MR 2016Why I disappeared from the Internet and the China bait and switch.Hangzhou, ChinaJul 14, 20161Jul 14, 20161
MR 2016Pictures from Hong Kong and TaipeiI’m guiding a couple of American friends around Taipei right now. I haven’t had much time to write.Jul 1, 2016Jul 1, 2016
MR 2016Overheard in Hong KongConversation 1: A stylish young Western woman talking on her phone walking through the Admiralty MTR station.Jun 29, 2016Jun 29, 2016
MR 2016“The best part about going to Hong Kong is coming back home to Taipei when you’re done.”The title of this entry is cribbed from a diary I wrote several years ago. I no longer live in Taipei, but the title is still apt. This is…Jun 29, 2016Jun 29, 2016
MR 2016Returning to Hong Kong makes me feel like the narrator in “Remainder.”Tom McCarthy’s “Remainder” is one of my favorite novels. I haven’t thought of that novel for years, but after a few days in Hong Kong I…Jun 25, 2016Jun 25, 2016
MR 2016Hong Kong day 3 — In picturesWhen I am in Asia, I like to take pictures of things that I don’t understand and then make up improbable stories to explain them.Jun 25, 2016Jun 25, 2016
MR 201611 hour layover in Zurich[I am going to write this while suffering extreme jet lag. I am not going to edit it. I tried to edit a few lines and realized that I was…Jun 21, 2016Jun 21, 2016
