Grandpa & Henry

During his short life, all Henry has known is Grandpa. He goes with Grandpa to the park, listens to his stories, cooks him dinner, and buys his medicine from the drugstore, awaiting the day Grandpa finishes his new novel so they can finally move to a ranch in Alaska together.

But when Grandpa falls ill, he sends Henry across the country, to seek help from his Aunt June. Once Henry arrives at his destination, he finds a himself all alone in a strange city, on his own for the first time in his life…

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Follow the link. Go to line 13. White (i.e. me) moves Rook to e1 to “trap” Black’s queen. Black waits a while, then counters with knight to e4. But…instead of knight to e4…what could Black have done? :)

Sometimes you just get really lucky.

New one up over at LoveLoveChina:

If Wuhan is a lesser known city than, say, Hangzhou, then Wuhan’s East Lake is a lesser known lake than Hangzhou’s West Lake.

That’s not to say the East Lake lacks is charm. It is a beautiful place, and somewhere among the carnival games, the haunted boat ride, and the little boats you can take on the lake for 15 an hour or that special laowai price of 70 RMB, you’ll find the personal ads section.

In Chinese, it’s called 东湖梨园 dong1 hu2 li2 yuan2, or East Lake Pear Garden.

To read the rest, just head on over to LoveLoveChina.