January desktop wallpaper calendar
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Here we are at the beginning of another year. Happy New Year everybody. Your
support and comments was highly appreciated throughout 2009. Now it’s time
to ...
Disgusting Word-formatted HTML and how to fix it
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In working on a new website for the MIT Working Papers in Linguistics, I
recently inherited a collection of HTML files with all of our books’
abstracts. To...
Another day, another dollar
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For everyone's information, I will be moving to the greater Washington DC
area in February.
Huzzah for full-time employment! If you're in the area and look...
The Tragic Side of Great Chocolate
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From the guide
Cotton Tree Chocolate (Front Street s of Texaco h8-noon, 1:30-5 m-f, 8-noon
sat) Hands down the best chocolate confections available in the ...
Links
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(Human breast milk soap on sale at Jingguo Boulevard in Taichung on Sunday)
- The future of body part replacement is going to be 'grow your own' or
...
The devouring chain
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Helplessness is devouring me: that very headache is the very evidence;
and I find myself, for the first time, able to devour an entire pack of
cigarette i...
2009 CPBL Draft Results.....
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THE FIRST 5 ROUNDS ONLY
Round 1:
1)En-Yu Lin (Elephants) - formerly with the Cobras/Eagles
2)Keng-Hao Chang (Bulls) - ex-HS star
3)Chu-Kuan Lee (Bears) - pl...
Vacation
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We had a great vacation! A few highlights:
1) Chris got his license, so no taxi ride to main station, lugging all our
luggage around, etc. He brought the v...
ChinChing Farm
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Gemma had a great vacation at ChinChing farm. She loved the animals, calling
the sheep her friends and naming them all. She loved following them around
and...
potentials not flaws for 2010
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We spend January 1 walking through our lives, room by room, drawing up a
list of work to be done, cracks to be patched. Maybe this year, to balance
the lis...
with swallows fly
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Hate that I jump to conclusions and act impulsively...makes me put my foot
in my mouth and do completely different things what I would have liked to
do... ...
In the news
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Mariko Katō of the Japan Times ジャパンタイムズ looks at the different approaches
taken by the Ma Ying-jeou (Ba Eikyū) 馬英九 administration towards China and
Japan i...
Chistmas '09
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Christmas has come and gone and I am determined to get a blog post up before
New Year..so here goes a quick round up of our Christmas. Dylan helped me
bake...
Trainer (100 mins)
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On my training schedule today- 2 and a half hours of endurance ride. The
ground was wet when I got up before 6 this morning so I decided to work on
my high...
Exploding the orbit
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Does weed cause hemroids? Bc it feels like it activates huiyin a lot
mayb bc it's coursing the ren and du channels.
How to do this without weed?
Qi gong a...
End of a decade?!?
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This is only the second holiday season I've spent in Taiwan (I spent two
visiting home), and even though I don't celebrate them, it's weird to not
have tha...
China mulls permanent overseas base
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Yin Zhuo, an admiral and senior researcher at the Chinese Navy’s Equipment
Research Center, said today that China needs a permanent naval base overseas
to ...
muumuuhouse.com
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As I spend more free time writing, I have also devoted more time to studying
contemporary writing.
(This is all cutting into my special TV time with Beau ...
THE Glorious Impossible
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This is a blog post from TheBellSite .com
This is a blog post from TheBellSite .com One more before Christmas is a
memory. Sorry. I’m a little late to the...
hong kong trip 2009 - part 2
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continuing with our trip to hong kong earlier this month.....
[image: hong kong trip 2009]
we spent our entire second day inside the disneyland theme park....
Some Lists for 2009?
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Okay, so I gave in - I wrote up my own list of 2009 tv, more as a follow up
to last year’s list. This list has also been posted in the comments section
of ...
Amazon Kindle
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I bought an Amazon Kindle (6 inch display , global wireless) and paid
USD$26.97 for international priority shipping via UPS. According to the
shipping and ...
Pastebot
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Pastebot is a powerful clipboard manager that stores text & images copied from your iPhone/iPod Touch. Organize, apply filters to, and copy clippings...
A ballsy call
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I got a call the other day. The woman on the line said that she was from the
Xindian police department, and that my home number had been connected to a
cel...
