“A man has only one death. That death may be as weighty as Mount Tai, or it may be as light as a goose feather. It all depends upon the way he uses it.”
Sima Qian, China’s most famous historian, and one of the greatest historians the world has ever known, wrote these words in [...]
China’s great historians, part I
January 6th, 2007 · 1 Comment
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If you don’t like the weather, wait a minute…
January 6th, 2007 · 6 Comments
I’m in New Hampshire this week visiting family. Last saturday it was snowing: a full on late December snow squall that covered the whole state in white.
Today it was 69 degrees (21 celsius) at Manchester Airport. In New Hampshire. In January. I swear I saw a polar bear treading water in the Merrimack River.
Now I [...]
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