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Camp followers

# 2013-05-23 08:52:15, Private Beach
"Mick Jagger will camp when Rolling Stones play Glastonbury [Festival]"says The Sun.

payout

# 2013-05-23 01:39:48, sketches from the other side
SB and I have spent years slowly and incrementally increasing our credit spending limits with HSBC.

Bloomberg - Burger-Eating Racist Bastards

# 2013-05-24 00:00:16, Foamier
Bloomberg's current headline on Ford's decision to stop making cars in Australia is "Aussie dollar is villain as Ford end Mad-Max Land Output".

Idealistic naïfs vs mouth-frothing crazies, cont’d

# 2013-05-23 22:21:58, Big Lychee, Various Sectors
Two recent South China Morning Post articles explain the pro-democracy Occupy Central movement’s philosophy and planned strategy in as much detail as most of us will probably want. There are seven components, including non-violent action, civil disobedience, ‘citizen authorization after delibera...

You've Heard Of The Three "R's"? ... Read On

# 2013-05-22 23:01:44, Eldon-Online
What does the phrase "the 3Rs" mean to you? Chances are, depending on your age, you will recognise it as relating to a comment coined in the late 1700s, when Sir William Curtis referred to them as: Reading, Writing and Arithmetic. (No, I was not around at the time before you ask!). But even if you...

In which HSBC sorely tests us

# 2013-05-22 21:17:46, Big Lychee, Various Sectors
Much wailing and gnashing of teeth recently over HSBC’s new ATM cards, which have a super-micro-digital-blah-blah chip in addition to the old-style, less-secure magnetic strip. When I received mine a few months back, I noted that the accompanying letter mentioned that I had to activate (or authenticate, or authorize or whatever) the car...

rainy season

# 2013-05-22 18:43:52, Hong Kong Paintings Ltd.
 

Lantern Bug

# 2013-05-22 18:38:33, BWG
I found a cool insect in the yard, but before I could get my camera out it took off. A...

A wagyu heavy -- as well as heavy, period! -- dinner feast!

# 2013-05-22 11:07:35, WEBS OF SIGNIFICANCE
Wagyu meat heaven!    The wagyu being prepared as sukiyaki    The memories flood back as I see this photo and  I find myself wishing to have this dish again soon! :b Last week, I had the good fortune to be invited by a friend to what amounted to a veritable wagyu feast.  And bef...

Architart in wonderland

# 2013-05-22 09:31:13, sketches from the other side
One of the firms in my top ten list of architects I would like to work for is considering whether or not to open a Hong Kong office.

“There Is No Plan B”

# 2013-05-21 23:03:26, China Droll
I knew it was too soon to celebrate last year when the news came that there would be no rubbish incinerator on the island in the photo above. “They will never give up an opportunity to waste this much money” I nodded darkly to myself at the time, like some beach-dwelling Cassandra. Unfortunate...

…and the Black Rainstorm Signal is up

# 2013-05-21 21:54:57, Big Lychee, Various Sectors
A Family Planning Association of Hong Kong survey shows that 39% of women have fewer children than they would like, and zero- and one-child families outnumber two-child ones more than ever, at 23.4%, 37.5% and 32% of the total respectively; the South China Morning Post somehow interprets the data to...

Review: Howard Kaylan – Shell Shocked: My Life With the Turtles, Flo & Eddie, Frank Zappa

# 2013-05-21 21:53:20, Hongkie Town
Early in his freshman year at UCLA, Howard Kaylan told his father he was quitting college to make music. His parents were naturally livid but he promised them that if he didn’t have a hit record within 6 months, he’d go back to school.  It didn’t take 6 months for his first hit record, it [.....

Bring Me The Head Of Sergio Garcia

# 2013-05-21 21:02:31, Foamier
Golf, the game which pretends to be a sport, is introducing a ban on "belly-putting". Belly-putting is where golfers use their largest natural asset instead of their hands to control the putter, essentially anchoring it against their substantial gut and removing half of the difficulty of nudging a b...

From Wan Chai Gap to Wong Nai Chung Gap via Hong Kong Trail Stage 4 (Photo-essay)

# 2013-05-21 09:05:47, WEBS OF SIGNIFICANCE
Since I've been on more than 100 hikes in Hong Kong now, it stands to reason that I've gone on certain trails more than once.  But while some might expect that the trails I've decided to go on more than once are especially scenic or special, that's actually not the case with that which is covered b...