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Twitter

2009-12-26T03:51:51Z

I started experimenting with Twitter. So far, I don't like it. I don't get it that people want to broadcast stuff about themselves all the time. Time spent on talking about yourself is time NOT spent on contemplating on matters that's not, for...

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QotD: Kissing under the Mistletoe

2009-12-23T09:53:22Z

If you could kiss anyone under the mistletoe, who would it be? I'm not going to tell you!!

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Quote of the week

2009-12-22T09:41:00Z

"I love it that I'm the dream girl for geeks. That means smart men like me." Milla Jovovich

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Let's be honest; we are really in in for ourselves, not for the Earth

2009-12-18T14:15:17Z

Don't get me wrong; I do think global warming is real, humankind is causing this change to the environment, and the whole change is a huge problem for every humankind on this planet. I think people who want to deny global warming and environmental...

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New York Hell Sonic Ballet

2009-12-16T15:30:14Z

A Japanese jazz sax player Naruyoshi Kikuchi has this band called "Pepe Tormento Azucarar", and their album "New York Hell Sonic Ballet" is the craziest thing I've heard in quite a while. It's got a kind of club jazz, more old-school jazz element,...

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Cheapo luxury cars

2009-12-14T13:21:46Z

Did you know you can buy Alfa Romeo at 3 million JPY? (About 30K USD)? They have a kind of "entry model" nowadays. Actually, I saw a BMW advert with a model in the same price range. It surely is a lot of money, but compared to the price rage their...

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I may have a potential stalker problem

2009-12-12T10:01:34Z

Good thing my built-in psycho detector is working properly:-)

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Quote of the week

2009-12-08T15:29:27Z

"The most elusive chimera that the CIA persued, with the encouragement of the ISI, was that "moderate" Taliban Pashtuns would rise to denounce Mullah Omar, hand over bin Laden to the Americans, and join a new coalition government in Kabul. ... the...

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All the technology is making me dumb - and shallow

2009-12-06T09:47:04Z

Seriously. Maybe I should take a "no high-tech stuff weekend" every month. I should be spending more time on reading books, sitting quietly and contemplating on things, listening to music, enjoying a slow meal with people, and generally taking a b...

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Tokyo Hostess Labor Union

2009-12-03T16:08:06Z

No, it's not the title of the next Chuck Palahniuk novel. This is for real. Someone is putting together a labor union, serious, legit, workers-be-united type thing. For the hostesses working in Tokyo, to solve problems such as unpaid salaries and ...

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