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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I had the most interesting image in my head, just now. I pictured Maslow and the Buddha meeting on the street and getting to talking. In my head, it goes a little something like this:
Maslow: So, you’re the Buddha? It’s really great to meet you!
Buddha: Likewise.
M: It’s interesting, actually. We have very similar theories, you […]

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