It seemed like Raffi was still at least half in the bag, if not 2 sheets to the wind.  She had her space-vape with her the whole time and was puffing away.  I don’t think she was competent, I think she was bombed.

I remember how bad S1 &2 of TNG was and how much everyone hated on the first half of Disco. Shows need time to get their footing, especially serialized shows. Not everything can be an Emmy winner right out of the gate.

a rally at which he praised India’s religious tolerance.

Yes, you must tip them 20%. An tip the flight attendant as well.

I’m usually going between Ningbo & Shenzhen, as well as out from Shenzhen to points north.

One of the other things to think through is how to work with your SO on this. I came from a pretty idyllic family, my wife did not. When she started to talk about cutting one of her sisters completely out of her life, I looked at her like an extra head just grew out of her shoulders. I resisted and pushed her to do…

I’ve never had that one.  It’s usually some sort of sausage on a bun or pork/chicken noodles.  The little fermented yogurt drink thing always calms my tummy.

Not a food story so much, but...When we were coming back from Italy 2 summers ago, we were in economy seated with a U12 boys soccer team that chattered away the entire 9 hour flight. Never loud enough to have to tell them to be quiet, but never quiet either.

I’ve found the food on the domestic Chinese airlines (China Southern/ Air China) to be much better than US domestics.  It’s not fancy and is a bit odd to my American palate, but it tastes pretty darn good as I roll on the the plane at 8AM hung over from last night’s business meeting/ drinkfest.

Or, you know...don’t get one.

I don’t like Harley’s either, but get out of here with your anti-dentite comments.

I’m heading to Shanghai, Ningbo, and Shenzhen in a month.  I’m waiting to see how this plays out with the New Year.  I figure it will get much worse or much better over that time and may cancel the trip depending on how it goes.

Our kids knew they’d have to answer these three questions at dinner every night:

We called them the “threatening threes” because you were always threatening them with something.

This is what I said when I was watching it.  It’s Caboose and Church.

I typically use something I’ve been forced to memorize, like the Boy Scout oath or the Ranger Creed to create my passwords from the first letter of each word.  The letters are very random, but easy for me to remember.

Having been through Army survival training and traveling for business to China for the past decade, I don’t think I’d have an issue with bug consumption.

I found using the Valsalva Maneuver during both helps a lot. It pushes against your core muscles and turns your abs into a steel-ish column.

I take my ginger with bourbon.  2-3 of those and I can sleep half way to Shanghai.