Read more Christmas / Hong Kong / Steve's Life Introducing Ethan George Hackman By Steve on December 30, 2010 Just wanted to pause on Beyond The Pale to welcome my new son, Ethan George Hackman. into the world. Ethan was born 2 days before Christmas on December 23rd at Queen Mary Hospital at 4:13… Read more China / Christmas / Democrats / G.O.P. / Great Britain / Obama / Politics Christmas Shopping with Obama and the Republicans By Steve on December 22, 2010 Its Christmas time and President Obama and the Republicans have been out shopping just for you. Using China President Hu Jiantao’s Platinum MasterCard they have bought a mountain of presents for the American people I… Read more Christmas / Film / Movie Review / Steve's Life Christmas Movies By Steve on December 17, 2010 Its that holiday time of year again! After a long day’s work I enjoy nothing more than turning on the Christmas tree lights and kicking back on the couch with a glass of egg nog… Read more China / Europe / Foreign Affairs / Politics Nobel Peace Prize puts China “On Tilt” By Steve on December 11, 2010 In the 1998 film Rounders Matt Damon narrates the subtleties of No Limit Texas Hold-up poker: A brilliant player can get a strong hand cracked, go on tilt…and lose his mind along with every single… Read more Uncategorized Christmas Movies 101 By Steve on December 10, 2010 Its that time again! Last night we Read more Books / In Memorium Goodbye to my friend Jackie By Steve on December 4, 2010 Yesterday a friend of mine passed away. Typically in this blog I’ve noted the passing of famous celebrities… but not today. Jackie Bruce may have not been a celebrity, but to me and my family,… Read more Guy Stuff / Hong Kong / Steve's Life Paintball Friday! By Steve on November 29, 2010 Last Friday I and a number of teachers led the Christian youth group from our school, FUSION, to an after school session of “paintball”. Paintball is that military style game where you have guns that… Read more Christianity / The Cross There are still Two Trees to choose from By Steve on November 28, 2010 Genesis 2 tells us that after God had finished the creation he placed Man & Woman in a garden he had prepared for them. In the center of that garden were two trees; The Tree… Read more Film / Movie Review / Television Aaron Sorkin and The Social Network By Steve on November 20, 2010 Aaron Sorkin and I have never met. He would have no idea who I am…and yet I have made an unofficial bargain with him. Whatever TV show or movie he writes the story for, I… Read more Uncategorized Best TV Shows Ever: Smallville By Steve on November 17, 2010 I decided to start a new thread of blog posts I’ll be contributing to regularly; TV shows you should be watching. Since the Hackman clan is knee deep into Season 10, the final season, of… Next
Read more Christmas / Hong Kong / Steve's Life Introducing Ethan George Hackman By Steve on December 30, 2010 Just wanted to pause on Beyond The Pale to welcome my new son, Ethan George Hackman. into the world. Ethan was born 2 days before Christmas on December 23rd at Queen Mary Hospital at 4:13…
Read more China / Christmas / Democrats / G.O.P. / Great Britain / Obama / Politics Christmas Shopping with Obama and the Republicans By Steve on December 22, 2010 Its Christmas time and President Obama and the Republicans have been out shopping just for you. Using China President Hu Jiantao’s Platinum MasterCard they have bought a mountain of presents for the American people I…
Read more Christmas / Film / Movie Review / Steve's Life Christmas Movies By Steve on December 17, 2010 Its that holiday time of year again! After a long day’s work I enjoy nothing more than turning on the Christmas tree lights and kicking back on the couch with a glass of egg nog…
Read more China / Europe / Foreign Affairs / Politics Nobel Peace Prize puts China “On Tilt” By Steve on December 11, 2010 In the 1998 film Rounders Matt Damon narrates the subtleties of No Limit Texas Hold-up poker: A brilliant player can get a strong hand cracked, go on tilt…and lose his mind along with every single…
Read more Uncategorized Christmas Movies 101 By Steve on December 10, 2010 Its that time again! Last night we
Read more Books / In Memorium Goodbye to my friend Jackie By Steve on December 4, 2010 Yesterday a friend of mine passed away. Typically in this blog I’ve noted the passing of famous celebrities… but not today. Jackie Bruce may have not been a celebrity, but to me and my family,…
Read more Guy Stuff / Hong Kong / Steve's Life Paintball Friday! By Steve on November 29, 2010 Last Friday I and a number of teachers led the Christian youth group from our school, FUSION, to an after school session of “paintball”. Paintball is that military style game where you have guns that…
Read more Christianity / The Cross There are still Two Trees to choose from By Steve on November 28, 2010 Genesis 2 tells us that after God had finished the creation he placed Man & Woman in a garden he had prepared for them. In the center of that garden were two trees; The Tree…
Read more Film / Movie Review / Television Aaron Sorkin and The Social Network By Steve on November 20, 2010 Aaron Sorkin and I have never met. He would have no idea who I am…and yet I have made an unofficial bargain with him. Whatever TV show or movie he writes the story for, I…
Read more Uncategorized Best TV Shows Ever: Smallville By Steve on November 17, 2010 I decided to start a new thread of blog posts I’ll be contributing to regularly; TV shows you should be watching. Since the Hackman clan is knee deep into Season 10, the final season, of…