One of the most fascinating (and at the same time most dangerous) aspects of language is that you can have two people or two groups of peopl...

This blog is not quite dead, sir. I'm not throwing it on the cart just yet. I did have quite a few weeks of inactivity on account of be...

In general, I'm not a fan of remakes. Almost by virtue of their existence, they lack in originality and creativity, and as homages it w...

The story itself is about two weeks old: as our church’s Presiding Bishop, the Rt Rev Katherine Jefferts Schori, delivered a thoughtful se...

Another late-game discovery on my part - the Taiwanese band Seraphim 六翼天使, who blend Chinese and English lyrics with operatic power metal i...

Just finished Lois McMaster Bujold’s novel Barrayar - probably my favourite book in the series so far, followed closely by A civil campaign...

Just came back from an academic symposium on Modern China up at Brown - it was enjoyable and actually quite informative, though I found I l...