There's treasure in them rocks

I haven't posted anything since Thursday, when I thought I'd broken a rib while sitting down. I had an intense pain in my right side that just seemed to get worse and worse. After a doctor's visit I now know that I have a gallstone. I blame the internet. But apparently, if I ever get it removed it'll fetch a good price on the black market as an essential ingredient in Chinese folk medicine, up to 32 US Dollars a gram! I can't tell you how happy this makes me.

You try the survival! Huanxi Condoms!

Engrish.com can offer you many hours of entertainment. I like my mangled English best if the concepts described badly are completely foreign to Western Culture as well. Drivers behaving in a harmonious fashion so that all of traffic is in balance with the universe is a genuine Chinese traffic rule. But the above example is becoming more and more common. Asian cultures using English in much the same way English speakers use Chinese Characters, symbols that give an illusion of meaning, but appear absurd to people who speak the language. There must be a Chinese web archive somewhere with pictures of the ubiquitous Chinese Character tattoos on deluded Westerners, supposedly standing for health, happiness, good luck. I shudder to think of the possibilities.