It’s Time To Take Out The Trash
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December 4, 2012 1 Comment

Dear Students :
Please be advised that your final exam will take place on the last two weeks of the semester. The topic is ” Thank You “. The instructions are below.
This week in America we will be celebrating Thanksgiving. One of the customs of this holiday is for every member of the family to stand at the dinner table before eating dinner and tell all the other members what they are thankful for over the course of the previous year. This will be your assignment for your final exam. The instructions are below.
You will tell your classmates about any contribution made by a ” lao wai ” { foreigner } to China that you wish and you will thank that ” lao wai ” for his / her help. You will also watch one of the movies I’ve listed below and tell your classmates why these men’s contributions to the world were important to China and thank them for their sacrifices. If you choose to thank the contributions of the men in the movies only that will be fine. If you choose to thank the contributions of the men in the movies AND a ” lao wai ” that you know of who made a great contribution to China that will be fine also.
Pearl Harbor
Saving Private Ryan
Code Talkers
The Telemark Raid
The Flying Tigers
Nanjing
A little friendly advice here students. BEFORE you go around demanding apologies from people that you think did something to you it would be a good idea to thank the people that did something for you. It won’t be too much longer before they all pass into eternity. Once that happens you will not have a chance to say thank you personally to them. When you get older you will regret that you didn’t seize the opportunity when you had it.
I look forward to your presentations.
Allen
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China Has Hope from Lynne Slanner on Vimeo.
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Dear Friends
This is S.T. speaking. Assuming that you are of an Advanced Chronological state as am I or that you are a young person with class and taste who is concerned about the cultural rot infecting America as most of your elders are you probably believe as I and they do that we are currently living in a Graceless Age. I have good news for you though. Not everybody has succumbed to that insidious Hollywood influence.
Recently while on vacation in Shenyang , Liaoning Province , China I visited Beiling Park and stumbled upon the folks you see in the pics and vids below engaging in some truly classy culture. I hope you enjoy watching them being blissfully unaware of Hollywood. As for me I'll take Glenn Miller and Frank Sinatra over Kanye West EVERY time. Hell even the Rockers Of The 60's weren't stupid enough to partake in The Culture Of Death.
Stay tuned folks there will be more , much more , of my Shenyang trip coming sooon.
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Tales From The Land Of Chairman Mao’s Miracle
Lucidity Is THE Enemy # 4 ” The Underwear Bomber “
By Spaced Teacher
About two years ago when I was in one of my frequent ” I hate China ” moods due to Chinese stupidity I made the decision to come home. I had reached the limits of my patience with China and the Chinese. I packed all of my belongings which consisted of about ten pairs of pants and underwear , ten shirts , 2 Spring / Fall coats , 1 Winter coat , ten pair of socks $ 1,000 worth of educational DVDs I use for my students that I bought in China , a computer printer that I bought in China , a camcorder that I bought in China , some photographic equipment that I bought in China , three pairs of shoes that I bought in China and a mobile phone that I bought in America into three medium size boxes and shipped them home via the Chinese Post Office. When shipping via the Chinese post Office everything being shipped is inspected and cleared by Chinese customs / postal officials. I was prepared to leave for home in two weeks. God had other ideas. She has a vicious sense of humor. A couple of days after I shipped my belongings home a friend called me and asked if I was indeed going home. I replied in the affirmative. He told me of a job opening at a school run by a very good friend of his and begged me to please call her and have a phone interview. Since he was a good friend I consented. The job indeed was quite a good one and offered a two year contract. Since I was quickly approaching Chronologically Advanced status which means my job prospects in America were dim at best I consented to stay. God’s vicious sense of humor stirkes again !!
Fast forward two years.
