tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-53351332011-12-14T18:50:25.832-08:00The Life of Christian GuyYup, this is my life.Mehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11751646412576244463noreply@blogger.comBlogger291100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5335133.post-1137537095855343772006-01-17T14:29:00.000-08:002006-01-17T14:31:35.866-08:00XangaYeah, I've been posting a little bit on Xanga.Subscriptions are just so convenient! It makes it way easier for me to keep up with my friends' blogs, so maybe they'd like to keep up with mine the same way.Mehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11751646412576244463noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5335133.post-1136308232103281902006-01-03T09:06:00.000-08:002006-01-03T09:10:50.016-08:00QuickieFirst, thank you to Gloria for pointing out this response by Cathy Gatley to the WSJ article on White Flight at Monta Vista and Lynbrook High Schools. I posted about this article, and made several critical remarks about Gatley's comments.Second, thanks to Bob, who pointed out that comment moderation was turned on in my BLOG, preventing people's comments from showing up.Hopefully, I'll Mehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11751646412576244463noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5335133.post-1135185139410895822005-12-21T09:05:00.000-08:002006-01-02T19:56:48.173-08:00Going Back for the HolidayYup, I'm heading home for the holidays, and I wanted to let anybody who's reading this BLOG know. (Though from what I can tell, my readership basically consists of Cliff.)I'm looking forward to doing Bay Area stuff, eating Bay Area food, and most of all, seeing Bay Area people.Stuff I want to do (If you're doing any of these, send me an e-mail!):Play pokerPlay Mehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11751646412576244463noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5335133.post-1134866924757804972005-12-17T15:57:00.000-08:002005-12-17T16:48:44.766-08:00King Kong ReviewI went to go see the new Peter Jackson movie "King Kong" on the strength of 9 positive reviews and 1 mixed review on the Movies.com summary of reviews.I recommend this movie wholeheartedly; it is, by far, the best movie I've seen this year. It offers not only phenomenal action scenes and unprecedented special effects, but an unexpectedly touching story with genuine emotion.Peter Mehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11751646412576244463noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5335133.post-1134621076757508012005-12-14T20:22:00.000-08:002005-12-14T20:31:16.766-08:00On Losing WeightI read something interesting in the December 1 issue of The Economist about weight loss.Basically, for most of natural history, animals have had to worry about starvation. Only in recent history have living creatures, that is, people in developed countries, had virtually no fear of starvation.This explains why it's hard to lose weight by simply cutting calories, and easy to gain Mehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11751646412576244463noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5335133.post-1134412445187661632005-12-12T10:10:00.000-08:002005-12-15T22:50:53.973-08:00The Weekend that WasMany thanks to Cliff for the awesome room at the Westin on Times Square that we stayed at. Retail price of the room we stayed at: $499.A few highlights from the weekend:A five-hour, relatively traffic-free bus ride, punctuated by a showing of "The Terminal". (Rating: 4/10. Catherine Zeta Jones gives a strangely leaden performance in the lead actress role, dampening what Mehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11751646412576244463noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5335133.post-1133195468496406112005-11-28T08:17:00.000-08:002005-12-08T05:50:32.986-08:00On the WSJ ArticleOkay, last week, I published the full text of a WSJ Article on how white students are leaving Monta Vista because of the high fraction of Asian immigrants.Let me comment on this article, coming from the point of view of someone who attended Monta Vista, albeit back in the early 90's. This is relevant because I'd estimate the white population of the school at more like 50%, Mehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11751646412576244463noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5335133.post-1133194525281399402005-11-28T08:14:00.000-08:002005-12-07T08:50:47.730-08:00ArtestLet's take a vote: Do you think I should get the words "Tru Warier" Shaved in my head like Ron Artest?Mehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11751646412576244463noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5335133.post-1132601767566088062005-11-21T11:35:00.000-08:002005-11-25T05:23:25.416-08:00FascinatingI'll try to comment on my thoughts on this when I can...The New White FlightIn Silicon Valley, two high schools with outstanding academic reputations are losing white students as Asian students move in. Why?By SUEIN HWANGNovember 19, 2005; Page A1CUPERTINO, Calif. -- By most measures, Monta Vista High here and Lynbrook High, in nearby San Jose, are among the nation's top public high Mehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11751646412576244463noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5335133.post-1131994061216678022005-11-14T10:35:00.000-08:002005-11-30T13:25:07.466-08:00The