Hi All,
Sorry for the prolonged absence. I was at a conference on a cruise ship in China. Yes indeed life is rough. A week in China and three days cruising along the three gorges river touring the gorges, the dam and “ghost” city; affectionately known as “hell city” by some of the locals. There is nothing more stimulating than 100 or so science geeks and their significant others assembled in one place for fun and excitement. It was a scientific conference, so excitement was everywhere.
If you missed me, or more appropriately my blogs, I’ve been writing while traveling. I need to buff and polish them without the haze of jet lag but several new blogs are in the queue and will be forthcoming shortly including a blog about the trip. Just as a teaser some less traveled Western visitors to China might find some things surprising, but that is all part of the adventure. I had a great time in China and I tried to capture it in the blog.
Until then I’ve posted a blog I had wanted to upload during the trip but could not because of lack of internet service. Enjoy and look out for a relatively long blog on the trip shortly.

Yours sincerely
Joe