This is the very first culture corner post I made.  Prior to moving to Wuxi and beginning a job at Jiangnan University, I cut my teeth in...

Perhaps Dick’s most misunderstood book, The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch is not wholly an exami...

There are a variety of ways in which a books lingers with the reader after they’ve finished.  Emotion...

Regardless of publishing date, the following are the best books I read (or re-read) in 2011. The Ma...

This past winter break I decided to take a trip to southwest China, Vietnam, and Laos.  Laos was easily the highlight of the trip, but as...

There is an episode of The Simpsons wherein Homer gets in a feud with the head of the Springfield Sanitation Dept., ends up running for t...

Long story short, seven or eight years ago I needed a colonoscopy to discover the source of an intestinal problem I was having.  Whilst ...

Not as funny as the their resumes (found here: Part I , Part II , Part III ), nonetheless here are some quotes from my Chinese students...

And the final post of excerpts from the “Skills and Experience” section of my students’ resumes (Part I is here , and Part II is here ): ...

More excerpts from the "Skills and Experience" section of my students' resumes.  (Part I is here and Part III is here .) ...