Kid and Caboodle

Read a neat story posted on Millie Garfield’s blog about a water bearer and his pots.  I don’t know if it really is a Chinese story, but it does have a Taoist flavor.  The water bearer would be a good manager, in my opinion.  I’m going to have to remember this piece.

I’ve been having fun playing with the Yahoo! avatar function. Here is the latest version:

As you can see, I’m at home now but still not fully unpacked from my recent trip.

Generally I try to update my avatar every few days to reflect something I’ve been doing or experiencing. While I was in Taiwan, for example, I set it to show a person carrying a backpack who was surrounded by lots of buildings and cars. Traffic in Taipei is pretty frightening; staying in lanes appears to be an option when driving, and a lot of the population uses motor scooters that don’t necessarily stop when the lights are red. As my Culture Shock travel guide phrased it, driving in Taiwan is a “Taoist” experience ….