When in a sleeping bag after being bathed and in her crib, our toddler daughter often still wants to stand up and walk up and down. However, she's impeded. Man, but she tries hard. :-)

Many Californians must have gotten traumatized by the fact their towns and boroughs had gone bankrupt. My goodness. How many people think governments are not trustworthy?

In news TV and videos, I'm used to seeing provincial premiers in China hold meetings with their guests in photogenic halls apt to be decked in golden color.

By contrast, I'm also used to seeing Stephen Harper, the Canadian Prime Minister, hold meetings with his colleagues, rivals, and underlings in plain halls and common rooms.

Well, that says something, considering that the GDP (PPP) of Canada is about triple the average self-styled GDP (PPP) of a Chinese province.

The tremendously cold wintry air always is capable of making up a streak of desolation for the night streets littered with yellowish lights emitted from the lofty street lamps.