My Weekly Personality Analysis

Even back in the days when I used to train four times a week, I always allowed myself to eat on the holidays. The older you get, and the more relatives you interact with, you begin to realize that you have no choice if you want to maintain the "temporary cease fire" that's in effect between Christmas and New...

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Reflection for 2006

One of many..."Filipinos are a warm, gentle, caring, giving people," Avi says, "which is a good thing since so many of them carry concealed weapons."-Neal Stephenson, CryptonomiconI've always wanted to read this book. I'm going to make a point of it in 20...

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The Best Thing About XMas, 2005

Kick @$$. To say nothing about the Season 2 teasers at the e...

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Holiday Breather

We've got a few days between Christmas and New Year's Eve in Cleveland. Drive, drive, drive. Christmas Eve and Christmas Day were awesome, though. So far, between presents from each other, Mamazoo, and some of The Wife's other relatives, we made out like bandits, so far. And, we haven't even seen my folks,...

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War on Christmas II

He knows when you are sleeping. He knows when you're awake. He knows the best time to send his boys into your home, kidnap you, and have you on a flight to a country where he's going to make you tell him what he wants to know...by any means necessary."Ho, ho, ho--where's your Geneva Convention, now?"Picture...

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Christmas in Manila

Yeah, I understand that excess cultural pride does things like dredge up centuries-old conflicts because the cast of Memoirs of a Geisha is mostly Chinese. And, I understand how tempting it is for non-Asians to sit in their non-Asian neighborhood (yeah, except for That One Family down the block) and wish that they'd just "get over it."**Yet, I feel that pride whenever I see that ethnicity can have...

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Merry Christmas!

Yeah, I said it! If there really is a war on X-Mas, then consider this my Lapu Lapu bit to defend my island against the Conquistadores. C'mon, Magellan--I dare you to knock this battery off my shoulder. And, I got this picture, too. How d'you like them apples?Hey, it could be worse. I could be Huey Freeman.The...

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Masterpiece Theatre of the Macabre

Authorities probe theft of body partsBy TOM HAYSAssociated Press WriterNEW YORK (AP) -- Authorities are investigating allegations that hundreds of bodies were illegally carved up in funeral homes around New York City and sold for parts without the permission of the families of the deceased.Corpses - including that of famed British broadcaster Alistair Cooke - were used to harvest human bone, skin...

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My Weekly Personality Analysis

Don's Random Movie Quote:'We must kill them. We must incinerate them. Pig after pig. Cow after cow. Village after village. Army after army.'- Kurtz, Apocalypse NowTake this quiz at QuizGalaxy.comHuh...well...um...Happy Holida...

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My Weekly Personality Analysis

what flavor pocky are you?[c] sugardewGetting in touch with my Asian heritage...

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Yuletide Serpentine Fire

I didn't make the connection until today's morning coffee that I had bought the Chicago & Earth, Wind & Fire - Live at the Greek Theatre DVD at Target, which was in the midst of a holiday ad campaign with EWF. It was funny how The Wife and I watched the DVD and all of a sudden noticed all this EWF music...

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Not Looking Forward to This

The Wife and I were discussing the possibility of having "the talk" about sex and drugs with any future children, the one that all parents have sooner or later. I'm not looking forward to it, but then again, do I really want my children ending up like ...

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My Weekly Personality Analysis

I'm tired this week. That is all. You scored as Serenity (from Firefly). You like to live your own way and do not enjoy when anyone but a friend tries to tell you that you should do different. Now if only the Reavers would quit trying to skin you.Coming on December 1, 2005:Your Ultimate Sci-Fi Profile: which...

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I'm Not the Only One

A friend of mine emailed me:To make you feel better, today I purchased a Real Ultimate Power ninja manual as a gag gift for a secret santa exchange at work. I felt like I was looking at porn (the humor/anime aisle). So I ran back to Literary Criticism, picked up a copy of Roland Barthes' Mythologies (I had been meaning to anyway) so I could stand in line and cover the ninja book. When I checked...

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I Always Feel Like Somebody's Watching Me

Apparently, you can't even look at a gay magazine at Borders without someone watching you and having something to say about ...

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The Christmas Splurge Has Begun

I'm not talking about the splurge for gifts for other people. I'm talking about the self-splurging. I picked up the Chicago and Earth, Wind & Fire: Live at the Greek Theatre DVD at Target. Oh, come on--the biggest surprise is that I waited this long. The best parts were when they played together on each others' songs. Having a six-piece horn section filling all the parts; the stuff blew my...

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Ah, Memories

Because this looked like fun...If you read this, if your eyes are passing over this right now, (even if we don't speak often) please post a comment with a COMPLETELY MADE UP AND FICTIONAL memory of you and me.It can be anything you want - good or bad - BUT IT HAS TO BE FAKE.When you're finished, post this little paragraph on your blog and be surprised (or mortified) about what people DON'T ACTUALLY...

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My Weekly Personality Analysis

Huh...who'd've thunk?You scored as Idealist. Idealism centers around the belief that we are moving towards something greater. An odd mix of evolutionist and spiritualist, you see the divine within ourselves, waiting to emerge over time. Many religious traditions express how the divine spirit lost its identity,...

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