Monthly Archives: June 2010

Upgrading to MT5

I’ve been contemplating jumping ship to WordPress for quite a while now, but I just haven’t had the time or motivation. So what I’ve decided to do is spend a day upgrading to Movable Type 5 instead… If MT5 gives … Continue reading

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all terrain armored transport

I had one, but I guess it didn’t survive the rigorous explosive testing all my toys volunteered for.

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Dharma of the Day 6/29/1010

In-class: “If you have an afro and I have an afro, it’s perhaps reasonable to expect me to help you out of hairdo camaraderie, but it’s unreasonable to expect the same just because we both have short hair.”

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Max and Uncle Adam

They bear a striking resemblance to each other. And that’s cousin Ty doing the Sweeping Crane staff technique in the background.

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headlights go by

Mina and I are sitting in our house with all the lights off, watching headlights go by. It’s funny how in your own house, darkness and shadows can be so wonderful.

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Oral candidiasis (oral thrush)

Mina’s got it, but we caught it early. The new nanny had seen it before and told us to get it checked out- yay for us finding an experienced nanny. The pediatrician started Mina on an oral course of nystatin; … Continue reading

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Mina is cute, Daddy is tired

I’m finally getting around to seeing some of our photos from the states. @Zoomars petting zoo in San Juan Capistrano, where Max rode a pony!

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Truffle Shuffle update

You would never guess what Chunk looks like these days: LINK Update: This is more like what I’d expected: LINK

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In class just now…

…a student just told me I forgot to set my Gmail Talk status to “teaching.” Thanks for that. FYI, I hardly ever turn on Skype anymore and gave up using all other forms of chat. Google wins.

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Coupla quick links 6/19/10

Anthony Bourdain: My war on fast food An edited extract from his new book; the gist is that he hates fast food almost as much as he once loved cocaine, but his writing is entertaining as always. You can probably … Continue reading

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ESL Lesson of the day – Son of of Bitch (i.e., Son of Bitch)

This video of a Korean English teacher explaining choice bits of slang and expletives had me snorting with laughter: My favorite ESL-related clip of all time, though, is Harold Ramis’s opening scene in Stripes (I can’t believe it’s almost 30 … Continue reading

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nod

Max stared at this almost as long as I did.

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Max is staying home from school

…all this week so we can knock out this deep cough he’s had for a couple weeks, in addition to some eye infection we’re keeping check with eye drops… It seems that nursery school is just an incubator for germs, … Continue reading

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Google Talk Plugin Crash – Windows 7 Home Premium

I bought an ASUS UL30A laptop when we were in the states to replace my trusty, crusty old Dell Latitude x300 that lasted for seven whole years and still wouldn’t quit. I decided on the X5 variant because it was … Continue reading

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The Newspaper equivalent of the Wilhelm Scream

Check it out here and here. This, of course, is the Wilhelm Scream:

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The Making of Ulan

That’s what happens when it gets too tiresome to write about what really happened.

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Ulan

The other day, I was dozing off in the pre-dawn glow coming through the French windows in our living room when I suddenly remembered something that happened on the flight back: Having survived the thirteen hour leg from Bangkok to … Continue reading

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Snail curry

I just came back from lunch with a bag of (aquatic) snail curry that I accidentally ordered at a new restaurant located just behind our campus. It looked like an appetizing fish or chicken curry under the glass when, but … Continue reading

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Sticky Rice as Mortar Strengthener

This should make the builders in our area very happy: How ancient China was built on sticky rice, literally

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Half-hour improvement

The baby titans awoke at 4:00 this morning. They’re cute as hell when they wake up smiling, but I’d rather be sleeping… In other news, I’ve almost caught up with my email backlog.

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