Beichatian mountain II
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Beichatian is in my opinion one of the best days hikes you can do in the
north of Taiwan. It’s high, 1700m+, and a tough hike, especially if the
weather is...
Man Carries 100's of Sweaters on Scooter
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Yes, this man is carrying a lot of sweaters on his scooter. This is on
Highway 19 North of Tainan, Taiwan. In case you were wondering, I had to
brighten up...
Tribes buy back America--acres at a time FROM MSNBC
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"Native American tribes tired of waiting for the U.S. government to honor
centuries-old treaties are buying back land where their ancestors lived and
put...
Fragment 1230
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*Pushkin is here quoting from Kuchelbecker’s article ‘Of the trend of our
poetry’, published in …1824.*
Tatiana Wolf *Pushkin on Literature*
Kuchelbecker...
Second Maple Fall Wu-Wo Tea Ceremony 第二届 枫林之夜无我茶会
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Prepared by the 2009 Specialized English for Tea class, Department of Tea
Culture, Tenfu Tea College.
Nov. 22, 2009 the "Second Maple Fall Wu-Wo Tea Ceremo...
Home sweet home
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We're home and having a great time with friends and family! Here are some of
our pictures so far:
We hope everyone is having a wonderful holiday seaso...
Christmas 2009 Activities
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Well, the 2009 Christmas season has come, and is almost gone. Here is a
summary of what the holidays held for us as a family this year:
- *No H1N1*. Wel...
Where is your heart at?
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As 2009 is drawing near the end, this is a good question to ask ourselves
and our leader in time of Taiwan's difficulties such as this year's natural
disas...
The digital gap
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There is a big gap between the analog and the digital world. Imagine I would
want to buy a copy of the DER SPIEGEL magazine in the outskirts of Taipei in
T...
Tweet! Tweet!
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14:18 Maybe old news, but I just noticed. There’s now a Baskin Robbins in
Breeze Center. B2 level inside Dean & Deluca. # Automatically shipped by
LoudTwitter
My Life will be easy!!!!
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Well is almost end of the year, just few hours, .... 2 days more .. to
finish this year and it will be .... 2010 ..
I still don't have any goal or new year ...
Summary of Fili’s World blog – year 2009
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[image: Summary of Fili’s World year 2009] 2009 is about to close, 2010
awaits. For those interested, here are a few stats about Fili’s World – the
blog- f...
Yoho Kids Hotel (Kenting)
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If you have kids and want a fun place to take them, Yoho Kids Hotel is worth
considering. Actually, despite it’s name, it’s more of a resort than a
hotel, ...
Favorite Posts of 2009
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With 2009 coming to a close I thought I would take a moment to highlight
some of my favorite posts [in no particular order]: Growing up a short drive
from ...
Jasmin's Baptism
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Sunday, December 27, 2009 11:32 PM
This week has been fine, not a whole lot to update on. This week has not
exactly been the most productive and we have...
Whitney Dilley’s new book about Ang Lee’s work
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In 2007, Shihhsin University English Professor Whitney Dilley published a
book about Taiwanese director Ang Lee’s work. The book is entitled “The
Cinema ...
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I am teaching 霖霖 how to shoot. He is learning quickly. We were winding down, his last batch of arrows. Just before he shot the last arrow, I noticed that his...
In the Heat of the Sun (陽光燦爛的日子)
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*In the Heat of the Sun [Yangguang canlan de rizi, 陽光燦爛的日子]. Dir. JIANG Wen
[姜文]. Perf. XIA Yu [夏雨], NING Jing [宁静]. China Film/Dragon: 1994.*
EVENTS
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December 26, 2009-
The day after Chen Yunlin's return to China, Far Sight Magazine's national
survey (遠見民調) asks Taiwan's view on the *Trustworthiness, Rel...
Christmas on Hohuanshan
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Yes, the season to be jolly, and preferably cold. With the winter failing to
arrive (again) we decided to trek up the hills to find some cool air, since
th...
It's just a house
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Near the end of the movie Up, Mr. Fredericksen says, "It's just a house" as
he watches his balloon laden house float away. Fredericksen was held captive
by...
