tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-53356702024-03-14T05:18:19.441+08:00Chewin in the ChungSipping aqua vitae, spitting aqua fortis.Chaonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09716593360671034412noreply@blogger.comBlogger2749125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5335670.post-80477096683501844522023-03-29T15:19:00.004+08:002023-03-29T15:19:55.808+08:00Oh, Taiwan Please don't ever change. Chaonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09716593360671034412noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5335670.post-83264470837244058802023-02-28T10:23:00.000+08:002023-02-28T10:23:04.439+08:00From the Bing Chat AI "Write a short story about how Chaon the rocking pirate defeated the band of evil ninjas."Here is a short story I wrote based on your request:Chaon was a legendary pirate who sailed the seas with his crew of misfits and outcasts. He was known for his love of music and his fearless attitude. He had a bounty of 500 million berries on his head and was wanted by the World Government for his Chaonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09716593360671034412noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5335670.post-28607015499835125542023-02-20T08:31:00.001+08:002023-02-20T08:34:31.520+08:00IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENTGood morning and new product announcement: This week we're starting to roll out Chewin' in the Chung Verified -- a subscription service that lets you verify your account with a government ID, get a badass cobalt badge, get extra shinobi protection against ninjas who are out to get you, and get direct access to The Wisdom of Chaon™. This new feature is about increasing swashbuckling and Chaonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09716593360671034412noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5335670.post-31050067101676108162023-01-31T09:43:00.002+08:002023-01-31T09:43:43.473+08:00The Taichung Voice, Probably August 2006Another one where I don't have the physical magazine, just the text and picture files. Notes:The Wenxin Road Jade Market is long gone. I think it moved to somewhere on Wuchuan West Road, near Liming Road. My wife has not gone to either jade market in over a decade, but she still has a nice collection of old cool stuff. Zhonggang Road is now "Taiwan Dadao."I really wanted to buy a Chaonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09716593360671034412noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5335670.post-76682221686454084292023-01-04T11:18:00.000+08:002023-01-04T11:18:21.172+08:00Local Publisher says: I Find this to be Entirely Unacceptable Lower, to the right…. Up a little… Ah, perfect! Right there.
No, just use the regular hot oils. The refined ambrosia essence does leave the
skin smoother, but I am afraid the residue will tarnish my Rolex.
What? Speak English, Helga. You know I had to fire the
Swedish interpreter for not bowing low enough when I entered the room. Oh I
see. Jeeves is delivering today’s missives. You may Chaonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09716593360671034412noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5335670.post-12984949493238960562022-12-15T16:55:00.001+08:002022-12-15T16:55:11.257+08:00January 2006. Taichung Voice? Taichung Pulse? I don't know S.A.D. Kings and Solstice
Blues By: Chaon Automasaur===============================================Yeah, no idea about this. File date is January 2006, which is when I was writing for the Voice. But a line in the text says "we’ve pretty much got readers of The Pulse covered." I do not remember writing for the Taichung Pulse, if that's what is was called.I miss Soundgarden and allChaonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09716593360671034412noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5335670.post-4812959923878813462022-12-02T13:05:00.003+08:002022-12-02T13:05:26.946+08:00Now ya' see? This right here is an example of why I never endorse anyone for anything:Chaonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09716593360671034412noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5335670.post-46193831849946062542022-11-22T13:18:00.005+08:002022-11-22T13:20:11.790+08:00The Taichung Voice, Probably February 2006I guess this issue was something like "The Best of Taichung," but I don't really remember. I don't have a hard copy of the issue, only the long-lost .doc file reproduced below. ===============================================So how has the article aged? Well...To this day, the hangover I got from drinking Dragon Phoenix liquor is one of the worst I've ever had. I don't even know if it'sChaonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09716593360671034412noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5335670.post-38014913183435603542022-10-28T11:23:00.000+08:002022-10-28T11:23:01.197+08:00The Taichung Voice, April 2006 "The Random Issue" ===============================================This events described in this article are not embellished at all. I really did have almost no idea what a biopsy was or what one entailed. The hospital was Lin Shin. Sixteen years later, and I still don't have skin cancer. I hope. ==============================================Chaonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09716593360671034412noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5335670.post-50590558595940922192022-10-21T11:34:00.004+08:002022-10-21T11:35:20.008+08:00The Taichung Voice, December 2005 "The Mayor Issue" ===============================================Another one that I had no memory of writing. Though my struggles with Sim City came back to me. Also, I found the original files for all of these Voice articles on an old USB drive, so I don't have to scan and OCR the print copy of the magazine. 