by Tom | Feb 18, 2015 | Hong Kong / China, Reading
Well worth reading this talk about the turn of the 20th century Hong Kong. A quote of relevance to the Lunar New Year: A respectable Chinaman must begin the New Year free from debt, so that amongst the trades people there is great activity, collecting in their...
by Tom | Feb 17, 2015 | Uncategorized
It seems pretty clear it's the goat coming up.tl;dr the goat was the rare rich / aristo dish so higher class than the other horned pointy face animals.Landmark begs to differ in a splendidly kitsch way.
by Tom | Feb 17, 2015 | General
Bravo. “Fifty Shades Of Grey” by review in haiku. Whip-smart this is notNot very titillatingA bit like torture
by Tom | Jan 24, 2015 | Government, Reading
Very much looking forward to seeing insights coming from a number of projects trying to get a data-driven handle on terrorism around the world. Hopefully this will allow us all to push back on some of the sillier political and media reports. First off, a definition....
by Tom | Jan 23, 2015 | Reading
Extraordinary and depressing view of caste in historical and contemporary India. I don’t know how this blight upon our land is going to go away, but I do think that somehow even being ashamed about it is going to play an important part. And we can debate what...
