Sunday I started cutting up doors. Yesterday I finished that, packed up the cut panels and put them in my friends dumpster. Today I hauled the rest of the door jambs over to another friends burn pile. Then I came home and started cleaning up the garage. I have some more junk for the dumpster, and a ...

The theme of China’s annual National People’s Congress taking place this week – the proceedings of which remain highly secretive beforehand – has been largely an economic one. Although the environment is hardly the priority issue du jour, China has not entirely changed its course with re...

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Elizabeth had a rough day on Sunday. We throw off her daily routine on Sundays, and that really seems to screw with her little world. Poor girl. The problem is, that come Monday she ends up staying up nearly all day (eating and playing), turning into overly-tired Grumpy Grump by the time I get home....