Placement marketing and the 2009 Taipei Deaflympics
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Placement marketing is the practice where advertisements are passed off as
news. Such a strategy would mislead the public and weaken the media’s
position t...
What to do? (Texas, not Taiwan)
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I'm starting to think that if I had a real job here (as opposed to the bartending job and internships that I had before I left) then I could be really happy ...
Boston YPG Cape No. 7 Screening
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Kick off your new year’s resolution to help Taiwan! Join us for a screening of the movie Cape No. 7 (海角七號), a block-buster hit in Taiwan last year. We...
Photos of Historic Taiwan
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Historic photographs along with a theme song from the I-Lan International
Children's Folklore and Folkgame Festival. The KMT county magistrate
discontinue...
Happy (Western) New Year to All!
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I just want to wish everyone a very happy and successful new year. I am
especially thankful for all the friends I've met by way of this blog during
the pa...
The Painted Village
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The day after Christmas, Kayt and I set out to find a village I had been
hearing a lot about. Of course, anytime we set out on a photo adventure we
always ...
Christmas on the Coast
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After a busy week with family, the relatives all shipped out today. I've
been slacking on the blog front due in part to the festivities, but mostly
because...
Salta
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So since I arrived in Salta at night, we just went to the hostel and went to
bed. I forgot to take pictures of our hostel, but it was nice. Even though
our...
Sounds of 2010
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Daisy Dares You
Sixteen-year-old Daisy Coburn makes bubblegum punk, teen pop about
friendship and families and fancying boys. Although this could be another...
Taiwan vs Korea A definitiveish ESL guide photos
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Four months in OK so i'm not going to bitch on about being skint and not
working enough not too much anyway as while it may still be true it's
certainly no...
Family Adventure 12/27/09
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We didn’t wake up too early to begin this wonderful day. Our family ate our
breakfast leisurely, packed a backback and got on our motor scooters. We
headed...
2010 Taipei International Auto Show
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Photos by MJ Klein Hui-chen and I got up at 05:45 on Saturday to meet friend
and blogger Andre and Karen for a movie and then the auto show. The movie
was ...
Camera shopping
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Going shopping! I no longer have Michael's SLR to borrow "indefinitely" and
weasel my way out of fixing when I break something. The dummy
point-and-shoot I...
2009 Christmas Show
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Queenie and Charlene - Christmas 2009On Sunday, 20 December 2009, we all went to the Ta An Presbytarian Church to watch our beautiful nieces, Rochelle and Ch...
AVATAR
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*Please go to watch this incredible movie if you haven't seen it.*
[image: 阿凡達影評]
[image: 阿凡達影評]
**
*Leona Lewis - I See You (Theme from Avata...
English Club Christmas party and friends
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Vietnamese students, American family who was visiting us, and Michael and meNPUST friends and meEnglish Club Christmas party
Ice Skating
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As you can see, I went ice skating today at the Taipei Ice Arena with the
boy and some friends. And as you can see, we had a great time even though we
had ...
Mistaken Identity
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Yeah, yeah, I know- all white guys look the same.
My students and many people I have met in Taiwan and Korea all seem to have
the same compulsion: to tel...
Taiwanese players in China
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[image: SN02_001] [image: SN02_002]
(Chen Hsin-an, left and Lin Chih-chieh, source: Apple Daily)
According to *Apple Daily*, stats of five Taiwanese play...
Leaving our Beach Paradise
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After almost a full week of relaxing and recovering here on the beautiful
island of Ko Lanta, it is time for Nick and I to head out in search of new
advent...
2010 Aviation Open House Schedule
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2010/06/12（Sat）Lungtan Army Aviation Base 桃園龍潭營區 2010/06/12（Sat）Ching Chuang
Kang AFB 台中清泉崗空軍基地 2010/06/29（Sat）Hualien AFB 花蓮空軍基地 2010/11/13（Sat）Hsinshe
Ar...
Using Gunpowder to Color the Sky
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[ 有在看煙火的感覺 ]
Cai Guo Qiang - Hanging in the Museum 蔡國強 泡美術館
Known for his explosive art and his participation in the design for the
fireworks for the Be...
Ethiopia travels part 1
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Rock-hewn churches of Tigray and the amazing journeys getting there
Wenchi crater..
