Hello there. Shenzhen is an interesting city to live in. At one time the fastest growing in the world. It was founded only in 1979, has an official population of 11 million, but closer to 20 million if

In the first part of this series, found here, we looked at a factory in Southeast China that makes sunglasses. This time we'll look at a factory in the same area that makes pool floats. For some background,

I recently moved apartments and I went up to Da Fen Village(north border of Shenzhen) to get some paintings for decorating. It's a really cool place, they have great originals and replicas and they will

Hey y'all everybody, here's some songage for your earholes. Sorry for the poopy vid quality, audio is fine though.

Living as an Expat as I do in China, many non-american friends give me a hard time about American Food. They think we just drink coke and eat cheeseburgers. While I admit to doing both of those things,

The locals prefer the name Saigon. It's a great city if you like big, bustling cities with a long history, and if you can tolerate gasoline fumes. I wasn't there long but I had a great time. I was lucky

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It takes courage to listen to Pink Floyd's album, The Wall, which requires you to think about painful emotions and feelings. If you believe ignorance is bliss, then don't bother listening to it; you won't

I'm sure many of you have noticed that life is not easy. No matter how lucky you are in life, we all face our own mortality. We only have one life, one chance to make every decision, big or small. The

Face it, "minnows" and "whales" are bad labels. Both terms are awkward, passionless, and even have a negative connotation. On top of that, they don't really fit with the Steem concept.

Over the last few years I've gotten more into boardgames and you may be surprised to know it's a booming industry with great new games coming out all the time. These games use more modern manufacturing

During the Golden Week holiday in China, I visited Siem Reap, Cambodia, and got to see the city and the ancient Angkor Wat Temple among other interesting sights. Cambodia is a poor country if measured

Normally I weigh about 185lbs, but when I play this song I'm like, at least 200. Enjoy Thanks, Open Mic 'ers

I've been spending way too much time trading, ask my wife. It's the kind of thing that once you start, it's hard to stop, because especially with cryptocurrency it's going 24/7 and the potential benefit

I finished the paint and I'm pretty happy with the way it turned out. A realistic, weathered appearance was achieved, and I added a little Sabine Wren tag on the bottom. If you don't know who Sabine Wren

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Hello friends, it's that time of week again. Here's a tune I've played for a long time(I'm old). Classic(like me). I've always thought this song was about giving up weed. Although i'm pretty sure Tom Petty

Riddles have been used in Buddhism for thousands of years to basically show people they don't know everything. In fact, in Zen, riddles became central to the whole belief system. It makes sense to teach

One of the many satisfying moments you can have while playing chess is when you realize you've got your opponent skewered. Skewering is when you've got two of your opponent's... ok, for simplicity let's

A clever pun on "Saturday" is the perfect excuse for me to make a kitty collage. I just happen to have two perfect kitties for the job! Behold the cuteness if you dare! Bonus Rocket and Sully