From the NY Times: Major Earthquake Strikes Taiwan... The U.S. Geological Survey said the 6.4-magnitude quake was centered off the eastern coast of Taiwan...The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center did not…

It's about 10oC, with the mercury still dropping here in Taipei. In the mountains to the south, it is and has been snowing. The cold air is forecast to remain…

Repost Who could have guessed that a confessed mass murder and terrorist would have broken the law once more? It is reported that Mohmed al-Megrahi has jumped bail, thus embarrassing…

Landed in Taipei last night, after a bumpy fourteen-hour flight. I think the angry Air I teased last week was taking its revenge. From now, I'll have nothing but nice…

For no good reason I can tell, California doesn't operate on the same time schedule of New York City. It's as if they feel they don't have to play by…

Telepathic War with Aliens! And it's happening now! Aliens have already infiltrated the UN, and maybe even the White House. They are abducting people left and right and in between.…

My Uncle Chuck---one of my mother's brothers---when he was a young man, married a woman named Sylvia. Got a tattoo to prove it, too. Problem was, he and she divorced,…