Lake Tana
Blue Nile Falls
Lalibela...
...
Musings On New Year's Resolutions
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Dinner and resolution setting with friends tonight - it was a productive and thoughtful evening, and a reflective end to a pretty full Christmas weekend. It'...
New Year Resolution
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After spending 10 Christmas with the same person for all these years, now I
know the feeling that the one is not there for you. But what really struck
me t...
Merry Christmas (Again), My Update on my activities.
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For everyone on the planet, Merry Christmas!
We had a low key Christmas at home. I am proud to say we spent no money on
decorations or frippery, but we di...
So this is Christmas...
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Post-Christmas thought: What just happened?
In surreal, dream-sequence fashion, Christmas came and left, just as all of
the other days here. All around Tai...
The Conclusion of Christmas Activities
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[image: IMG_3637 (Large)]
[image: 100-0010_IMG]Christmas Eve and Christmas Day we distributed a little
over 600 bags of candy and literature as we carole...
Don't get fatigued...
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It seems like those who are after power and money never get fatigued in
their pursuit of it. But those trying to defend their freedom and democratic
rig...
Scraps from the journothropologist's notebook
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*First in what could be a one-part series*
*Photojournothropologist stalks Taiwanese holidaymakers.*
Secular Taiwan is really into Christmas this year, a fo...
Nikko 1
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As a stopover on the way back to the States for Christmas, we stopped in
Japan for the weekend. It was my second substantial visit to Japan and the
Tokyo a...
Open-Minded? Or Just Different Values?
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One of the really fun things about living in Taiwan is to find bizarrely
contradictory attitudes towards various issues that you might think would be
taboo...
To Christmas Retailers
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It's Christmas time and I would like to let all those companies (that market
their product as something that I can not live without at Christmas, and if
I ...
Merry Christmas!!!
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We have enjoyed our Christmas here in the States. On Christmas Eve we went
to Keith's Dad and step mom's house in Southern Pines. Today, Christmas Day, ...
Happy Holidays
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Over the years, it has become an unanimous family tradition. In celebration of the holiday season, we resurrect Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer shortly before...
The cake is a lie (totally not mine)
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Is it cheating if I post something that I didn't make? Well honestly I don't
really care. My buddy Chris baked this for Christmas eve last night and when
h...
my kitchen: christmas cookies
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When a friend asked me if I wanted to make Christmas cookies together, I
jumped at the chance. I always wanted to, but never was motivated enough to
do i...
Meowy Chrissmouse, meow meow meow!
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[image: Meowy Chrissmouse!]
Here is the sweet little Santa hat and scarf my Mom sent Taroko George, her
grandcat. Isn't it cute? Unfortunately, he started...
Snake Talks in Schools: Media Update
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The media are taking note. Two cable news stations have reported so far, one
more to come tomorrow, and the second-largest newspaper ran a piece on my
snak...
Christmas in Taiwan
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My friend Carrie Kellenberger, who runs the insightful travel and culture
blog My Several Worlds http://www.myseveralworlds.com/ gave me this bar of
choco...
Merry Christmas! Sheng Dan Jie Kuai Le!
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Merry Christmas! Sheng4 Dan4 Jie2 Kuai4 Le4! 聖誕節快樂!
Most of us in Taiwan didn't grow up celebrating Sheng4Dan4 Jie2(聖誕節) but we
learned to celebrate it a...
Christmas Food Fair at Mitsukoshi
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Last Sunday afternoon after church, I took my family to Shin Kong Mitsukoshi
in Xinyi shopping area for snack time... and some Christmas spirit
atmosphere ...
聖誕快樂! (sheng dàn kuài le)
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Merry Christmas! I truly have a great life and this is truly a great
Christmas. Here’s our house, all decked out. Yesterday two packages arrived.
One from ...
Charlotte Mason Nature Study
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For a while now I have wanted to implement a nature study into our
homeschool curriculum.
Why study nature? I am read a devotional with my children (Leadin...
Chinese Study on the iPhone and iPod Touch
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There are some great Chinese study apps out there on the iTunes store! For
anyone with an iPhone, or iPod Touch, there are enough apps available to
outclas...
