I thought the noise was unbearable in that moment in time when beepers ruled the land, 20-some years ago. They would go off in a press conference, and everyone but the perpetrator would be looking around, staring daggers at the idiot who had forgotten to turn off his beeper, which was now squawking. Now, of […]

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It always is an exciting time in Abu Dhabi when you decide — or at least hope — that the season is changing. From summer to … what I think of as not summer. And a sign of that shift? No, not leaves falling. (We would have to have trees other than palms.) Not the […]

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Here is a chance for the Dodgers to show that they stand for doing what’s right. Instead, they are going to stand for doing what makes money. What a disappointment. I thought this franchise was supposed to be better than this. Apparently not. The Dodgers can hardly wait to have Druggie Ramirez out in left […]

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Plumbing here is not quite the plumbing most of you in the States are familiar with. It is odd. Puzzling. Segmented. Compartmentalized. Rationed. And not quite dependable if you live in an older building. This is what I have learned about HK plumbing, in four months here:

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Climbed out of bed … and it does require climbing, because the mattress is on the floor. That seems to be fairly common here in Hong Kong. When, really, every bed here should be an extra 12 inches off the floor so you can have one of those storage-under-the-bed things, because nobody has closets or […]

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