local politics, home-town edition 25 January, 2008

Colorado Lawmaker Censured for Kicking
Normally, I would say, oh, national media only put Colorado in the news to make fun of us for being hicks or if we’re on fire (we = national forests) or something. That may indeed be the case here as well, but Douglas Bruce is an idiot. He used to be [...]

proof positive 21 January, 2008

That I’m deep-down quite introverted. Maybe not like quiet/shy/agoraphobic introverted, but nonetheless: after a social and action-packed weekend, I basically took all day today to kind of decompress.
The weekend: WARNING – TRIPTYCH-Dinner in Central with the HK Language and Cultural Exchange Group, which I found out about through Ramon and has become a point-of-contact [...]

15 January, 2008

The most disturbing statistic about the American subprime loan thing:“Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae, which buy loans from mortgage lenders, have estimated that 15 percent to 50 percent of the subprime loans they bought in 2005 went to borrowers whose credit scores indicated they were qualified for prime loans.”
Seriously, what? I’ve seen other numbers about [...]

in which I go to The Races 12 January, 2008

After months of intending to, I finally made it out to Happy Valley on a Wednesday for the races!It’s an impressive facility, to be sure–grandstands stacked up, surrounded by high-rises, PACKED with people.I took advantage of the 7:15 start time by playing around with night photography. And by that, I mean I had a beer [...]

more news that makes me angry 9 January, 2008

After a wonderful (if hurried) winter holiday in Denver and an also-wonderful visit by my fam to HK, I’m back in my dorm room again near Tai Po. At least it’s not Seung Shui? But more on the whole triptych later. I just can’t pass this up.
I like reading the NY Times. It’s pretty good [...]