I’ve now signed my second two year contract with this school so it’s time to send my property back to China. Knowing the efficiency of the American Post Office I decide to send them back via Fed Ex. I check with Fed Ex to confirm that they can ship to China. ” No problem ” I’m assured. I pay the bill and the property is shipped. Seven days later I’m notified that the package will be at the main gate of my school the Friday of the current week. They are unable to tell me what time or even if it will be afternoon or evening. Right then I realize I’m probably in very deep shit. The Yellow Knights Of The HaNazee have my property and there doesn’t appear to be a Jardeen Rose anywhere to be found. Emperor Wo Bu Zhi Dao is going to torment me yet again I fear. Very soon afterward my fears would come to fruition. 8:00 A.M. Friday comes and I’m sitting at the main gate of the school in my beach chair listening to my MP 3 player and drinking my morning coffee while waiting for the Fed Ex truck. Nine hours later and still no Fed Ex truck has come. Back I go to my apartment to check with Fed Ex. ” Your package is in customs in Beijing” I’m told. ” They need further info.” I’m instructed to have my Foreign Affairs Officer at my school confirm my identity and employment at my school and to send them a copy of my employment contract , an excruciatingly detailed list of the contents , my Expert Workers Certificate and my Passport. Note they want my actual passport not a copy. I am loathe to give them my passport for obvious reasons but there is no other option so I send the required info. Three days pass and I’m informed by my F.A.O. that they won’t release my property. Now keep in mind here that the very same government that inspects every item sent via the Chinese Post Office refuses to open these packages and inspect them to allay any fears or suspicions they may have about the contents therein. I beg , I plead earnestly all to no avail. ” Lucidity is indeed THE enemy for these people! The rules are the rules ” I’m told ” They can not even be bent never mind broken for anyone for any reason ever . ” Apparently The Yellow Knights Of The HaNazee who work in The Chinese Customs Office in Beijing are scared to death that the Meiguo Guadzi { American Devil } is an underwear bomber terrorist and if they open my package it will explode and they will be sleeping with The Ghastly Appartion A.K.A. Chaiman Mao . I know this is pure unadulterated bulshit. Friends in China anything can be done if you know the right people and have enough money. Unfortunatley I do not have either of those resources. I go to my F.A.O. again and ask him to please find someone with the appropriate weight / connections to get this done. I know that somewhere in this city and probably right here at this university there is somebody that can get this done. He refuses , in all likelihood because it means a little work for him. I press him for action and he still refuses. I shift gears hoping that I can do an end run around all of this stupidity. I ask him what is the real reason Customs won’t release my property. I’m told it’s because I’ve not been out of the country in three months so my passport lacks some needed mark and that the package is too BIG. I concede this battle. I will never concede the war. Trust me friends when I tell you that some Chinese person sooner or later is going to pay for the stupidity of The Yellow Knights Of The HaNazee. I will get the $ 8,000 back by hook or by crook. Take it to the bank!! I will put a little chink in The Great Wall Of Chinese Stupidity !!
Four months later and my property as far as I know is still sitting in Chinese Customs in Beijing. I’m absolutley certain that relatively soon this will be delcared abandoned property and some HaNazee will come into an $ 8,000 bonanza at my expense. In the meantime I’m out $ 8,000 and absolutley no Chinese person gives a damn. China is safe for Communism. That is all that matters to them. The Meiguo Guadzi { American Devil } underwear bomber terrorist has been thwarted. Can you imagine what would have happened had any of my soiled underwear been in the package? HaNazee all over the world are shuddering at the mere thought of that prospect. God’s vicious sense of humor again??

The cherry on top of this ice cream sundae of stupidity is that the very same F.A.O. that knows all of the details of this sordid tale thusly knowing why I don’t have very many nice clothes berated me just the other day about how I dress on my own PERSONAL time.
I’m getting really tired of God’s TwISteD way of dealing with me. lol Where are The Jardeen Roses Of Li Tan when I need them?
For any of you that would like to read more of my stories about doing business in China or dealing with the Chinese government I suggest that you click on the links below.
” If You Go Carrying Pictures Of Chairman Mao “ 1 , 2 , 3 , 4
” Lucidity Is THE Enemy “ 1 2 3
Trying To Reason With Hurricane Season


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