Wednesday, January 20, 2010

Beer me that price

I had mentioned in previous travels home that the price of beer in China is ridiculous. In many cases, it is cheaper than bottled water.

Qing Dao, "The famous and Popular Chinese beer in the World" is the decent one of the bunch made available at our little corner store.



Jonas is in this picture to give you an idea of just how big the bottles are. They are about a litre each. Now, for the price:

20 RMB = $3.06.

That is for ALL 9 bottles, working out to 34 cents a bottle.

Drink responsibly.

Tuesday, January 19, 2010

Haiti

A Haitian man named Fritz, who told me of a curse that Haiti has suffered under for 200 years.

A place where evil is reality.

Everyone finally has a reason to turn and look at this country.

What do you do with all of the broken hearts?

prayer for Haiti

Tuesday, January 12, 2010

Don Miller needs a new editor



This was the worst the the 3 errors I came across in the last 2 chapters. Can you spot it?

Other than that, and I must confess I am no stickler when it comes to spelling, the book is a nice read. Miller's other books tend to tell of stories from his childhood and when he was a young adult going through life, like "back at Reid college we'd streak through the auditorium in the mornings and then later dig into 2 Corinthians while the girls would spoon at a big bowl of Chocolate Mint and the guys would smoke fruit pipes."*

A million Miles in a Thousand years is similar to those books, only post-Jazz. It is pretty nice to read about all of the things he's been experiencing in the past few years. His honesty and humor are second to none when it comes to books you buy at Blessings.

Miller weaves through the last few years as though he is creating a story with his life, which is actually the main lesson from the book. It's turning out to be a really good idea for a book. I like these kinds of books (and movies, for that matter) where there is a lot of dialog and thoughts being presented with some, but not all of, the answers. Barbara likes movies and books where things actually happen. I like those too, but I have a soft spot in my breathing lungs for contemplation and heartache.

* may not be an actual quote from any book.