Was ready to dispose of the sad remains this morning, but he had upped and gone. Posted in Blog | 7 Comments Your tax dollars at work, again Posted on December 12, 2024 by biglychee Chart of the day: monthly remuneration of ‘politically appointed officials’ in the Hong Kong government...
the whole thing could be overturned in an instant, with little more than a single word, a single step, a phone call out of the blue, and by the end of next week you might already be looking back on this morning as if it were a million years ago, a poignant last hurrah of normal...
It is with great sadness that I type these words, at the passing this morning of a great friend of mine, my big black cat Fred. His passing was sudden, with no apparent sickness, no dimming of faculties, no warning. He was here, then he was not. He was a British Shorthair, a br...
I’ve been going out for long walks early every morning: across the Williamsburg and Manhattan Bridges into Brooklyn and back, along the East River Parkway and the mostly empty streets of the Lower East Side, Chinatown, the Financial District, Soho, the East Village. Sometimes I walk for ...
The brightest morning in an hour, May be with storm clouds overcast. So Josephine in early bloom, Was blighted by death’s cruel blast, While weeping round her early tomb, We joy to know, she is not lost. Fond mother, dry that tearful tide, Your child will not return, you know: ...
Once dinner is over, the party could continue into the wee hours of the morning at a KTV or massage parlor. If it’s a business dinner, and you want to sign a contract or close a deal, expect the night to go ‘til late. I’ve been out as late at 7...