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The Audio Blog of Steven SirskiSSAB - October 7 2022
Reading up for the DELTA. Recommended reading Chapters 1-3, then Chapters 4-5. How many chapters in the books? Five. Ummmm... Reading Journey to the West in…
The Audio Blog of Steven SirskiSSAB - October 6 2022
Couldn't go to Tiananmen cause... you need to book an appointment. I think the flower display will be there for a few more weeks. Sanlitun... busy! No one…
The Audio Blog of Steven SirskiSSAB - October 5 2022
Sirski! You Mother! Flower market and a new cactus collection. 400 RMB on flowers or booze? Central authority has final say on Dalai Lama's reincarnation. Umm…
The Audio Blog of Steven SirskiSSAB - October 4 2022
Got cold outside! But finally blue skies. Elon, Putin and Zelenskyj Putin's speech: very distorted view of history Elon's tweet Zelenskyj's reaction And USD…
The Audio Blog of Steven SirskiSSAB - October 3 2022
Guo qing jie! New / Modern China is 73. Any special events? Not that I knew of. Episode 34 recorded... a long one and a bit of a chin wag. Cinnamon buns and…
The Audio Blog of Steven SirskiSSAB - September 30, 2022
Is spitting the same as dog piss? End of the month already! Another podcast episode to be recorded this weekend, another long timer leaving. Keep on going or…
The Audio Blog of Steven SirskiSSAB - September 29, 2022
Which would you rather have in your apt that you know is there: a cockroach, spider or mosquito? Payday! Markets will close for a week, but too late to get…
The Audio Blog of Steven SirskiSSAB - September 28 2022
Feeling alright, slow AF. Token workout this morning just to try it out. Sanitary napkins and sex ed and other headlines from today! That market, though it…
The Audio Blog of Steven SirskiSSAB - September 27 2022
Asteroid hit! NASA does another first. Discourse analysis... all the things that are so obvious most wouldn't bother to state them. Popped up the rest of the…
The Audio Blog of Steven SirskiSSAB - September 26 2022
Welp, as expected, Friday went on. Kinda lost Saturday. That's why you do these things on a Thursday. Physio was all right. Spent a lot of time on that…
The Audio Blog of Steven SirskiSSAB - September 23, 2022
Good bye's and so long's, how many people will we ever see again? We've worked together, conplained together, commiserated together. And now it's over. Social…
The Audio Blog of Steven SirskiSSAB - September 22, 2022
Wind has picked up, got a run in just before. Do you like Chinese food? How often do you eat it? 门钉肉饼 méndīngròubǐng, 糖醋鸡柳 tángcùjīliǔ Wangfujing Bookstore…
The Audio Blog of Steven SirskiSSAB - September 21 2022
Monkey pox in China! Stay away from foreigners! Did oil exist in the time of dinosaurs? And about those carbon credits, how do they work? And gold hitting…
The Audio Blog of Steven SirskiSSAB - September 20 2022
Getting much cooler! My 600 lbs life, food choices and dealing with your emotions Hotshot 500: 100 pushups 100 Flutter kicks 100 Bent Over Rows 50 Barbell…
The Audio Blog of Steven SirskiSSAB - September 19 2022
Does life still happen after burgers n pints for lunch? Welp... 12 hours later... Got a voice clip for you... Proper burgers n pints, then shots. Queen's…
The Audio Blog of Steven SirskiSSAB - September 16 2022
Weekend! Workout and how is that back going? Half Murph: 2 mile warm up: 23.00 (unweighted) 1 mile: 10.20 50 pull ups 100 push ups 150 squats (22.44) 1 mile…
The Audio Blog of Steven SirskiSSAB - September 15 2022
Two year wait to get a car in Canada?! Supply chain issues?! Makes me think about what I see around here: almost no Jaguars and far fewer Lamborghinis and…
The Audio Blog of Steven SirskiSSAB - September 14 2022
Building internet connections with proxies and Raspberries, is it worth it? Rest week enforced as the back has been tweaked! Ouch! Change of workout planning?…
The Audio Blog of Steven SirskiSSAB - September 13 2022
Plan B 2012 prices, free burgers n beer this weekend on the 17th! HSK in the morning. Was able to hold several conversations recently, so something must be…
The Audio Blog of Steven SirskiSSAB - September 12 2022
Cleaning the apt: what's some of this stuff worth? Mixing live: new idea? Making moon cakes, it kinda worked. Dual workouts continue, what changes could I…
