Musing #1: The four enemies you must face

The four enemies. (Loosely liberated from Carlos Castenada) The first enemy is fear. Fear paralyzes you. For fear, you don’t act. There are several forms of fear. One of the lesser manifestations of fear is worrying. If you are constantly imagining bad things in...

Pre-China De-Briefing

Pre-take-off de-briefing. So far my research into traveling to China has revealed: Bring your own toilet paper. Public restrooms don’t provide same. No shorts. Boil water. Twice. (I procured a travel water filter that claims to eliminate 99.9% of all bad stuff.)...