This really isn’t a post about the olympics, but that does seem to be the big news around town these days. I know several people who are making the trek to Beijing to see some of the events, but I won’t be one of them. There will be a few events in Shanghai, however. One of the things most discussed around here is the extra security. Policies have changed to make visa applications more restrictive, so a few people I know are having a bit of a struggle. News reports have indicated the additional hassle is causing lost business in some cases. I also saw a notice at my complex that they have installed a device to enable monitoring of phone calls. My biggest suprize, I suppose, is that this wasn’t being done before.

The rest of my life these past two weeks has been normal. My schedule doesn’t allow for much free time, so pretty much everything I did is the same as I always do. Life is good. He is good.