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Monday, May 25th, 2009“Angel is good. But when Angel is bad, it’s a big bad.”
It was a warm Monday morning in Shanghai. Flora and I were about to head out for our first full day together when she stopped us short at my hotel room door.
“Wait wait,” she said, “Your hair is-a messed. Let me fix.” She grabbed [...]
My Journey To Shanghai China
Thursday, May 7th, 2009“You are Satan. I am Angel. Therefore, our story will be one of Satan and the Angel.”
From day 1, she had it all figured out. Flora, the impossibly cute Chinese girl who would be my guide for the next week in Shanghai, sized me up in an instant.
Looking back at her through my trademark big [...]
Life Lessons From Nazi Grade School Teachers
Sunday, February 15th, 2009Not long ago, I posted a bunch of my favorite quotes. One of the most important of those was “The Professional’s Code” as spoken so well by John Carlton.
It went like this:
The “Professional’s Code” is very simple: You show up where you’re supposed to be… when you said you’d be there… having done what you [...]
My Hell of a New Year’s In Seattle
Saturday, January 10th, 2009On Christmas afternoon, 2008, my friend Matt and I jumped on a plane to Seattle, Washington. I hadn’t been there in almost 6 years.
Maybe it should’ve been longer.
What follows are 2 pieces I wrote earlier, describing the “highlights” of our little journey:
[begin part 1, written 2 days after our arrival]
I’m writing now from cold, snowy, [...]
Remembering The Lost Art Of Warez Music
Friday, October 17th, 2008Ah, the late 90’s.
Before Google…
Before peer-to-peer file sharing…
Even before “mp3″ was a household word.
It was a time when your computer’s specs actually meant something, and you fought valiantly for every spare K of speed your dial-up modem could grab.
People who “knew computers” commanded Emperor-like respect. The enterprising young gentleman who was so inclined could re-install [...]
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