Radical Eclecticity

The Changzhou Apartment
Originally uploaded by mattlavery
I live on the fifth floor. In Chinese, 我住在五层的公寓. In china, though, the ground floor is not numbered. You don’t take stairs to get to the second floor, like you do in the states; you take the stairs to get to the first floor. That means that, every […]

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Changzhou by Night
Originally uploaded by Ajax the Pirate
I’m going to shuffle the LITDSTPTSOA list around a little bit. My summer plans have officially changed. I will be spending all but about six days of my summer break in ChangZhou (pictured here, thanks to Ajax) teaching English to Chinese kids, improving my Chinese abilities, […]

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Dandelion Communitea Cafe
Originally uploaded by Social Citizen

I had the chance to spend some time today with a good friend that I haven’t gotten to talk with in quite a while. I always value the time I get to spend with Manny since, invariably, I learn something new or gain a perspective I didn’t […]

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Yellowstone falls
Originally uploaded by melepix
As there are only four states in the Union that I have not been to (I was mistaken about Wyoming, for those of you that I had told three states), I simply must get to see the rest of them. I need to visit Montana, Wyoming, Idaho, and Alaska. […]

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Great Wall
Originally uploaded by zsoolt
The first item on my list is to visit China. This is not as simple a task as it sounds, though. I don’t just want to go, see the word-famous tourist sites, and come home.
There are several reasons for this, among them being that I despise traveling in tourist […]

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yes, its still christmas in the wibbly pig house
Originally uploaded by wibbly pig
Post by: Pig
This is my first post that I’ve written myself, so I figure I should introduce the friend I met on Flickr. This is Wibbly Pig. I was all excited when I met him because he’s a pig, too and […]

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lantern
Originally uploaded by Albazog
Post by: Matt Lavery
I stumbled upon this photo today. When you log in to Flickr it shows four photos at the bottom of the page that were uploaded within the last second or so. This gem was staring right at me.
The photo has an overall chilling effect (pun intended). I […]

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Pig Types
Originally uploaded by mattlavery
Post by: Matt Lavery
I walked in on Pig today while he was typing a note for me. I said, “Pig, what’s up? You can just talk to me, you know?”
“Well,” he said, “You keep writing stuff about me, to go with pictures of me, and you even sort them […]

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National Archives
Originally uploaded by mattlavery
During my extended road trip of joy last summer, I was in DC for National History Day. First, I have to take a moment to lament the fact that I was in DC and this is the coolest picture I took. In our nation’s capitol, with a 4 gig […]

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Makaha Valley
Originally uploaded by HiDovey
In my newfound tradition of browsing through random Flickr photos until I find something interesting, I give you the Photo Phind of the Day.
I used to live in that valley!! In fact, if you look just downhill of prominent, tall, white building, you’ll see the orange-ish rooftops of Makaha […]

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