So, I was going through some old Word files the other day when it hit me: I have no recollection of ever writing these words ( Read more... )

It's been well over a month since Celebration, so some of these thoughts may be incomplete or out of order, but I'll try to keep them in order as best as I can.

"Chewie..."I didn't have plans on staying overnight for Opening Ceremonies, but it probably would have been cool to have been In The Room (more on being "In The Room" later) when Oscar, ( Read more... )

So, my cousin's daughter's high school orchestra performed in Prague and Vienna this last Spring Break, and they put together a little travelogue/music video of their day's adventures. At one point they use Taylor Swift's "22" where there's a line that goes "let's dress-up and make fun of hipsters ( Read more... )

YY#70: Job requirement
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I was in Seattle last weekend and at one point Saturday morning I made a spontaneous trip to the Seattle Aquarium (hey, there was a line, I got in, I'm a Star Wars fan). And outside of the Finding Nemo flash-backs, the clown fish, the jellies, the enem- enam- enamies (or however they're spelled) there were otters! Sea-otters that looked like they ( Read more... )

Hainan Airlines had movies-on-demand for their passengers, and I watched six (three coming and three going) during the my flights. Here are my grades for these edited for flight/television versions of the following films.

Easy A: Likeable, but tried too hard to be something it wasn't. C+.

Life as We Know It: Not too terrible, just okay. Scores ( Read more... )

As some of you already know, I'm leaving for China tomorrow. I've been making a list of things I still need to do while at work today and it is getting kinda long!

There's been some slight controversy over my post ranking the Star Wars films from a few days ago, so I just want to clarify a couple of things. Granted, this list was made during a brief break in my workday, so I didn't think through it really hard, but I'm satisfied with the end result.

First, a reminder of the rankings:

1. A New Hope
2. The ( Read more... )

Do they really accept American money in China?