One of the au pairs who took care of my kids was from Germany, and one of the things she missed most was the schnitzel and spätzle back home. I enjoy learning to cook new things, so I took it as a challenge. Schnitzel is a flattened, breaded and fried meat. Spätzle is a type […]
Destination: Taiwan
Back in 2002 my family took a tour throughout the island of Taiwan, except for the mountainous eastern coast where the roads suffered earthquake damage. A tea farm Buddhist warrior god Paiwan aborigines Oyster farmer An old cannon at a former Portuguese fort Where the tea leaves are roasted on a tea farm The famous […]
The RPG to Integrate All RPGs
Dungeons & Dragons initially popularized role-playing games (RPGs) in the 1970’s and 1980’s. Even today, after a decline in the popularity of RPGs, Dungeons & Dragons remains the best-selling and most well-known RPG. RPGs have traditionally been played with dice on a tabletop like a board game. However, modern RPGs are often played over the internet […]
Pinot Noir Beef Stew
Here’s a family favorite soup I’ve been making for many years now. I started making it for myself as a single college student in my apartment, and now I make it for my family of five! #recipe: Pnot Noir Bf Stw: 1# bf, 3 leek, 2 garlc, 1T oil, 2C broth, 1C wine, 1t thym, […]
Can a Liquidation Model Work for Retail?
Toys ‘R Us is out of business. It was fun while it lasted. Did you go to the liquidation sales they held? Everything 50% off. Then next week, everything 60% off. Then 70% off. Like standard practice in these retail liquidation events, they kept having bigger and bigger discounts until everything was gone. Everything has […]
Portraits of Blacksburg, 2002-2005
I lived in Blacksburg, Virginia 1997-2005 while studying at Virginia Tech. In 2002, I bought my first camera. It was a Canon Digital Elph that was small enough to put in my pocket and carry around with me. Photos taken in 2002 A corpse flower about to bloom at the horticulture gardens View from “The […]