The Audio Blog of Steven SirskiSSAB - September 9 2022
The Queen has died. After 70 years on the throne and 96 years of life, Her Majesty the Queen of England, Elizabeth the Second, has passed. Now King Charles…
The Audio Blog of Steven SirskiSSAB - September 8 2022
The eighth already! Days are flying by! Chinese characters and a conversation class coming up. 30 minutes. We'll see how this goes. My issue with English being…
The Audio Blog of Steven SirskiSSAB - September 7 2022
Ukraine on the offensive. How can that border ever not have soldiers on it any more? Even once things have settled there will need to be a military presence…
The Audio Blog of Steven SirskiSSAB - September 6 2022
Cicadas are noticeably gone, crickets are back. Sichuan earthquake! Communities were in lock down! Reading magazines: extensive or just expensive waste? But if…
The Audio Blog of Steven SirskiSSAB - September 5 2022
Getting cooler, but afternoons are still warm. What to do if your boss finds out you're looking for another job. Got two workouts in cause was off work early…
The Audio Blog of Steven SirskiSSAB - September 2 2022
Episode #33 recorded with a returning guest! How much has changed since we last saw each other?! Generator still on! They turned it back on at 3.40! Fkkkk…
The Audio Blog of Steven SirskiSSAB - September 1 2022
That's an 18-hour day. New month! Count down begins! New podcast episode recorded. Another one lined up. Gotta take advantage of the timing! Questioning those…
The Audio Blog of Steven SirskiSSAB - August 31 2022
More cases and people leaving! The bloodletting continues! China is the first place I've for so long in one place, literally! I wanted to see how things would…
The Audio Blog of Steven SirskiSSAB - August 30 2022
End of the month already! One more day just in case you didn't know Allergies! Same thing happened last year If should maybe another backpacking trip... how…
The Audio Blog of Steven SirskiSSAB - August 29 2022
Getting cool outside Double workouts plus a bike ride to sign another contract extension. Thinking of adding some more equipment DELTA terminology! Started in…
The Audio Blog of Steven SirskiSSAB - August 26 2022
Murph: 2.08 mile warm up - 20.52 Unweighted 1 mile - 9.17 Workout 16x - 29.37 5 pull ups 10 pushups 15 air squats 1 mile - 8.55 Felt pretty good after and did…
The Audio Blog of Steven SirskiSSAB - August 25 2022
Internet issues so no livestream :( DELTA module to begin, lots of reading and theory to go through. Was told to plan to go through the whole thing, not just…
The Audio Blog of Steven SirskiSSAB - August 24 2022
Ukrainian independence day A reading of some Ukrainian Today's bike ride, subway was packed going there Had to sign two documents and do it in person because…
The Audio Blog of Steven SirskiSSAB - August 23 2022
Smells like smoke? Nearing the end of ghost month No mirrors to decorate the room or else you'll see a ghost... yea, your own face in the middle of the night!…
The Audio Blog of Steven SirskiSSAB - August 22 2022
Out Saturday night, went on for a bit, new place opened up Last full week of August already, are you having fun? Humidity has moderated Workouts arent as…
The Audio Blog of Steven SirskiSSAB - August 19 2022
If i had the money, what would I do with my time? Learn languages -never talked about this yesterday New SLV vids up TikTok and YouTube Shorts: okay to poat…
The Audio Blog of Steven SirskiSSAB - August 18 2022
Raining all day! No bike ride, slept in, but did some mobility work in the morning SSP31 up! You can download the mp3 through Google Drive on my website or hit…
The Audio Blog of Steven SirskiSSAB - August 17, 2022
ANDREW BUSTAMANTE! Not what I said before. Watching Prehistoric Planet on Apple TV. Everything seems to either eat or kill something else. How do they remember…
The Audio Blog of Steven SirskiSSAB - August 16 2022
Humidity down so it is cooler and much nicer than a week ago! Power brownouts in parts of the country, should I feel bad about using my fan? Realize that it's…
The Audio Blog of Steven SirskiSSAB - August 15 2022