News
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This Guan Jiang Shou from HsinYing was kind enough to move into the light
and give me a nice pose. I have re-organized this blog in the hopes of
making it ...
Google Translate and rōmaji
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The following is a guest post by Professor J. Marshall Unger of the Ohio
State University’s Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures. The
challen...
Midwinter: an excuse to eat sweet dumplings!
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Has it really come to that? Are we really looking for excuses to eat
something? If the answer is yes, then today (Dec. 22, 2009) is the perfect
day for yo...
China Is Not Welcome in Naples, Italy
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An interesting picture, taken in Naples, Italy: Photo REUTERS The purpose of
the sign is to inform shoppers that no item was made in China… Beside, look
at...
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Fark's Headline of the Year ContestMy favorite:Adolf Hitler's family won't see any money from the sale of his paintings, since their past efforts raised a li...
Goings Ons...
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Well! It's been a REALLY LONG TIME since I've "blogged"! I'm SO SORRY!
Somehow other things just always seem more important to do than blogging. :)
Most of...
HttpListener Proxy
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Just in case you find a use for some web proxy code...
I wrote a HttpListener proxy based on the HttpListener MSDN docs, and the
web request code I di...
Yushan open ...and Snow West Ridge!
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Some pre-Christmas good news.
The dry weather has been good for roads being reopened. See
http://aftermorakot.blogspot.com/ for more.
Yushan's Main Peak i...
better 6 month picture!
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I wanted to post a picture or my 6 month mark that wasn't with my make up
worn off and me half asleep at 11pm. So here it is! This was right after
church C...
Winners of the blog awards
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The winners of the 2009 Taiwan blog awards have been announced at
Taiwanderful. Special congratulations to A Hungry Girl’s Guide to Taipei for
winning the ...
Twas The Night Before Christmas (Remix)
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I reworked this classic poem and shared it at our Christmas service last
night:
Twas the night before Christmas and all through Taipei,
Every office was sti...
Sunday December 20th, 2009
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The video above is of my level one class. Each class was required to do a
Christmas video this year for the holidays. I am in the video but tried to
hid...
Back to Taichung: Parts 1 & 2
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My buddy FF came back and made some more videos. Here are parts 1 and 2.
More foul language in these two so be warned!
Part 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch...
And... She does it again!
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Apparently our kids think we should be on a first-name basis with the ER
staff at the hospital...
Anaya has just been in for her 3rd set of stitches on he...
Please Don’t Beat Me, Sir!
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We have a new name for the film, it used to be called, ‘Hooch and Hamlet in
Chharanagar,’ now its called ‘Please Don’t Beat Me, Sir!’ Kerim redid
thewebsit...
Please Don’t Beat Me, Sir!
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We are happy to finally be able to share the trailer for our new film,
Please Don’t Beat Me, Sir! See our website for more info.
Ten Years On/In Taiwan
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When I left Indianapolis a solid DECADE ago today, it was my intention to
stay here for two years, complete two contracts at a chain school, take as
my sec...
Aussies go ballistic
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Now, if only just 1% of this talent would rub off on me I'd be a happy man!
''I was looking at Mick [Fanning],'' Taj Burrow said. ''And Mick was looking
a...
Behind the Scenes of Shanghai's Express Deliveries
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I always sort of wondered what those people were doing hanging out near the
turnstiles on the Shanghai subway. Now someone actually went through the
proc...
CA vs. TX on Environmental Issue...
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Water:
A national research and lobbying group has ranked Sacramento's tap water as
the best inCalifornia and 18th-best in the nation.
Taking first place w...
LENS TEST (SONY A350 DSLR with Nikkor 55mm MICRO)
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Last time I talked about how I brought grand father's old Nikon lenses back to alive. Now comes the real test. There are some interesting findings with Son...
Experimenting with meishi
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名刺 or "Meishi"
*"Business card" in Japanese*
Whew I've been writing a whole lot more ever since my Chinese homework
needed to be typed.
Over the last 2 ye...
Borneo
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"Borneo"
I have always liked the name of the place, associating it with adventure and
danger, with Tintin and mysterious happenings in the jungle. Right ...
