Jun 06 2010
A little note posted at my children school:
We cannot have everything
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Things don’t always go our way
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There is injustice in life
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Some people will never understand
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We can’t please everyone
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Traffic is slow during rushhour
May 19 2010
I’m sure all of you have seen this version of Michelangelo’s David on your computer – two friends have forwarded to me in the past. Not sure of the motive (for some reason .. French farmers come to mind) – those iconic brands are said to be the proud sponsors of David’s tour of [...]
Feb 03 2010
From Improv Everywhere, over 200 people freeze in place on cue in Grand Central Station in New York.
This is one of nearly 100 different missions Improv Everywhere has executed over the past eight years in New York City. Others include the Best Game Ever, the Food Court Musical, and the famous No Pants Subway Ride, [...]
Jan 31 2010
Long long time ago when I first heard about affirmative action, I joked to Golfer that should we had kid, I would name him/her (Washington, Williams, etc. don’t exactly telling you anything ..) Gonzalez, Lopez, etc. Next day he came home with a video: Soul Man.
Guess Irene isn’t a genius. Someone already [...]
Dec 04 2009
This is King’s latest fave .. I’m getting an earful on a daily basis .. very pretty. Lee, his piano teacher isn’t too crazy about his diversion. I heard she was saying .. this kind of music is for playing at a bar ..
Dec 04 2009
Most important composers couldn’t leave a video or even recording showing how would they interpret their own works. It all left to the living artists’ imagination. Hisaishi is a prolific contemporary composer who gets to perform his own pieces. Would he get offended if others play it differently? There aren’t that [...]
Dec 04 2009
Asian Dream Song from – Winter Olympics in japan in 1999
Joe Hisaishi & 9 Cellos 2003 Etude & Encore Tour. Performing at Tokyo Opera City concert hall in 4/16/2003
月光星願2003鋼琴演奏會)，2003年4月16日久石讓在Tokyo Opera City音樂廳的演出實況
Nov 27 2009
This past Wednesday: I was home alone and just finished a phone conversation. Then I heard a soft pop.
Like a glass busted.
Following the sound, I wandered over to my trio candle holder set. It turned out, one of its base just got ’separated’.
Isn’t odd?
I used crazy glue to put it back in one [...]
Nov 27 2009
Hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving.
Stealing a little time here and there to post. This year’s Thanksgiving was uneventful like last year but is very busy nevertheless. Played some good tennis on Wednesday, hot pot for dinner with friends. Yesterday turned out to be nice so more tennis in the early [...]
Nov 02 2009
久石讓 Joe Hisaishi Live – Asian Dream Song
We’re a geeky family: Saturday was Halloween and I wanted to take them to the Greenwich Village in the city to see the parade .. they didn’t want to go .. so finally I dragged them plus one of their buddies to my friend’s house. After [...]
Oct 12 2009
King shows me this is exactly what he does when I need help .. .. some loving kid .. ..
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Dear various parents, grandparents, co-workers, and other “not computer people”,
We don’t magically know how to do everything in every program. When we help you, we’re usually just doing this:
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Oct 07 2009
This subject sure will get my attention:
A bag of heroin can sell for $5 to $25 and induce a six- to eight-hour high, according to officials and former users. Cocaine, by comparison, can cost $40 to $60 for a 30-minute high, while prescription painkillers like Vicodin or OxyContin sell for upward of $40 a pill [...]