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Ozymandias

“Look on my works, ye mighty and despair.”  Or, if Shelley isn’t your thing, insert a relevant Siouxie Sioux lyric instead.  Because I’m certainly not here to tell you how to run your life. I took an hour long public … Continue reading

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Ooo

Advenure Time had a booth!  A BMO kiosk… …plus a Jake entrance… …and, um, a Jake exit. 

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Chan

My feelings about Jackie Chan are well known.  About a decade ago, he dropped by the DreamWorks campus.  I saw him from afar and it was one of the rare, rare occasions living in L.A. that I was actually starstruck. … Continue reading

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Puzzle

On Saturday, went to the Mr. X Mystery House with some friends from work.  You’re locked in a room and have an hour to solve a series of puzzles to find a way out.  (You may have seen something similar … Continue reading

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Gatsby

See that green light?  Beckoning to me like I’m Jay Gatsby?  Well, it hasn’t been on since 1 December 2014 when I packed up my apartment back in Pasadena.  After many, many setbacks, I finally have my Apple Time Capsule back … Continue reading

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Epithet

In Chinese, 这个 (zhège) means “this” and 那个 (nàgè) means “that”.  Interestingly, 那个 is also what the Chinese use instead of “um” or “uh” when speaking.  (This sprinkling of meaningless pause syllables in verbal communication is known as speech disfluency, in … Continue reading

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Cryptanalysis

CCTV are the state-run television channels here in China.  Because of the Mandarin/Cantonese split I’ve discussed, they are always subtitled in Simplified Chinese.  I watch quite a bit of CCTV9 because it’s the documentary network. I’ve watched documentaries on… The … Continue reading

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