Archive for July, 2006
Friday, July 28th, 2006
Two points of non-frivolity first:
First, I assisted in laying a brother to rest this morning. Though I have never done it before and hadn't a clue of what was supposed to be done, it felt surprisingly natural.
Second, anyone who has had a Mormon upbringing has probably heard the discussion ...
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Wednesday, July 26th, 2006
So, I watched Memento for the first time last night. Good movie, and here are some thoughts I have concerning it.
There is a a running theme of the imperfection of memory. Even what we are sure we remember perfectly is probably wrong to some extent. Then there ...
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Tuesday, July 25th, 2006
Let me refer you to a conversation I once had with a girl (yes, I talk about this crap with girls):
Me: The moun'ins are nice.
Girl: It isn't 'moun'in,' it's mountain.
Me: It doesn't matter.
Girl: There is a 't' there. Pronounce it.
Me: No, there isn't a 't' there.
Nary a week passes ...
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Saturday, July 22nd, 2006
I have been reading some commentary on the act of gold farming in World of Warcraft. For those unfamiliar, a gold farmer is a player who grinds, instances, and role-plays for the explicit purpose of acquiring in-game currency and items to sell in the real world for real-world currency. ...
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Wednesday, July 19th, 2006
I am going to go out on a limb and say that only a select few know what I am talking about when I say that. Somewhere in between the days when SDRAM was still acceptable and DDR SDRAM was becoming sexy, there was a lesser known form of ...
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Monday, July 17th, 2006
Sabbah’s Blog » Blog Archive » Photo of the day: Israeli kids sends gifts of love to Arab kids
*EDIT* I would like to mention that I am still a [noob] linguist with few political cares, but I am taking an obvious hiatus from that endeavor. Also, ...
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Sunday, July 16th, 2006
Who would be more offended watching South Park? A conservative or a liberal?
Discuss.
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Sunday, July 16th, 2006
Look who's been kidnapped! - Opinion from Israel, Ynetnews
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Sunday, July 16th, 2006
A Simplistic Argument.
What is happening in Lebanon is Gaza writ large. A targeted military operation, something Israel and the US apparently find more infuriating than anything else, has prompted Israel to retaliate in the only way it knows: By targeting civilian infrastructure and engaging in murder on a large scale.
No ...
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Saturday, July 15th, 2006
Sabbah’s Blog » Blog Archive » Why Israel is Always Right?
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