World population to hit 8 billion, so? Are people still not having kids because it hurts the environment? Havent heard that argument in a while Salman Rushdie…
The Audio Blog of Steven SirskiSSAB - August 12, 2022
Listening to PT Barnum's "The Art of Getting Money". Known for his Barnum & Bailey circus that ran until 2017. USAmerican entrepreneur, in his introduction to…
The Audio Blog of Steven SirskiSSAB - August 11 2022
Joe Rogan reads TikTok's TOS: is it just a data mining app? Contrast Gary Veynarchuk's 'get on TikTok' and his claim that China will surpass the US within the…
The Audio Blog of Steven SirskiSSAB - August 10 2022
Ukraine hits Crimea... why they cant use the weapons to go further into Russia double workouts... TWO rounds of skip n ballz! Vocab review, it's all I do Sanya…
The Audio Blog of Steven SirskiSSAB - August 9 2022
11 mile bike ride in the morning, get up n get it done Gotta use up Russian lessons Never seen anti-Russian sentiment so high before amongst the people I know…
The Audio Blog of Steven SirskiSSAB - August 8 2022
Humidity hits 84%?! Internet problems... is it just me? Internet repair in Chinese! Thank goodness for translatation and multiple connection lines! Setting up…
The Audio Blog of Steven SirskiSSAB - August 5 2022
Nice and quiet today! No generator! Slow n twenty workout today, focused more on technique and going slow Early cause invites to go out More people leaving but…
The Audio Blog of Steven SirskiSSAB - August 4 2022
Qixi day... another Valentine's Day in China Pelosi gone, internet a little bit better, but not much Half bike ride today, lots of mobility work. Humidity…
The Audio Blog of Steven SirskiSSAB - August 3 2022
Humidity high! Affecting workout performance. Few more animations done, need to soundtrack. Leaving open the idea of using anything to animate, but I want to…
The Audio Blog of Steven SirskiSSAB - August 2 2022
Reading some articles on Germany before the war... Foreign Affairs between 1931 and 1940. They saw what was happening. Have a few other articles I want to read…
The Audio Blog of Steven SirskiSSAB - August 1 2022
Humidity and connection issues! Knife Sharpener actually sings! Compound clarified with pesticide! New month! Civic holiday in Canada, Dauphin's CNUF and…
The Audio Blog of Steven SirskiSSAB - Weekly Wrap Up - July 25 - 29 2022
A weekly wrap up of the topics discussed on this week's podcasts! July 25 to 29 2022.
The Audio Blog of Steven SirskiSSAB - July 29 2022
End of month! Humidity hits! Tough waking up today, is skipping destroying me? Or was it the Nordic curls I tried yesterday? I feel those today! Haven't felt a…
The Audio Blog of Steven SirskiSSAB - July 28 2022
HUGE shout out to the coders n programmers that have created such cool tech! Trying to livestream from my.phone while using the recorder app AND overlaying…
The Audio Blog of Steven SirskiSSAB - July 27 2022
Right... livestreaming can have connectivity issues. Sprints... still... eeech, BUT, I've noticed that doing sprints of skipping has been cutting down on fat…
The Audio Blog of Steven SirskiSSAB - July 26 2022
Flash card HSK - slowly going through the several decks I have have: physical, Ankidroid x3, and Memrise. New vids up on SLV, tongue twisters! Are they…
The Audio Blog of Steven SirskiSSAB - July 25 2022
Trying to broadcast while recording, thinking of setting up a new channel on YouTube Downloaded THREE DECKS of flashcards on Anki PLUS Memrise, we're hitting…
The Audio Blog of Steven SirskiSSAB - July 22 2022
Rain! Unexpected but that will cool things down. Another bike ride this morning, 10 miles / 16 kms, plus a one mile run after. Afternoon workout was a run and…
The Audio Blog of Steven SirskiSSAB - July 21 2022
That generator is still on! Gold looks good! Is it a replacement for cash? Zhengzhou bank runs and red QR Codes! What about crypto?! Episode 31 in the books!…
The Audio Blog of Steven SirskiSSAB - July 20 2022
Another going away party! And a few words from someone who has been in the country for over nine years. What do you want to accomplish in that country? Why do…
The Audio Blog of Steven SirskiSSAB - July 19 2022
Hot and did not sleep well! Another bike ride this morning and a skip n ballz workout in the aft. New SLV up, took a while to get rendered, not sure why…