family
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The Day the Earth Shook
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Today is the 100th anniversary of the great quake (check out the old-fashioned design on that site). The earthquake hit San Francisco at 5:12:05 a.m. There were two shocks. The second one was stronger. It lasted 40 seconds, but in those seconds, energy equivalent to several nuclear bombs was released. Some scientists say that the…
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Underground Atomic Bomb Detonation
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Why detonate underground when you can do it above ground? I want to see mutants, dangit! Here’s another underground detonation video at google . That reminds me, I need to get an emergency kit together. I wonder how many of my friends and loved ones are prepared. I was talking to Jerry today and I…
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WordPress, gallery, .htaccess
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Ok, this is just for my own geeky records in case I ever need this information again. I just got my gallery for my friends and family back up, but my root .htaccess was birthing 404’s everywhere. I couldn’t get to the gallery, but once I got it fixed, all my permalinks were broken. So…
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ME! Bath Ice Cream
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My back’s been hurting a lot lately. Might be from old age or from constantly hunched over worki…
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Full-time ministry
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First day at the new job. First thing that went on was the Monday morning prayer meeting. It’s gr…
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Photo time lapse of family
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A really interesting sort of time-lapse thing of a family’s evolution through pictures.
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SHINING trailer
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A trailer for The Shining, as a warm-hearted family film.
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The happiest place on earth
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I didn’t really want to go to Disneyland this past weekend, but since it would have been difficul…
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Photography and new TV season
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I’ve just set up a new section I’ll just call "photography" for now. Not much there right now. I…
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The iPod nano
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The iPod saga continues Too bad I don’t need a portable mp3 player. I live out of my car so I’m h…
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The best trip EVAR
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My first visit to Seattle was terrific. For some reason, when I travel, I come up with these them…
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Google ads, cousin’s music, and more Star Wars news
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Google ads are up You may have noticed some google ads floating around this site. Feel free to click on them often. You’ll be helping me get my morning coffee.
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My parents are over in China somewhere climbing the mountains…well, most likely just watching other people climb the mountains. And Chris and Melissa are on a flight to Singapore right now where they’ll be transferring to a plane that’ll take them to Burma. Fun. I seriously gotta get away. But then again, I’ve been saying…
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Surfers Healing Surf Camp for Autistic Children
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I heard about this surfing camp down in San Diego. They had a big party to raise money for the camp. I got this one kid whose parents wants to take him to the camp. Total California surfer type family too…hehe.
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Here today, gone tomorrow
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There’s this Chinese family that lives a couple of houses up from me. Two of the ladies, who look like they might be in their 70’s or 80’s, usually help an older man walk up and down our street. At the pace he walked, I would guess that it took him about 15 minutes to…
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News in China
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Madame Chiang Kai-shek Died. I visited her family’s house in Shanghai as a destination on the tour path set up by the government. Check out this article from a Chinese site. It says, “Chinese President Hu Jintao (R) and Australian Prime Minister John Winston Howard meet press after their talks in Canberra…” Is the ‘R’…
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Poem
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Taken from a creative soul who put this on the internet: You illness of the past century Coming and destroying family You are strong battling From the inside Slyly you are coming Without asking you are entering In between a loving family You are not asking, you are taking But there is something you will…
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10 Stupid Questions People Ask
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10 Stupid Questions People Usually Asks In Obvious Situations And How To Answer Them At the movies: When you meet acquaintances/friends… Stupid Question: Hey, what are you doing here? Answer: Don’t u know, I sell tickets in the black market over here. In the bus: A heavy lady wearing pointed high-heeled shoes steps on your…
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PBS Special on Chinese Americans
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Man, I always thought only old people watched PBS. Now I’ve joined their ranks. I was watching their special on the Chinese experience in America. Even though I received a minor in Asian American Studies, I learned things I didn’t know before from watching part of that program. So I’m Asian American. Many people would…
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So lucky to have a
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So lucky to have a restaurant family…I think we have the best tasting holiday feasts.