Weekend that WasWell, Jeff rolled into town for a short weekend visit.It was really fun.I started off the weekend playing pickup football. After scoring a few TD's, I picked up Jeff at Dulles Airport. We ate lunch at the Fish Market, a wonderful outdoor market that sells fresh seafood at cut rate prices. I had my favorite: 2 softshell crab sandwiches. LB had the crabcake, while Jeff Mehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11751646412576244463noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5335133.post-1131561439592614692005-11-09T10:34:00.000-08:002005-11-09T10:37:19.600-08:00Anyone Wanna Play?For those of us in the basketball and bible study crowd, here's the next quirky sport: chess boxing.Apparently, the sport is played by alternating the game of chess and the sport of boxing. There are six rounds of chess, each lasting four minutes, and five of boxing, each lasting two minutes. The rounds take place alternately, beginning and ending with chess, with one-minute Mehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11751646412576244463noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5335133.post-1130511347098318042005-10-28T07:53:00.000-07:002005-12-13T09:39:44.180-08:00OutrageousFarmers, Charities Join ForcesTo Block Famine-Relief RevampBush Administration WantsTo Purchase African Food;Lobby Says Buy AmericanProposal Is Stuck in CongressBy ROGER THUROW and SCOTT KILMAN Staff Reporters of THE WALL STREET JOURNALOctober 26, 2005; Page A1American humanitarian groups, armed with food donated by the U.S. government, have fed millions of starving people around the Mehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11751646412576244463noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5335133.post-1130187613718749302005-10-24T13:53:00.000-07:002005-10-24T14:00:13.726-07:00UncommercialI found this CNN article on Bill Watterson, the creator of Calvin and Hobbes.I remember cracking up reading the brilliant antics of Calvin and his stuffed bear. The comic always single-handedly made playing in the snow look tremendously fun.The article focuses on how Mr. Watterson never took much commercial advantage of Calvin and Hobbes. He never licensed any products, isn't Mehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11751646412576244463noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5335133.post-1129923212940598532005-10-21T12:33:00.000-07:002005-10-21T12:33:32.946-07:00Clever21 Oct 2005 The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was the other possibility. As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5- year phase-in plan that would become known as "Euro-English". In Mehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11751646412576244463noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5335133.post-1129518210413638632005-10-16T19:36:00.000-07:002005-10-17T08:04:02.840-07:00Yup, that's my fantasy football lifeI'm playing Mike Cho this week, and my unofficial count, we're basically even going into the Sunday night game. Jake Delhomme and Antowain Smith (Antowain Smith!) each had two touchdowns for Mike. Donte Stallworth scored once, Thomas Jones scored twice, and my defense scored once for me.That means my game against Mike comes down to 3 players. I have Matt Mehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11751646412576244463noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5335133.post-1129131647671546762005-10-12T08:35:00.000-07:002005-10-12T08:41:01.273-07:00On MLBA few random thoughts on the baseball playoffs thus far:I get such a warm gush of feeling at the thought of the Yankees spending another cold winter without a championship. I tell you: there is no pleasure like rubbing the failures of their tired, sorry club in the face of a Yankees fan. Aaaaahhh... Monday's game was sweet. (By the way, read Andrew's great post on what the Yankees Mehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11751646412576244463noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5335133.post-1128700683538838652005-10-07T08:29:00.000-07:002005-10-07T09:25:29.916-07:00On Stanford SportsThis post has been brewing in my head for a while following Stanford's disastrous loss to UC Davis last month.UC Davis!I didn't even know they had a football team!My buddy RKao went to UC Davis. He said that their favorite pasttime is cow tipping. (I did *not* make this up.)Why is Stanford upset so often?The origins as to Stanford's record for upsets starts with its own Mehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11751646412576244463noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5335133.post-1127400991683282632005-09-22T07:54:00.000-07:002005-09-22T07:57:00.876-07:00Pic"Why yes, I am drunk. Why do you ask?"Mehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11751646412576244463noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5335133.post-1127334925164264472005-09-21T13:34:00.000-07:002005-09-21T13:35:25.170-07:00Not AgainMehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11751646412576244463noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5335133.post-1126818425221107452005-09-15T14:04:00.000-07:002005-09-15T14:07:05.226-07:00I knew itI always knew