Driving in China

http://worldblog.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/06/28/247746.aspx

This link is to a news story about bad driving in China. After watching it I have to admit they are worse drivers than the people here. One funny sentence says that 45% of road accidents are due to poor driving. I would bet 100% are. Watching the video reminds me of playing a video game.

Don't Complain about YOUR TV Shows

Don't complain about TV reruns! We get 10 channels and that sounds pretty good until you realize that each channel shows the same shows over and over and over and over 4 times a day everyday for a week...no kidding!

Here are some of our upcoming shows:

Discovery Channel:
Hour Asia - Made in Taiwan
Wild Discovery - Untamed Earth
Decoding Disasters - Trains

Animal Planet:
Tribal Animals - Apes
Tiger Shark Attack
Big Cat Country
Bat Rescue Mission
Life of Crabs

National Geo:
Baby Catchers of the Amazon
In the Womb - Animals
The Big Freeze
WOW! Gorillas from the Heart of Darkness

We do get Hallmark which I mostly watch. We're about 3 years behind in some shows and more in others. We do get pretty new Oprah if you can stand to see her 4 times a day. I do enjoy CSI (all three of them) even though they're not new and House. We had 3 lbs. awhile back and they took it off now it's back again and they're showing the same shows over.

So never complain you have nothing to watch on TV. A better alternative...surf the net or read a book!

New Passport

On June 20th, I was stupid and kind of fell for a phone scam. I won't go into all the details, but as soon as I gave out my passport number I knew I had "almost" been had. At least I didn't give them my bank account information. I contacted the embassy and was told I should really get a new passport, report this to the police and notify my bank. I did all three.

Yesterday I got my beautiful new passport and it only took 4 working days. The new passports have a neat little microchip in the cover and nice artwork on the pages. Speaking of pages...there are 20 less in the new passports. I'm actually happy I had to get a new one since this one is so pretty. My photo sucks for this one as they said the embassy wants no smiles. Oh, well...only the immigration people will see it. Now I don't have to get a new one until 2017!

We are leaving on Saturday for the US...YEAH! Can't wait to get out of here.

Never a dull day!

Never a dull day here!

I was drying clothes today and noticed that the exhaust hose from the dryer was separated from the little round opening in the wall leading outside. I looked inside a little and noticed several long twigs and leaves. Right away I thought a bird must be building a nest in the hose. I looked deeper in the hose and found a lot of twigs and leaves and three little blue eggs. One broke when I shook the hose to get the twigs out. Here are a couple photos of the nest I pulled out of the hose. The eggs were nice and warm when I pulled them out. Now I don't know what to do with them.

The other photo is sunrise a few days ago.

June 17

Today is Father's Day...too bad the kids aren't here to celebrate with their dad. Oh, well...next year.

We leave for the US in two weeks...can't wait!!
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Don't mess with the wife...

When our lawn mower broke and wouldn't run, my wife kept hinting to me that I should get it fixed. But, somehow I always had something else to take care of first, the truck, the car, playing golf - always something more important to me.

Finally she thought of a clever way to make her point. When I arrived home one day, I found her seated in the tall grass, busily snipping away with a tiny pair of sewing scissors. I watched silently for a short time and then went into the house. I was gone only a minute, and when I came out again I handed her a toothbrush. I said, "When you finish cutting the grass, you might as well sweep the driveway."

The doctors say I will walk again, but I will always have a limp.

Moral to this story :
Marriage is a relationship in which one person is always right, and the other is the husband!

On Vacation

Yesterday was my last day "working" at school. They are doing major renovations there this summer. I have my doubts it will be completed by the time school starts in August.

I'm Back

I took this off for awhile and I'm back on with news from home. Unfortunately, there's really no news to write about. Here is a photo of lightning I caught last week during a thunderstorm.