SQJ Taipei

I’m not going to link to it because it contains a lot of immature language, but a while ago I caught part of a video where someone posed the question, “If you didn’t know anything about the Bible and came across one and started reading it, would you believe it?” The guy talking was a [...]

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Here’s one I keep putting off… but under my new policy… I’m just gonna put this up whether I have anything to say or not.
Tony Woodlief has a blog (Sand in the Gears) and he writes at World on the Web. I linked him before in this post and I always find his opinions thought [...]

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No… not that evolution… just changes… that’s all.
For one… I’ve always shared a lot of things I like in the “Shared Items” section in the sidebar… but I think I’ll start choosing a few of those and dedicating a post to them. I don’t really have time to blog more often… to write more… to [...]

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Not an insult… far from it.
I’ve been trying to get through about a million unread items in my feedreader and kept saving Sowell’s articles for later because they are almost always good and thought provoking and I wanted to make sure I had time for them.
The result?
If I clicked “share” on all of them (in [...]

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102 year old Zhou Youguang was fundamental in creating Hanyu pinyin which is the most popular romanization method for Chinese characters.
This is an interesting 4 minute video from the BBC about Zhou and his work.
There are several romanization methods and they all have pros and cons. In the mainland, I think that Zhou’s Hanyu pinyin [...]

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In one of the most insane acts from a philosophy based on deception and control… the TEAM hospital in Dadeldhura, Nepal has been closed due to Maoist influence.
Click to read “In God’s Hands” at Nepali Times.
“This is the most direct proof I have seen that politics kills people,” says Deb Raj Joshi, a Dadeldhura trader, [...]

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I have missionary friends living in Uganda and one friend who recently left after spending several months there.
I’m probably like most people in that I’m usually pretty busy with the stuff right around me… my own work, my family, Taiwan, etc. When I heard about the Ebola outbreak, I figured my friends were all OK [...]

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I like making fun of Darwin as much as anyone… but here’s a Mr. Darwin that gave everyone a big surprise and I won’t be making fun of him.
He disappeared in a canoe in 2002… his smashed canoe was found soon after, but Mr. Darwin was missing.
It hasn’t been said (yet) where he’s been… but [...]

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Hi. I’m SQJTaipei. I run this blog. If I don’t post something soon I’m in danger of having an empty NOV 2007 archive. Can’t have that.
I’m sorting through virtual piles of emails and RSS feeds after my recent trip to the US and uncovered this gem over at The Wittenburg Door.
Rolf Potts: Traveling Mercies | [...]

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Axis and Allies is an expansive board game that first appeared in the early 80’s. I bought it while I was in high school and played it several times with some friends… and then let one of them borrow it and haven’t seen it since… same with my nice tap shoes…
Anyway.
I’ve often thought about getting [...]

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