Monthly Archives: December 2005

Thanks to my friend Chris at Future 3 (www.livejournal.com/users/klotho), I’ve recently been re-educated in the taste-enhancing greatness that is Monosodium Glutamate (MSG). Well, perhaps not so much of a re-education as a re-evaluation. I remember walking past various Chinese restaurants back home and them often proudly displaying a sign that had MSG circled with that …

Right, so I did it. I finally got myself a new camera. After a year and a half of putting up with a damn blotch on the inside of my old digital camera’s lens, and in turn having to photoshop it out in every photo I take, I’ve stepped up and bought myself a rather …

Mounting Christmas Expecations have been something that consistantly foil even the best intended Christmas celebrations year after year for me. I think the problem is I’ve just learned to induce such a build up in the days leading to the big day, that when it actually arrives, happens and departs I’m left with an “is …

Student Gets Federal Visit For Requesting Mao Honestly, I’m not going to waste too much blog space talking about the often-said, and sadly obvious fact that America is FAR too concerned about things. I mean, for a country that spawned the biggest peace/love movement in recent history, one has to wonder how the whole place …

Well, the last week or so has been a scramble to get the minimal Christmas shopping I need to do done, as well as balancing my over time hours and investigating possible job options for the future… and this week seems like it will be just as busy. Everyone say “Yay” to the holidays. My …

Right, so I’ve added an RSS (Rich Site Summary) link to my site (over on the left side, at the bottom – replacing the graphic that reminded me I failed at NaNoWriMo). If you don’t know much about RSS then click on the darnn links in this post and sort it out man. It’s quite …

No Chistmas For You I bought myself an early Christmas present the other day, an MP3 player. That’s right folks, I own a cell phone AND an MP3 player – technically an MP4 player. Man, have I embraced the 21st Century or what? Though it’s no iPod or Lycra, it’s not bad. It only holds …

So, I’ve discovered a rather brilliant new program thanks to Chris, a fellow teacher over a Future 3. The program? Tor. Actually Tor is two programs: Tor and Privoxy. The two programs work together to basically confuse all the computers out there that take note of where you’re going and what you’re doing. This is …

John Lennon, 1940 – 1980 Dear John Dear John, it’s been how many years since I let my hair grow long? And so many years since my first Beatles’ song, It just doesn’t seem that it could be that long, But now you’re gone – dear John. Dear John, we all know you didn’t deserve …

In a break from tradition (at least from what I hear about Dalian weather habits), it snowed pretty solidly all weekend. It’s fantastic, and has really jump-started my Christmas fever. I don’t like to admit it, but I really do love Christmas. Don’t get me wrong, the commercialism and all that crap sucks ass, but …