17 years later, the parking situation here is much better. The advent ofChaonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09716593360671034412noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5335670.post-29708940176645914232022-10-12T11:54:00.000+08:002022-10-12T11:54:02.699+08:00The Taichung Voice, May 2006 "24 Hours in Taichung" ===============================================A bunch of hilariously dated stuff in this one, more so than usual. I did have a portable CD player, but I did not buy an MP3 player with a whopping 256 megabytes of memory. Are MP3 players even a thing now in 2022? I would guess they've ben replaced by phones. I really miss having brunch Chaonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09716593360671034412noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5335670.post-69120084378451553752022-10-11T10:42:00.003+08:002022-10-11T10:42:28.303+08:00 Chaonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09716593360671034412noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5335670.post-77660632229067707542022-10-07T13:11:00.004+08:002022-10-07T13:11:55.741+08:00Sixteen Chaonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09716593360671034412noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5335670.post-89165697129404881762022-10-06T15:56:00.002+08:002022-10-06T17:24:38.869+08:00The Taichung Voice, March 2006 "The Internet Issue" ===============================================Another one found that I had 100% forgotten writing. This article has aged much better than a lot of the others. I have no idea where I got "Blogging is to publishing what assembling DIY furniture is to manufacturing," but I still like it almost 17 years later. ====================================Chaonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09716593360671034412noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5335670.post-67367009393673023752022-10-04T13:30:00.000+08:002022-10-04T13:30:01.699+08:00RandyTwenty years ago, it seemed like you couldn't do anything online without running into (and probably arguing with) Ayn Rand supporters, aka Objectivists. They were everywhere - forums, blogs, comment sections. But now can't even remember the last time I ran into a living breathing Randian. I was wondering where they all went, and I ran across this: Ah, I get. A schism, if you will. One that Chaonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09716593360671034412noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5335670.post-22961922667417762052022-10-03T13:17:00.005+08:002022-10-03T13:21:32.621+08:00The Taichung Voice, June 2006 "The Men's Issue" ===============================================16+ years ago. Yeah, looking back, a lot has changed. 'Men's Rights' is a thing again, except that now instead of calling its adherents "pantywaists," I would call them "incels" or "fukbois."Should I have laughed then about "male reproductive rights?" Maybe not. I don't know. Not sorry, yet. I'll assert that nothing in Chaonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09716593360671034412noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5335670.post-80478826106375866912022-08-23T09:06:00.003+08:002022-08-23T09:06:27.519+08:00Posers Gonna Pose Chaonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09716593360671034412noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5335670.post-47276655025219192602022-08-09T10:08:00.006+08:002022-08-09T10:08:49.873+08:00Hmm. Chaonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09716593360671034412noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5335670.post-61347479109568540652022-08-02T11:22:00.005+08:002022-08-02T14:17:35.733+08:00Taichung Voice, July 2006A stuff I wrote for that thing way back then. Things that have changed since then: 1) Besides dogs, I have now seen all manner of pets being paraded at People's Park on Sundays, including snakes, iguanas, turtles, and even a hawk of some kind. 2) There was a Transformers movie that actually had robot dinosaurs, but it kind of sucked. -------------------------------------------Chaonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09716593360671034412noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5335670.post-9009426506468700242022-07-20T13:17:00.000+08:002022-07-20T13:17:07.436+08:00Taichung Voice, May 2005 This is my article in that issue. While I think it was accurate for the time, some things have certainly changed: Traffic mayhem. Not so much any more. Taiwanese driving skills have improved 1000% since I first got here in 1990. Betel nut is not nearly as ubiquitous as it used to be. Very few "random acts of violence and brutality by scooter gangs and gangsters" these Chaonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09716593360671034412noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5335670.post-1441673651855238512022-07-15T17:31:00.001+08:002022-07-15T17:31:07.544+08:00Taichung Voice, March 2005 Chaonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09716593360671034412noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5335670.post-60124798384051612002022-07-07T14:27:00.001+08:002022-07-07T14:27:16.236+08:00Stats Hmm. Chaonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09716593360671034412noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5335670.post-15298589324770322302022-07-07T14:17:00.003+08:002022-07-07T14:17:42.903+08:00Correct Chaonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09716593360671034412noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5335670.post-8019763346996341322022-07-01T13:19:00.004+08:002022-07-01T13:19:50.413+08:00Mount Washington, 1992 Yes, I hiked it in motorcycle boots. Because I am stupid. Chaonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09716593360671034412noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5335670.post-3153353414962576092022-06-15T10:48:00.003+08:002022-06-15T10:48:34.645+08:00Not sure, but... I think that is Jockey Cap in Fryeburg, Maine.Chaonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09716593360671034412noreply@blogger.com0