Today I finally finished the Doggie Detention Center. It was a lot more work than I thought. I spent a lot of time with a rasp and a chisel either fixing sloppy workmanship (from someone else) or cutting little grooves in posts so things would fit flush…

Today I went to Cava for dinner, something I meant to do yesterday. Cava bills itself as a coffee house, but it also has food and a surprisingly vast selection of imported beers…

The day started early with a phone call from home. I didn’t sound very chipper on the phone because I had to get out of bed at 7:30 AM to answer the phone and I couldn’t sleep at all last night…

I’ve had the good fortune to try a few different beers lately. I also paid a premium to do so. Not all were completely new to me, but they are definitely exotic to both Canadians and Chinese alike…

Although I will be missing the actual trial, as I’m going to Xi’an, I wanted to help my team out as much as I could. So I bribed the judge…