As you can see, I’m at home now but still not fully unpacked from my recent trip.

Generally I try to update my avatar every few days to reflect something I’ve been doing or experiencing. While I was in Taiwan, for example, I set it to show a person carrying a backpack who was surrounded by lots of buildings and cars. Traffic in Taipei is pretty frightening; staying in lanes appears to be an option when driving, and a lot of the population uses motor scooters that don’t necessarily stop when the lights are red. As my Culture Shock travel guide phrased it, driving in Taiwan is a “Taoist” experience ….