Friday, July 31, 2009

Home of the... Wait, what?

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The original Burger King.

Twisted

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Not on my diet.

Corny

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So much corn, so little butter.

Saturday, March 21, 2009

Fullness

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Birthday at Noble sushi. Not ours, though,

Saturday, February 28, 2009

Am I having fun yet?

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Trying to take off the weight I gained on my last diet.

Sunday, February 1, 2009

Dog!

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Which one is the dumb, hairy animal?

Sunday, November 30, 2008

Instant karma's gonna get you

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From a Fox News story:

300 Irate Chinese Taxi Drivers on Strike Smash Cars, Demand Crackdown on Unlicensed Cabs

Sunday, November 30, 2008


BEIJING — About 300 taxi drivers went on strike in a southern Chinese city, smashing cars and demanding a crackdown on unlicensed taxis in the latest protest against illegal taxi competition in China.

Hundreds of cab drivers gathered Saturday in front of government buildings in Chaozhou, a city in Guangdong province, said an official Sunday from the Chaozhou city government who would only give his surname, Chen.

More than 200 taxis were parked in front of the gate of a government office as drivers sought greater enforcement against unlicensed taxis, the official Xinhua News Agency reported.

Excuse me while I replace the batteries in my irony meter.


In the country notorious for unlicensed knock-offs and counterfeits of products invented and developed in the West, the country in which one can buy in open market stalls bootleg copies of software ranging from Adobe Photoshop, to Microsoft Office (costing hundreds of dollars), to expensive manufacturing and CAD/CAM software (costing tens of thousands of dollars), in the country which has refused to work with US and European patent, trademark, and copyright agents. . . cab drivers are rioting and destroying private property because they want their government to crack down on the unregistered cabs, which is estimated at approximately 5% of the current transportation force.

I'm just saying, you know?

Saturday, October 25, 2008

Multimedia message

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Eat

Tuesday, August 26, 2008

100 Things to Do Before You Die' Co-Author Dies at 47

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From Fox News:

Dave Freeman, co-author of "100 Things to Do Before You Die," a travel guide and ode to odd adventures that inspired readers and imitators, died after hitting his head in a fall at his home. He was 47.
Freeman died Aug. 17 after the fall at his Venice home, his father, Roy Freeman, told the Los Angeles Times on Monday.

An advertising agency executive, Freeman co-wrote the 1999 book subtitled "Travel Events You Just Can't Miss" with Neil Teplica. It was based on the Web site whatsgoingon.com, which the pair ran together from 1996 to 2001.

"This life is a short journey," the book says. "How can you make sure you fill it with the most fun and that you visit all the coolest places on earth before you pack those bags for the very last time?"

Freeman's relatives said he visited about half the places on his list before he died, and either he or Teplica had been to nearly all of them.