Read more Books / literature My Year End Book Reviews 2011 By Steve on December 31, 2011 On December 30 with one day to spare I met my goal of finishing Susanna Clark’s novel Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell before the end of 2011. It is a huge tome of a novel… Read more Americana / Guy Stuff / Hong Kong / Steve's Life Cocktail Reception On Board the U.S.S. Carl Vinson By Steve on December 29, 2011 Tammy and I had the most wonderful evening this week as we attended a cocktail reception on board the aircraft carrier U.S.S. Carl Vinson which is in Hong Kong for a few days. If you… Read more Americana / Christmas / Daily Show / Social Commentary / Steve's Life Another year of “The War on Christmas” is over…Thankfully! By Steve on December 27, 2011 I may be dating myself but I’m old enough to remember when saying “Merry Christmas” wasn’t considered a pejorative term. And to wish someone“Happy Holidays” was not seen as “selling out” or diluting Christmas in any… Read more Uncategorized By Steve on December 23, 2011 Anyone who knows me knows I love film! I will rather watch a movie than…well…many other things. But it would be wrong to say that I just love movies…really, I love STORY! I believe there… Read more In Memorium / Social Commentary In Memorium: Christopher Hitchens 1949 – 2011 By Steve on December 21, 2011 Blogging has been tough the last couple weeks as the Christmas holiday means a lot of extra work for me. No..no…despite what you may have heard I am not, in fact, Santa Claus. But the… Read more Uncategorized Oh no! Please not Newt Gingrich! By Steve on December 11, 2011 The Merry-Go-Round of Republican candidates continues. Yes, now Newt Gingrich leads the polls in the new “Anybody but Romney” game the GOP seems to keep wanting to play! Read more Guy Stuff / Social Commentary / Star Trek / Steve's Life 7 Life Lessons from Star Trek By Steve on December 6, 2011 I’m a bit of a Star Trek fan. But I have it under control now…honest! Yes, I admit when I was young I would use my lego set to create an arsenal of phasers neatly arranged on my window… Read more Americana / Guy Stuff / Space Program / Superman Superman & Apollo 13 By Steve on December 4, 2011 Items from two of my favorite interests, Superman and the American space program, netted big bucks at auctions this week.The very first comic introducing Superman to the world, Action Comics Issue 1, sold for US$… Read more Uncategorized High By Steve on December 4, 2011 Read more China / Foreign Affairs / G.O.P. / Hong Kong / Obama / Politics / South China Sea dispute / Steve's Life China News Still Not “Newsworthy” in America By Steve on December 2, 2011 Obama greets troops in Australia Living in Hong Kong I am sometimes amazed by what International news is important in this region versus what is deemed front page news in America. Being a bit of a “news…
Read more Books / literature My Year End Book Reviews 2011 By Steve on December 31, 2011 On December 30 with one day to spare I met my goal of finishing Susanna Clark’s novel Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell before the end of 2011. It is a huge tome of a novel…
Read more Americana / Guy Stuff / Hong Kong / Steve's Life Cocktail Reception On Board the U.S.S. Carl Vinson By Steve on December 29, 2011 Tammy and I had the most wonderful evening this week as we attended a cocktail reception on board the aircraft carrier U.S.S. Carl Vinson which is in Hong Kong for a few days. If you…
Read more Americana / Christmas / Daily Show / Social Commentary / Steve's Life Another year of “The War on Christmas” is over…Thankfully! By Steve on December 27, 2011 I may be dating myself but I’m old enough to remember when saying “Merry Christmas” wasn’t considered a pejorative term. And to wish someone“Happy Holidays” was not seen as “selling out” or diluting Christmas in any…
Read more Uncategorized By Steve on December 23, 2011 Anyone who knows me knows I love film! I will rather watch a movie than…well…many other things. But it would be wrong to say that I just love movies…really, I love STORY! I believe there…
Read more In Memorium / Social Commentary In Memorium: Christopher Hitchens 1949 – 2011 By Steve on December 21, 2011 Blogging has been tough the last couple weeks as the Christmas holiday means a lot of extra work for me. No..no…despite what you may have heard I am not, in fact, Santa Claus. But the…
Read more Uncategorized Oh no! Please not Newt Gingrich! By Steve on December 11, 2011 The Merry-Go-Round of Republican candidates continues. Yes, now Newt Gingrich leads the polls in the new “Anybody but Romney” game the GOP seems to keep wanting to play!
Read more Guy Stuff / Social Commentary / Star Trek / Steve's Life 7 Life Lessons from Star Trek By Steve on December 6, 2011 I’m a bit of a Star Trek fan. But I have it under control now…honest! Yes, I admit when I was young I would use my lego set to create an arsenal of phasers neatly arranged on my window…
Read more Americana / Guy Stuff / Space Program / Superman Superman & Apollo 13 By Steve on December 4, 2011 Items from two of my favorite interests, Superman and the American space program, netted big bucks at auctions this week.The very first comic introducing Superman to the world, Action Comics Issue 1, sold for US$…
Read more China / Foreign Affairs / G.O.P. / Hong Kong / Obama / Politics / South China Sea dispute / Steve's Life China News Still Not “Newsworthy” in America By Steve on December 2, 2011 Obama greets troops in Australia Living in Hong Kong I am sometimes amazed by what International news is important in this region versus what is deemed front page news in America. Being a bit of a “news…