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I like the design of these Lowa hiking boots.
The black, rubber-like outline makes the eye go up and down. It apparently helps with support and cuts down on the need for extra padding inside. Or so, the online advertising copy says.
Oh, and I spotted and downloaded this image from REI-OUTLET.
I’ll get to more blog posts soon, too. I’m just juggling a few things at the moment.
Long before Chinese director Zhang Yimou gained international fame for his eye-catching, impressive opening ceremony to the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, he had a reputation for making epic movies full of soul, grit, dramatic storytelling.
I raise this now because To Live, which was made in 1994, has moments to keep in mind.
As in: What you have might not always be yours. Winners can become losers. Losers can become winners.
Overall, though, appreciation – in my mind – is tops.
The above clip highlights that clearly – with the adult son of a wealthy mansion owner losing everything while gambling. That launched an epic look at China’s history through his eyes and experience.
Smart Design in New York City came up with this new concept for surgery gowns - the company used breathable material. Photo source: Smart Design
As a kid, I remember watching television shows in which a surgeon would stand over a patient in the operating room and, well, seem just a tad nervous.
I don’t know if it was a nod to reality – the pressure of performing an operation – or just a made-for-television dramatic moment. But there would be another person next to the surgeon, ready to dab any perspiration when needed.
In real life, it looks like Smart Design of New York City has solved that issue with breathable operating gowns.
Years ago, a friend and I were traveling through China and stopped in Xining in the highlands of Qinghai province.
My friend had just taken a long, bumpy ride in a vintage-era Jiefang truck from the mountainous areas of neighboring Sichuan province. It was a brutally-cold winter.
The driver had loaded the truck’s open cargo area with dead yaks – their skins were headed to market. I never asked whether this was permissible. The goal, especially for my friend, was to stay warm.
And, as my friend recalled, a ride in a vehicle out of the mountains was so coveted that people sat on top of the dead yaks for a ride to Xining.
After we met up, my friend and I went to a market when a Tibetan trader looked at my REI Novara waterproof jacket – it was the type that bicyclists wore, red and similar to this one - felt the material and realized its strength.
Through a translator, he asked whether I wanted to swap – my waterproof REI jacket for his long, fur-lined coat.
I respectfully declined. As I recall, his jacket had yak blood on it – and I probably didn’t want to tackle that at that moment. But at least, he suggested a trade of one jacket for another.
That wasn’t really the case when I received an email on Tuesday from a U.S.-based food supply company to write a blog post about its Web site and its section devoted to supplies for an Asian restaurant.
Chinese lions are popping up with Lunar New Year celebrations in the United States. This is a LEGO model, made in 2008. While San Francisco police officers have their own lion dance group, this model is not related to their activities. Image source: "Big Daddy" Nelson's Chinese Lion Dance photostream on flickr
I was scanning the online photo gallery at SFGate of Saturday’s Lunar New Year parade in San Francisco when one caption caught my eye.
It sat under a San Francisco Chronicle photograph of a blue-and-gold Chinese dragon making its way down Kearney Street for the city’s annual event.
The caption referred to the “San Francisco Police Department Lion Troupe.”
The idea of receiving something for free has been around for centuries. Certainly, I like the idea – and I’m not just talking about the free hug movement.
I mean: Who doesn’t like receiving something – say a new car or clothing - for free?
But the notion seems more fitting for an autonomous collective (especially one depicted by the British comedy group, Monty Python), where a group of people has agreed to provide labor and services for everyone’s well being with the exchange of money lower on the priority list.
I’ve driven by the glass boxy building that houses PATH – and I believe condos – at 2201 Westlake Ave. a few times in the evenings in recent weeks.
So, I thought I’d see how my basic digital camera would do in capturing the light and dark. Yes, I’m talking about Westlake in Seattle.
I know some people aren’t huge fans of glass boxy buildings. But I like them as part of a city’s landscape – especially in the Pacific Northwest, where natural light is always welcome.
Interestingly enough, I wrote about this building development years ago. Back then, as I recall, an automobile dealer used the plot of land - Land Rover, if my memory serves me correct.
Of course, before that and years ago, it was just a plot of land near Denny Park, Seattle’s first, which opened in 1884.
I shouldn’t be surprised by what humans can think up in terms of financing or elaborate rules to accomplish goals.
But consider these two examples and one column, as published in The New York Times.
I highlight passages here for one simple reason: I think they’re worth keeping in mind – at least for the future.
This is a file photo of tofu from last year. Remember: Fresh tofu is always the best.
There is much news to digest these days – if you’re in the market for this type of information.
The U.S. Senate approved legislation to create jobs, Toyota has its automobile safety woes and Federal Reserve Chief Ben Bernanke predicted the economic recovery will, um, be slow.
That Hummer deal - in which a Chinese company would buy the U.S. brand associated with military-like vehicles – has hit an obstacle has fallen through.
And consumer confidence in the United States has dropped after it did relatively better in the past months.
At TofuWatch, confidence is up (in terms relating to soybean cake) because, well, circular logic, albeit it with ventures into new territory, really can never disappoint.
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