August 30; things happening in Asia.

Constance and I are leaving August 30 for Thailand. We'll be there a year or two or three.

In the meantime.. here's an interesting take on the Olympics: Cat Osterman's* mom, Laura (my fifth grade science teacher), is keeping a blog while in Beijing.

Also.. I've been following this Beijing blog from an interesting Atlantic writer who lives there.

* Cat Osterman being the long-time friend and neighbor and classmate and NCAA softball strikeout record holder, whose 2004 softball olympic gold medal** once ended up hanging on my microwave during my annual Christmas full-contact bunco party.

** The same olympic gold medal Cat brought wadded up in her purse.