before? Published a few poems. Knit colorwork. 2. Did you keep your new years’ resolutions, and will you make more for next year? I don’t … Continue reading →

I feel like I’ve done my good deed today: I helped a colleague with her resume, for her application for an internal position. I hope I got it right, as Dutch and Taiwanese resumes tend to include some different informaiton … Continue reading →