Time it Was: American Stories from the Sixties

This book is available for pre-order on Amazon now. Included in this is a story written by my father, R. Thomas Collins, Jr., and so is likely his last published work. I wrote about it on my dad’s blog after his passing. To read more about this book, and my father’s influence on it, check out the article on quillnews.

Chances are if you are reading my blog at this stage, you were already reading my dad’s blog over the last couple years… but if you are new to it, you should check it out. Lots of timely articles there, not to mention excerpts from many of his other books that have an amazing amount of relevance to what’s happening in the world today. Long career in energy and policy, go figure.

I miss my dad. What a man.

Great shot…

Wikipedia is doing some cool things with photos… I found this one on here

It is pouring some hellish kinda rain with thunder, lightning, the works. Doesn’t come down like this in Portland. In fact, I’ve not seen a sunny sky like this picture shows in all the days I’ve spent here. I don’t think this time of year lends much hope.

Good facts on Hong Kong’s complicated history here.

I’ve chosen the food and nightlife of HK over Shenzhen at the price of a 100 minute commute for meetings with our manufacturing partners. Worth it so far. Quite easy actually. I take the KCR fron Tsim Sha Tsui to Lo Wu, then go through HK immigration, then China immigration, then a quick 5 minute walk to the Shangri La Hotel lobby to meet a company car that takes me to the factory. In the process, I’ve got an Octopus card, a stash of Entry-Exit forms for both China and Hong Kong that I fill out on the train, which all serve to the make the commute quite manageable. Helps that my Blackberry lets me keep up on email through it all. I also picked up a new SoftBank 3G phone that will keep me connected whereever I roam in Asia. So I am more or less getting connected enough to get around.

Had some great Korean food today. Go figure. Also, the Starbucks on the corner is like an Asian filter. You walk in there, and the demographic mix instantly seems more Chicago, than Kowloon.