Evidence of Civilization
Posted on September 27, 2010 - Filed Under Culture, Taiwan | Leave a Comment
Prayer Room at Taipei Airport. It is so refreshing to travel and get a glimpse of civilization away from the rancor of the lunatics, the Elmer Gantrys of cable TV and the politicians looking for votes in dark places.
Read More..>>The Hello Kitty Gate
Posted on April 22, 2009 - Filed Under Photography, Taiwan | Leave a Comment
Gate C3 at Taipei International Airport with a play area and piped in music that is not to everybody’s taste…unless of course you are a nine year old girl…or my daughter, who is 32.
Read More..>>Taipei 101:Our Future is…
Posted on September 10, 2007 - Filed Under Video, Taiwan | Leave a Comment
Forget Mad Max, forget Bladerunner, forget The Matrix and all of the rest of those visions of a future of bombed out cities, leather-clad mutants and cyborgs on Harleys. I am looking at the REAL future, a tall, marble-floored tower of soft-spoken beings offering precious gifts of Gucci and Tiffany and YSL, every overpriced [...]
Weighty Matter
Posted on July 28, 2007 - Filed Under Misc., Photography, Taiwan, Tech & Science | Leave a Comment
Went to the 87th floor of Taipei 101, the world’s tallest building, and saw this little item. Would hate to have it land on my toe as it weights 730 tons. This damper weight, designed the keep the 1,667 foot tower from swinging too far in a storm or earthquake, is said to reduce the [...]
Read More..>>Abbott or Hobbit?
Posted on July 26, 2007 - Filed Under Misc., Photography, Taiwan | Leave a Comment
I have toured most of the major cathedrals of Europe, slogged up the narrow stairs of many a major-Duomo, seen enough of the glory of God and the riches of Popes to tempt me to a career change, but what would Jesus think about this place? I am in Taipei, Taiwan to teach a seminar [...]
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