Life in the Shade

Reasons why Hong Kong is Amazing

(and why you may not have known it).

Maybe you’ve never really thought about it. Maybe your life has been deplete of proper enlightenment of the world. Maybe whatever. For whatever reason, you’re just not in the know of how cool of a place Hong Kong is. Hong Kong is one of the most wonderful places in the world. This is not me spouting frivolous thoughts like bullets into the air hoping that…

What I think about at 1:11

I sometimes start off with something like, “Hey, I should go to bed right now.” But, that seems a bit too easy. Oh well, I also think about heading over to Glossika to get another jump on some language practice. If you haven’t checked it out, I would highly encourage it. It’s a pretty good set of listening practice materials for you, and we could al use a bit more listening.

I think about how I…

Back to letting out those dogs…

I’m curious if anyone ever answered the question. I mean, as the song questions over and over, there are some lost dogs and no one knows who let them out.

Do we know if there are any updates here? Just curious if we’ve come any closer to answering the question.

Any help here would be appreciated. Thanks.

-lp

Lord of Chaos – blast review

Lord of Chaos by Robert Jordan My rating: 4 of 5 stars

**SPOILER-FREE

Wow – it only took us five months to finish this one. The densest book in the Wheel, and I think that’s an objective statement. Lots of events to keep track of, but not really more than normal. The pace is much slower than the other books that precede it in the series, but I don’t find it any less well-written than its…

Summer Plans – the Perfect Storm

This is the last night I will have a couch of my own to sit on. It’s 11:05 p.m.; not much time left. But, I am enjoying this seat now.

We’re moving, which you may have surmised from the opening of this post. We’re moving, and with that move comes other responsibilities. I had to finish up some paperwork for my job today, but my wife was able to allow for that time to happen, so that’s a huge…

Brandon Sanderson is an author I respect. Not because I like his writing. On the contrary, I don’t find his writing necessarily to my taste, but more because of what he has done with the craft. and how he ultimately offers advice to those who are also climbing the mountain he has summited over and again. I am in the middle of reading of some of his stuff on his page and he has offered this one…

Cyber Shorts

http://needleinthehay.net/synth-209/

That’s the link. If you’re at all inclined to read a good cyberpunk short story, you’ll find this one pretty on point. It’s a nice piece of flash. I chuckle as I say that – an interesting turn of phrase. When I first heard of the term Cyberpunk, I’m not sure where I was, but it was a handful of years ago. I wondered how it differed from Steampunk.…

Holy crap, what a week! We are just inside the three-week mark before we run into the Spring break fury that we are all so very looking forward. to. Still with Jer reading Lord of Chaos. We’re on about Chapter 9 or so right now. It’s the densest book of them all at present. All went well with classes and the work this week. The coffee was good, so no complaints there. Finished up a short story…

How’ve things been, folks? Have some Klaypex!

by L.P. Stribling

    Coffee that morning came early; it was placed in its position (there was practice involved in the placement of its proper position) – just right of the middle of the desk. The lights remained on until Stanley exited the room. He flipped the switch and the room darkened. Stanley left promptly thereafter. The time was 4:30. The president was expected in his office within…

On Twitter, @paulocoelho posted this beautiful snippet of wisdom – a reminder.

One day you will wake up and there won’t be any more time to do the things you’ve always wanted. Do it now

— Paulo Coelho (@paulocoelho) January 6, 2018

Your life now, in this moment, the seconds that are rolling by, are yours to do with what you will. But use them, as they are transitory, and will come but once.

機不可失…

I need to do it now,

No time to waste, 

It’s now or never, so they say, 

But should I feel like I’m running a race? 

Run, run, run,

Even if you see no one behind you,

It’s what you don’t see that’s giving chase,