Dive into the archives.
- UPS Pilots & Mechanics
After every flight, UPS pilots fill out a form, called a ‘gripe sheet, which tells mechanics about problems with the aircraft. The mechanics correct the problems, document their repairs on the form, and then pilots review the gripe sheets before the next flight. Here are some actual maintenance complaints submitted by UPS [...]
- On living between cultures
Having spent the past ten years split between Canada and Japan, I feel as if I have been somehow living between cultures. I am confident many of you have experienced a similar feeling. Here I would like to explore this phenomenon through my personal experience, and contextualize it in terms of today’s globalization.
- YH’s thoughts in an airport wait area
It has been a whirlwind week for me, hence the lack of posting. I am currently in an airport waiting room on my way to see Lady Younghusband. I will be spending a few weeks in Japan while I wait for my master’s thesis defense to be arranged. Yes, after 6 long months, I finally [...]
- The Traveller’s Antilibrary
Oh this is a brilliant concept (EDIT: An updated post here at Zenpundit) that Münzenberg picked up and got me thinking. I have a small stack of to-read books but it has remained small because I am often on the road. When I was younger a personal library seemed a worthy goal, but considering [...]
- Linkapalooza!
Friends of CA have been sending in some links in the past couple of weeks that I have neglected to share. Each of these deserve its own post I know, but I am busy as all hell. So I will introduce them each below:
First up is longtime CA friend Ken who has started up a [...]
- Only in Australia
Taken by my sister during our Christmas trip to Australia.
I’m not sure what to think of the fact that the rack is empty—is it a sign of no supply or lots of demand?
- Happy Holidays
To you and yours: be joyful, healthy and safe. And remember our loved ones that are over there.
Merry Chrifsmas.
(Img via CFSM)
- Chilly, I Take It?
Which do you think is colder, Hillary Clinton or her office? Or perhaps someone was just excited.
(Via Marmot.)
- A World Divided
Thanks to Dr. A. R. Wallace.
- My Ninja beat up your Monk
Another one for the finger-chopping wacky category:
China kung fu monks seek apology for ninja affront
China’s Shaolin Temple, the cradle of Chinese kung fu, is demanding an apology from an Internet user who said its monks had once been beaten in unarmed combat by a Japanese ninja, Chinese media reported. Ninjas ”“ professional assassins trained [...]
