spotted in the neighborhood

the hopeful line waiting for new notes for the ang pows. 'nuff said.

indulgence

new phone case. totally frivolous purchase, as i confess to HOM. but ah my foes and oh my friends, it is such a pretty sight!

rental house - weike wang (2024)

un-put-downable for the flowing pace modest heft and painfully sharply astute observations about immigrant mindset vs. entrenched working class grievances vs. the chinese perspective towards family obligations. it is in turns aggravating and suffocating and, because i was also there for a bit, rather dauntingly authentic.

this is up there with the namesake and a free life for the insight it gives to the immigrant's lot in US of A. 

excuse me while i go look up her other books.

moonwalking with einstein - joshua foer (2011)

in addition to a user's overview to how to memorize prodigious amounts of information this book also includes a fascinating walk through the development of educational philosophy in the west. 

worth the hype, if occasionally a bit of a drag where he describes the personality hygiene (of lack of) and habits of the mental athletes.

bring on the scarves!

lovely quasi-wintery weather this morning in a brief window following two full days of rain and right before it all starts again. bummer for E the dog but very good cuddling weather for the humans.

next level achievement!!!

 

feeling rather proud of meself really, for successfully migrating the work accounts from the old phone to the new, all by my little self, with help from the google hive mind, authenticator app notwithstanding. woooooooo!

existential thoughts

new phone, after several agonizing hours porting the data over. several questions occur:

• how did we ever live in pre-cloud days?
• how did this big become the new normal?
• how did i ever live in the paper diary days?