eating breakfast was good for you.An excerpt from a WSJ article:Eat Breakfast, Stay ThinMissing a meal could actually make you fatter, according to a new study. For 10 years, the Maryland Medical Research Institute kept track of the eating habits of some 2,400 girls and found that those who ate breakfast had a lower body-mass index than those who didn't. Cereal-eaters Mehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11751646412576244463noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5335133.post-1126719371770222322005-09-14T10:22:00.000-07:002005-09-14T10:36:11.776-07:00A Few Ways to Save Gas MoneyWith gas prices here averaging $3.30 a gallon, everyone could use a few tips to save a little money on gas.Improve your fuel efficiency: Here's a very helpful government website about getting better gas mileage. One of the best features on the site is a little chart showing how the speed you drive affects your gas mileage. (55 mph is the most fuel-efficient speed.) Mehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11751646412576244463noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5335133.post-1126727600735794182005-09-13T12:50:00.000-07:002005-09-14T12:53:41.256-07:00The Kanye West MomentI just watched this video clip about 10 times.Kanye West is on NBC with Mike Myers talking about hurricane relief, when he bursts in with a dead-faced "George Bush doesn't care about black people." Myers, after a moment of stunned, gaping disbelief, tries to continue what he's saying, but the network immediately cuts away.Watch it here.Mehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11751646412576244463noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5335133.post-1125941064031607022005-09-05T10:10:00.000-07:002005-09-05T10:24:24.036-07:00A Piece of Asian American HistoryI sat in on my flight from San Francisco to Beijing next to an elderly Asian couple. I smiled blithely at them, assuming that they were on their way home and spoke poor English. My first note of surprise came when the flight attendant asked them for their drink preferences; their looks of confusion indicated that they didn't speak Mandarin at all.About halfway Mehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11751646412576244463noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5335133.post-1125422055690566102005-08-30T10:11:00.000-07:002005-08-30T10:14:15.696-07:00On GoogleFor anybody using a computer, Google products have become an essential part of the world wide web. The Google search engine has become an invaluable tool of gathering information; for most, it's the first and only place they search when they need facts. Its Gmail service is the de facto web mail for savvy Internet users. The Google brand name generates images of clean interfaces, Mehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11751646412576244463noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5335133.post-1124117366724242092005-08-15T07:46:00.000-07:002005-08-15T07:49:26.730-07:00Silver LiningYup, the weather in D.C. has been sucky. Yes, you have to walk everywhere. But then again...Fourscore and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation, conceived in liberty and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation or any nation so conceived and so dedicated can Mehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11751646412576244463noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5335133.post-1123864896584767502005-08-13T09:38:00.000-07:002005-08-12T09:41:36.586-07:00Netflix ListHere's what's on my Netflix list:At Home1) The Road Home2) West Wing Season 4, Disc 13) The AviatorIn the Queue1) Enemy at the Gates2) Matchstick Men3) Infernal Affairs4) Constantine5) Sin City6) Assault on Precinct 137) The CoolerAnyone have any recommendations for DVDs to watch?Mehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11751646412576244463noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5335133.post-1123864676246615332005-08-12T09:32:00.000-07:002005-08-12T09:37:56.246-07:00Everyone's Stopped BloggingI was chatting with CChen, who pointed out that the blogging phenomenon seems to have peaked, and is now declining. I couldn't agree more. It seems like the vast majority of my friends have stopped updating their blogs, or are updating so infrequently that it's just as if they've stopped.The reason?I think people have just lost interesting things to say.This suggests Mehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11751646412576244463noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5335133.post-1123709663827622392005-08-10T14:21:00.000-07:002005-08-10T14:34:23.833-07:00In the ElevatorHave you ever noticed that when people ride the elevator, they always look at the floor numbers? Whether the floor number is a digital display, or a bunch of white circles with numbers in them, people just naturally focus on them, all the way from where they get on to where they get off.Naturally, I have theories to this:1) People like to look at motion. This is that little Mehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11751646412576244463noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5335133.post-1095742920844816372004-09-20T22:01:00.000-07:002004-09-20T22:02:00.843-07:00Test
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