Archives for August, 2005
book meme…
Friday, August 19th, 2005
I’ve been tagged!
1. How many books do I own?
Ironically enough, not that many. Not nearly as much as tangongat. At one point, it was nearly 500 books. It consisted of a lot of Tom Clancy, Stephen King, Dean Koontz, and John Grisham novels - yeah, I’m not what you’d call a heavy reader. It then […]
death by caffeine…
Friday, August 19th, 2005
Death by Caffeine
It’ll actually take 213.28 cans of Red Bull to kill me. Good thing I usually stop by the 200th can.
tyranny of reading…
Friday, August 19th, 2005
Tyranny of reading
“Since when did a regular quota of suitably serious reading matter become obligatory? And who decides what’s worthy anyway?”
not a drop to drink…
Wednesday, August 17th, 2005
‘Asian Flush’ Spurs Quest for Cures
Oh. My. God. I’m not the only one. I thought I was just a wuss for not being able to drink. Apparently there’s something called acetaldehydemia, which is a heriditary condition that makes millions of Asians unable to process alchohol correctly.
ministry of reshelving…
Wednesday, August 17th, 2005
Ministry of ReshelvingAs much as I hate misshelved books, removing 1984 from the fiction section and placing it in the non-fiction of a bookstore is kinda cool. Here’s the flickr group.
oh happy days…
Wednesday, August 17th, 2005
I unlocked my DVD player, so now it’s region free! I can watch nearly any DVD I want now, without having to wait for the North American Region 1 version! Sweet…
I’ve watched Ong Bak several times now, and I’m now window shopping at ethaicd.com, hkflix.com, and yessasia.com. Granted, any DVD I want will probably […]
check it out
Tuesday, August 16th, 2005
First you can check out books, then audio, then video, and now real life humans!
Nine people, including a homosexual, an imam, a journalist, a Muslim woman and a gypsy, will be available at the Malmoe Library for members of the public to “borrow” for a 45-minute conversation in the library’s outdoor cafe.
Kung Fu Hustle…
Sunday, August 14th, 2005
I just finished watching Kung Fu Hustle, and I have mixed feelings about it. Though I did highly enjoy the movie, I wish it just stuck to either being a comedy (nixing the whole mute girl with the lolipop theme) or an action film (nixing the whole Looney-Tunes chase scene.)
In addition, I really wish we […]
how to write a novel in 100 days or less…
Thursday, August 11th, 2005
How to write a novel in a 100 days or less.
Day 10 - “…let me debunk another cliché about novel writing: Write only about something you know…it’s a safe bet that Richard Bach had never been a seagull before he wrote Jonathan Livingston Seagull.”
delivery hell…
Thursday, August 11th, 2005
The battery on my iPod mini is keeping less and less of it’s charge every day, so I decided on getting an iPod battery backup, the Griffin TuneJuice. Amazon had the best deal, but none in stock (and not expecting any in a month or two.) Ah, but lo and behold, Sears.com had one, […]
