Jim in China

I have had a grad student sharing the apartment with me. Zhou Jing Lun, or Jinglun, for short, is a grad student in polymer chemistry. Our respective fields within chemistry are pretty remote, so we have little scientific background in common.
Jinglun perked up when I told him that Paul Flory was my statistical mechanics [...]

A rare summer day of clear skies and cool temperatures made Beijing gleam. Dasu and I explored the neighborhood, searching for another Beijing dinner treat. We found one!
Here is the link to the pictures.

After quite a bit of cleaning, my apartment is starting to look habitable. I have seen a handful of other places - all much better kept than mine - and it became even more apparent to me that the single guy who lived in the place before me really did not keep it up. After [...]