Stewart the Wonder Dog
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I have a new Dog! He is Stewart the Wonder Dog! He is a young Shiba Inu pup.
He was rescued off the streets of Kaohsiung by a volunteer group called
BARK....
REGGAE VIBES with Black Reign Intl sound: 1.2.2010
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REGGAE VIBES with Black Reign Intl sound Taiwan’s premier Reggae party rolls
up to 89k. We’re going to pass the dutchie all the way to the left hand side
a...
New Location for Next Week's (12/20) Game
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(click for larger picture)
The organizers of the league needed to change the venue for next week's game
due to a scheduling problem at the other venue. *T...
2009 Resolutions and 2010
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These were my resolutions for 2009...
My resolutions for 2009:
1. Chinese classes at a university!!!
2. New apartment with comfy furniture
3. Save up for my...
Hanzi Milestone: 1000
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I finally broke the 1000 mark on my Hanzi Flashcards on Friday. Feels good,
yet I’ve got a long way to go.
I officially started studying Hanzi on Feb. 9 ...
Cake Cookies 12.12.09
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I only believe it's cheating if I don't own up to the fact that they are
"cake" cookies. They are! So I have nothing to be ashamed of. A regular box
of ...
The Chiao-tao trip 2009
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After one day city explornation in Kaohsiung, I met my parents at our family
house in Chiao tao where my father grew up. The uncle Frank still lived
there...
J.Y. Interpretation 668
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On December 11, 2009, the Justices of the Constitutional Court issued J.Y. Interpretation 668. It asks:繼承開始於繼承編施行前，而得選定繼承人者，僅限施行前選定？民法繼承編施行法第八條規定：「繼承開始在民法繼承...
Noah's Ark
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It's more than a month since my last post, whatever happened to November?
Good thing is I finally finished the Noah's Ark. It might need some more
quilting...
Deceptive isolation
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I read an extremely depressing article via *Adbusters* today:
*Consumer and cultural critic Mariko Fujiwara believes that one of the most
dangerous deceptio...
Eric
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I am here with Eric now and he has a few words to say. "What? I don't know.
Are you a pig? Are you a handsome boy? That's it."
Interesting.
Mark
Around Cheng Da
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Sorry I’ve been a hideous blog mistress when it comes to updating. My
trusty laptop Fawkes-Buckbeak fell prey to the black screen of death and
since then ...
With an Oink Oink here...
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So, it's official. My kids had swine flu. It was pretty awful--high
temperatures, being barfed on in the middle of the night....5 times...--but
it wasn't l...
WAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!!
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*i just weighed myself this morning and am back to 64KGS!!!! Kept scratching
my head and then it HIT me - these are the reasons why!!! and these are just
t...
i’m a think’n..
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I know you get asked lots of questions by people like me who are nosy. What
is the most frequently asked question and what do you tell them? The most
commo...
Scooter Hell
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It’s beginning the feel a lot like…winter. Today was 18 degrees and also the
first day I wore long johns. Strange, that. The weather in Taipei has been
tha...
Three Questions for Conductors over Dumplings
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Wherever conductors gather you can expect shoptalk. That was the case
recently when Apo Hsu and her NTNU conducting class took visiting conductor
Mark Gibs...
Please update your RSS feeds
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I've migrated catherinedaigle.com to wordpress and as a result it is no
longer writing to the rss.xml file. If you are currently subscribed using
this file...
No Helmet bike fines
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Here we go, fines coming for bikers for no helmets... here
In many countries such as the Netherlands, bikers still think that helmets
should be optional....
Ed Stetzer and Lifeway Research in Taiwan
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Ed Stetzer and the Lifeway Research team visited Taiwan a few months ago to
ask questions and observe the religious climate of the island. He explains
the...
Microsoft is the worst online service ever
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I can understand Microsoft's strategy to compete with Google, but forcing
hotmail users to use Bing is just rediculous and unreasonable.
Maybe I am making...
Ultrasound Update
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Here's little Jonathan on the ultrasound at almost 24 weeks. It could be
that only my family is interested in this, but I wanted to find some way for
them ...
Strategic Shifts in Taiwan's Tech Industry
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A recent article on Business Week highlights that while the tech industry in
Taiwan is still doing well with increased demands from China, many of the
ma...
