Spring and It's Been a While

Hello everyone. I've been very busy with work and friends lately. I also don't have an internet connection at home, so I've been neglecting this blog. It's not that I haven't seen anything of interest lately, and it's not that I've had nothing to say. I've just been busy. First -- I lost my TV. Not really that I lost a TV. I don't have one, but I did have a TV capture card, and I was able to get over-the-air signals with it....

16 Mar 2009 · 2 min · Gary Allen Vollink

Revisit: 'Attack and Muder at the Drum Tower' [Updated]

Back in August, I wrote a blog entry about the attack that occurred in the second level of the Beijing drum tower. I received a comment on that story that I deeply hope is true, but ... partly because it was anonymous (see update), and mostly because there have been no further news reports that I've been able to find, I have no way of being sure. Here is a copy of that comment:...

8 Dec 2008 · 2 min · Gary Allen Vollink

Christmas Meme

So my mother sent me this set of questions in e-mail. Like all internet memes, the idea is to copy the questions, and fill in your own answers, and send that out to all the people you know. I don't often do these, but it's Christmas time, so I figured it's good enough to go up on my blog (and, by extension, Facebook). So, here are the questions with my answers:...

2 Dec 2008 · 2 min · Gary Allen Vollink

China Memories

This was continuously one of my favorite spots on the road in China... It's not easy to see the street painted arrows below, but it mirrors the sign above. I never saw anybody attempt to turn left at this point, and I'm glad for that.

21 Nov 2008 · 1 min · Gary Allen Vollink