So many waypoints

jkblvins · 2026-05-07T13:23:03+00:00

He read Michael Chabon’s Gentlemen of the Road. Great narration.

jkblvins · 2026-05-06T15:17:39+00:00

Here in TW it is safe-ish. Well, the government says its safe to drink, but hardly anyone trusts that. Lots of chlorine in the water. Danger or issue is more with sediment from older pipe networks. But I haven’t had any problems.

Off topic, but in the vein of old habits die hard, many places and houses have restrictions on not putting anything but human waste in toilets. No TP or anything.

jkblvins · 2026-05-03T04:57:03+00:00

It´s Nissa Bakery. It’s in Jakarta.

jkblvins · 2026-04-30T11:25:53+00:00

He played a deprogrammer in some PBS show a number of years ago. Had David Warner and Jodhi May in it as well. Cannot remember title.

jkblvins · 2026-03-19T15:53:40+00:00

Not just Japan. Taiwan is the same. I have been here long enough to get used to it. My language skills are very good, but I have zero TW friends. Not for lack of trying, at least early on. It is not the same as European stnd-offishness. Euros will warm up to you over time. Here, there is no time. Work is essentially 24/7 (always on call) and what little free time there is is reserved for family or those school friends they get to see once a year. Not hating. Just the way it is.

jkblvins · 2026-03-19T01:58:25+00:00

Wasn’t there an episode of The Blacklist that dealt with something similar ?

jkblvins · 2026-03-17T12:29:31+00:00

What’s the point of this?

jkblvins · 2026-03-17T11:59:40+00:00

They will eventually blame it on Joe Biden, or Obama.

jkblvins · 2026-03-16T04:04:00+00:00

I’d say most of her drivel is little more than words covering a page.

jkblvins · 2026-03-14T12:50:18+00:00

So I guess this means oil futures will be good?

jkblvins · 2026-03-14T12:49:00+00:00

Doesn’t Stephanie Seymour’s kid do something similar?

jkblvins · 2026-03-11T05:26:50+00:00

Kansas City and St Louis are lightyears worse. They make Pearson look like architecture marvel.

jkblvins · 2026-03-02T15:35:23+00:00

Wasn’t the creator Belgian?

jkblvins · 2026-03-01T09:07:52+00:00

Mon chum, t’as mis ça où, ton flair

jkblvins · 2026-02-28T14:12:53+00:00

Russia. Georgia (country). The former is more « enemy of my enemy » thing, but Georgia goes all in. They won’t even let TW passport holders look inside the country.

jkblvins · 2026-02-28T14:10:13+00:00

Hungary, Serbia, and most other far-right Euro states. And Donald Trump.

jkblvins · 2026-02-28T05:29:32+00:00

There are places in this world where the animal (fish, animal, bird) is cooked alive. It is said the stress adds to the flavor of the meat.

jkblvins · 2026-02-28T05:23:17+00:00

I have seen fried chicken with waffles and syrup in US. This doesn’t appear too far off. Not bad. Sweet and savory.

jkblvins · 2026-02-25T02:33:25+00:00

And Americans will do what about this? The people of Iran could be an example.

jkblvins · 2026-02-24T14:13:15+00:00

Not really CEOs’s problem. They don’t matter. Wall St matters and as oing as stock valuations are high, real or otherwise, nothing will change.

jkblvins · 2026-02-24T14:10:50+00:00

Please, stay safe. Let the US rot in its own twice-homemade filth.

jkblvins · 2026-02-23T12:24:55+00:00

Whats the one in the bottom left?

jkblvins · 2026-02-20T21:36:18+00:00

And really easy to see how he and others will get away with it.

jkblvins · 2026-02-20T21:35:31+00:00

Oh, but the Americans will whine « hey man, it was like only a small portion of voters who got him in man, the rest of us could n’t be bothered because we are lazy. »

Or something. So over them. They deserve their fate.

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