Temple Opening Ceremony
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It's a rare opportunity indeed to witness the opening ceremony of a major
temple: the ceremony in which the temple god is officially moved in.
Robert and I...
Rock-climbing near Hutoupi
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It has become a tradition for us that Thursday night is rock-climbing night.
I teach an extra class in the evening after my regular teaching is over on
Thu...
I've moved!
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The new blog is more or less up to date (I still haven't moved the links,
pics, vids, or comments, but the text is there).
So, this blog is done. :)
Aga...
Books!
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today while i was out shooting the latest BHF challenge i stopped by one of
the used bookstores that stocks used english books. i was hoping they’d have
a ...
First President!
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So if in 100 years' time Europe is a single unified country and a major
world superpower, are European kids going to learn in school that Herman Van
Rompuy...
Natural Jianshi Hot Spring (part 2)
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There are two small, shallow pools under cover and a deck of sorts where I
have seen people taking a nap.
Being Taiwan people normally enjoy the water w...
Hot and steamy!
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On the way to school this morning you turned with a very serious look on
your face and asked
"Mummy, do you have a lot of steam coming out of your hot thing...
Free TOP speaking test
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If you are a Mandarin scholarship student, you may be interested in the free
speaking pilot test offered by the Steering Committee for the Test Of
Proficie...
American Chamber of Commerce Ball 2009
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On Nov 14, we attended American Chamber of Commerce's formal ball. This
year's theme was "The Great Gatsby" and very well organized with cocktail
hour, lot...
apricot chicken delight
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The first half of this semester was hard. Weird schedule, lots of new
pressures and responsibilities, and a lack of energy. Unfortunately lack of
energy i...
Two years of great change
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Just wanted to say that these two years have seen dramatic changes in my life, and 2010 is poised to boost that trend even a bit more. I'll post more later o...
Housing going crazy all across East Asia.
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Quick Asian housing news round up: In Korea… “SEOUL, Nov 4 (Reuters) –
Housing prices across South Korea will rise in 2010 for a sixth consecutive
year and...
EFL Game: Behind Your back
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Before the game starts, show the class the series of flashcards you intend
to use. Give descriptions for each one. Have one child at a time come up to
the ...
The pipe pups need your help!
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Down by the river park in Muzha, southern Taipei, I found a border collie
mix and her six pups running around the grass two Sundays ago. The pups were
ful...
it was hazy last night
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Weather has been struggling to get cooler here in Taiwan. It was much cooler
last weekend this time but then it is back to being sunny and hot past
couple ...
Putting on the costume!
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Therefore, as God's chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves
with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience.
Colossians 3:12
R...
The Grand Reopening!
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From that fateful day when stinking bits of slime first crawled from the sea
and shouted to the cold stars, "I am man!", our greatest dread has always
been...
Bike trip to 宇老 (Yu lao)
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Today a few people from work decided to try their luck and go up to 宇老 (Yu
lao) starting from 內灣 (Nei wan), which is about a 1,200 meter climb on a
littl...
Mingchih (Yilan County)
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First post for a very long time. There's not been so much to report in the
last few weeks.
At the weekend, as it was our birthdays, we took a trip to Mingc...
Day 513
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This is my little bro when he was like 3 or 4?
My God he was the cutest kid in the whole world!! But now.. he is a 19 years
old boy in law school...
The...
the real reason for evil in taiwan
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it is because they worship a female deity. either in the form of the Taoist
gwan ying or ma dzu OR the buddhist version of pu sah. in either way, the
worsh...
Taiwan Immigration Update II
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Some news on that front. Eventually I received my Marital Status certificate
and my Police Clearance certificate and put both through their paces by
having...
Bulk Upload
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Sorry it's been so long since the last post. Time keeps getting away from
me.
It's been three long but good weeks. A few weekends ago we found a little
bar...
Politics and Economics: Still Kept Miles Apart in PRC
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Been meaning to link to this brief (but eye-opening) note on management's decision to light up the Empire State Building to celebrate the founding of Communi...
Being bilingual
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The past few weeks have seen Kyle show me how bilingual he is. First of
all, he has started reading English by himself. He has pretty much
mastered Dr. ...
