Taipei

Part of the Confucius Temple

1. Do not underestimate the number of undershirts one should pack. The proper word for this is undershirtstimating (thanks, Amitai). The proper number of undershirts is (number_of_days_in_taipei)^2.
2. Sightsee in shifts. You’ll thank me. People standing near you in the metro will thank you.
3. Do not believe the “feels like” temperature popular on so many weather sites. Here is what it feels like: Hell. Well, Hell if the air were also supersaturated with water. If you introduce one more molecule of moisture, you’ll be underwater.

Updated: Corrected technical term.

If you over esteem great men,

people become powerless.

If you create a nice logo,

people begin to steal.

Perhaps Confucius didn’t understand Lao Tzu’s accent.

Silly Taiwanese people. It’s a PRIDE of lions, a GAGGLE of geese and a MASH of potatoes.

Wow indeed.

Francoise

You should visit it.  She’s funnier than me.  So is her husband.  You should buy his books.

I would have called it Excalibagel.

Behold the mighty grandeur that is Alaska! What could do justice to this great state more than a shaky iPhone picture taken by a sleep-deprived Dutchman through a tiny window in a 747?

Incidentally, if you look closely at the second photograph, you can just make out a shirtless Putin.