Social Issues
What Is Happening In Canada
It amazes me to read the news this morning with all of the things happening in the world surrounding the economic crisis that the opposition leaders in Canada are about to overthrow the current government. Why would anyone during what might be one of the worst recessionary times in our life and maybe ever would […]
Hand Gestures In China: What Not To Do
Imagine that you are a visitor to China and you wish to talk to a friend who is not right near you. Imagine the volume of sounds that are all around you: others calling to each other, cell phones ringing, the chatter of friends and you want to speak to your friend across the […]
Drive the Superfluous Items From Your Life
It has been said that affluence, not poverty, is the greatest problem facing the world today. There is truth to this statement. Those of us who live in affluent countries use the most resources and are the greatest polluters in the world.
It is not just the global community that is negatively affected by affluence, […]
China’s Twentieth Century - What a Hundred Years
Chinese antigues shop thinking has us whittling by the stove but taking turns reading from some history book. We see that the Boxer Rebellion broke out in 1900, and that it was due to frustration of Chinese over decades of being treated as the servant in their own nation. In the past half century China […]
China To Build Tallest Tower As Fiscal Stimulus
New tower building destined to have small shop people nearby as calm zones. So Chinese antiques shop keepers would gape in awe from their small sales stall in small enclaves left in areas of Shanghai. They have found this allows the resident or tourist to have a sense of the flavor of what Shanghai was […]
Mongolia: Inner and Outer, Pale Remnants of Terror
Chinese antiques shop knowledge is that there is one Mongolian people, and they are the northern neighbors of the Chinese, who finally built a wall to keep them out. Across east Asia there are many variants of peoples with these Chinese like features, so unlike the Indian or Persian body type south and west of […]
Attention All Artists; Are You Looking For People To Listen To Your Music?
As an artist (photography not music) I often find it hard to get enough people wrangled up to view my images online, so I can only imagine how hard this is for other people as well. A few months ago I was searching around for an easier way to be able to add friends but […]
Express Your Condolences With Funeral Flowers
When a loved one departs, it is always a distressing time and soon thoughts are turning towards funeral arrangements and remembrance. For those who have been touched by the life of an individual who has gone on to their final rest, there seems to be no way we can express what the person meant to […]
The Great Bailout Stall, Part II: U.S. Debt
Someone asked me yesterday why I believe in capital punishment. I immediately gave them four good reasons: Nancy Pelosi, Barney Frank, Harry Reid, and Chris Dodd. But, in all fairness to these fine people who have devoted their lives to “public service” — even more so than community organizers — there are several hundred other […]
Taoism In China - Its Historic Influence
There are four major religions in China, as any wise Chinese Antiques shop keeper could tell you. The original worship was for deceased ancestors, and this is still to be seen in the present time. Next religion came out of the writing and words at Lao Tsu, who lived in the fifth century BCE and […]