Some More Summer Photos
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Not far from Valentine is Smith Falls State Park, complete with the tallest
waterfall in Nebraska. Wow, who knew the flat state of Nebraska had such a
grea...
Green Card
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Tomorrow’s the interview. Wish us luck. Will probably do a post about the
experience at some point. Been busy, as you can probably tell. Like the
post? Sha...
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A few more pictures of our happenings. Zach turned 25, so it only seemed
appropriate to have a pirate birthday party. We ate yummy food, played
guesstures ...
Living in Harmony (Part 2)
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This continuation of my last post is pretty much word-for-word what Barry
Henning preached at NCF in Saint Louis last June 2008. I'm not taking any
credit ...
Blog is moving: http://helensaar.com
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[image: ajaveen]
The blog is moving to:
http://helensaar.com
All the old posts from both Estonian and English blog have been moved there
already, so...
Back for August
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Wow, I have been slacking with my updates. I began to make this blog back in
October, but have only just gotten round to publishing it now (December!)
Ther...
SIN...
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These past few days have been pretty tough. It started Wednesday of this week. I was driving home, having a great conversation with a friend about how thankf...
Experts note Taiwan's lack of porridge
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In international news, the TBS and CTS news networks are reporting on the
grits-eating competition held in Bossier City, Louisiana last month. Reports
tran...
Happy Farm
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People in Taiwan are highly addicted to Happy Farm now. Media hype should take the blame for it. As for me, I think it is such a good idea using Facebook to ...
Storms, viruses, and Taiwanese language
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I've been back a few weeks now, and the weather is finally starting to get
cooler. That means a bunch of low-pressure cold fronts (read: wind and rain)
whi...
Another First!
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Franklin's a good kid & lots of fun to hang out with on the weekends. He's
learning how to read now and can pick out words in books that he hasn't
memorize...
coincidenceless
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i did it. i changed over to a new blog. i couldn't post at blonde in taiwan
forever. especially while i'm in DC.
now you can go see me at coincidenceless.. ...
September '09
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It's beginning to feel a lot like fall! Actually tomorrow is the first
official day of fall, and for that I am excited.
Here's the update on life with J...
Vicky Cristina Barcelona got to me.
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Vicky Cristina Barcelona is a film made of gorgeous looking people, shot at
charming Spanish country. Scarlett Johansson playing Cristina was convincing
as...
Plato vs. Grand Theft Auto
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Delightful! Someone wrote Hellenic philosophy fan-fiction of Plato and
Aristotle discussing Grand Theft Auto: here
Summary of the article -- art and theath...
More strange satellites over the airport
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Here are some more satellite/ufo images that are still hovering over the
airport.
If you click on them and can zoom in, you can see the red and g...
"Car Free, Very 'Jin'"
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To further manifest its committment to green transportation, the Taipei City Department of Transportation is arranging a car free day event for the eighth co...
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I love fashion and I love the New York Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week- the
glamor, the lights, and the music and energy of live runway shows at the
Bryant Park...
Broadcasting Worldwide on Sunday Night
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I am back in Taiwan now after being gone for almost a month back the USA. I was back there just in time to watch my 89 year old grandmother pass away after ...
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It's amazing it's September already, life has just flown by at turbo speed.
We don't have much of a ministry update for you at this time. We are in the
pr...
SICK - yech!
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Been out sick for four days and I do not deal well with this. It is hard to
do work from home due to lack of focus and being sick. It is hard not to do
any...
Aug 30, Baguashan, Changhua
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Having lived in Changhua City for three years, and having become used to the
hustle and bustle that is Changhua, I often used to go up Baguashan for a
Road trip to Vancouver Island August 2009
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On August 1 we hopped into our van and embarked on our summer holiday: A road trip from Calgary to Vancouver Island and back. We stopped in the Okanagan vall...
1st day of school
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Today was Ben's first day of school in Taiwan. I had a very difficult time
sleeping last night, spending countless hours wondering if moving to Taiwan
woul...
Sunday, April 05, 2009
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*Quote of the Day*
Me: "Do you know why Jesus was nailed to the cross?"
Seven year old: "So he wouldn't fall off."
*On another note...*
I just finished...
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