Saturday, February 11, 2023

Mid February Randoms

The longest conversation I’ve had with a local in English since I been in Jiangyin has been with a taxi driver.  It certainly hasn’t been with a student.


The driver, who was not a Jiangyin local, told me that he found Jiangyin people to be stuck-up snobs.


Don’t care who wins the Super Bowl.


Coulter said the Canadian idea is to be boring and to have a nincompoop prime minister.  She’s mostly right.  And it’s better to be boring than bored.  Although, I can help but think that 2023 Canada is a country of bored people.  It stopped being boring around 1967 when it decided it was bored.  Look up Chesterton to see the difference between bored and boring.


Could it be that I’m too lazy to have friends?  Either that or misdirected energy.  Or I am not a person anyone should be friends with.


I see a grey-haired man with a ponytail.  And he’s younger than me.


If I make it, I will have done five cycles of the Chinese zodiac.  


The didi (Chinese Uber) driver, that took me home from Monte Carlo’s Bistro, drove with his two hands gripping the steering wheel.  I drive with one hand lightly on the steering wheel.


It’s Saturday night and I’m in bed by 9:30 PM.  That’s late for me.


I like tweeting about the blog posts I’ve read, the podcasts I’ve listened to, the blog entries I’ve made, the good Wordle results I’ve had, and the videos I’ve posted on YouTube.


Monte Carlo’s Bistro, Jiangyin, China


 

A quiet, pleasant evening by himself.  Listening to non-Chinese  tongues is alright.


Friday, February 10, 2023

Silly Thoughts about Sex and Gender

People use the words Gender and Sex interchangeably a lot these days. But do you notice that people who were always talking about “having sex” before and now, are not talking about “having gender” now?


Maybe they should. People should use Gender and Sex interchangeably.  Here are some examples of my proposed new usage.


Come to my house and let’s have gender!


The gender we had last night was wonderful!


The gender was consensual.


There should be genederal intercourse.


Gender this! Gender that! Gender the gendering person!


Gender Biden!  


Gender Trudeau!

Wordle 602: The End


 End of the streak of three or less guesses,

Hill and Sphere


 

Invigilator Andis


 

Thursday, February 9, 2023

Wordle 601 Marks My Greatest Week of Wordling Ever


 This week, it took me twenty guesses, in total, to find seven words.  That six hat tricks and a deuce!

The 1111th Day


 

The Building Where I Am Teaching


 I took this photo while invigilating.


In amongst the roofs and apartment buildings (in the background) is the building where my classroom happens to be.