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Having found some of my photos from Alaska, I can now give you this lesson. (^_^)

1. Find a sufficiently deep section of snow, should be white and fluffy and at least a foot or more deep.

2. Stand in ready position.


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Racialicious has an interesting entry on "Stuff White People Do: Pose In Cowboy Drag," which is about the myth of the cowboy and how politicians use it to appeal to conservative white voters. A fair percentage of real cowboys from wild west history were actual black or Latin American, and worked as laborers. It's easy to forget that while watching ( Read more... )

Last night, I stared with confusion at my computer, wondering why the photos from my camera were not showing up on my screen. So I looked through my camera and found that all of my pictures and videos that I had taken in Vegas had mysteriously vanished. I don't know how it happened. Though I know I didn't delete them. All I know is that they're ( Read more... )

So, as I said in a previous post, my trip to Hawaii was most wonderful. I kayaked, snorkeled, watched the glow of the volcano at night, talked with local, ate fresh coconut, walked through Botanical Gardens, drove down empty desolate roads, swam into a sea cave, watched crabs crawl on the rocks, got sunburned, got lost, couldn't find my hotel ( ( Read more... )

On Saturday, my sister Nicole hosted the first ever event of the Slosh Ball League (which isn't really an official league per se, but a family/friend event). We gathered in a local park to play Slosh Ball, eat good food, and have an all around romping time. It was a good turnout with enough people to have 10-12 people per team.

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It's taken me forever, but I'm finally putting my post up on my trip to Ireland. I put up two previous posts, here and here.


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