| I moved to blogspot because I want to be cool like Rob. =)
http://itssnot.blogspot.com |
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| Apparently, the Year of the Dog is a good year to get married. =) Hooray!
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/29/fashion/weddings/29fiel.html
Excerpt:
The reason many Chinese (and half-Chinese) couples are choosing Dog
wedding dates over Rooster ones traces back to the solar calendar. The
Year of the Rooster, which began on Feb. 9, 2005, and ended yesterday,
did not contain a lichun, or beginning of spring. (Lichun usually falls
on Feb. 4, the halfway point between the winter and summer solstices.)
A year without a lichun is called a "widow year" or "blind year,"
explained Theodora Lau, the author of "The Handbook of Chinese
Horoscopes" (HarperCollins, 2005). "The thinking is that if you get
married in a blind year, you didn't look at what you were doing, and
you could get divorced next year."
The Year of the Dog, which will end Feb. 17, 2007, will span two
lichun, Ms. Lau said. "It's very lucky to see spring in the beginning
of the year and in the end. A lot of people would love to get married
in a double-spring year."
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| http://www.wired.com/news/digiwood/0,1412,67593,00.html?tw=wn_tophead_1
Awesome! Now I don't have to wipe out my playlists every time I switch between Ed's computer and mine =). |
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| Ever wonder what R.E.M.'s song "What's the Frequency, Kenneth?" was about. Well, apparently it has to do with Dan Rather. Whodathunk? |
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| (3) Old School by Tobias Wolff.
What I learned:
Not correcting people's misconceptions about yourself can cause as much trouble as outright lying. In both cases, you are still living a lie.
I need to read more classics. The story takes place in a boarding school where the students all aspire to be great writers. Every year, three famous writers visit the school. Robert Frost. Ayn Rand. Ernest Hemingway. The narrator has sold me on Hemingway. Going to start on of his books soon. |
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