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November 2008

So Close to Winning Twilight Movie Tickets, Part 2

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On Saturday night, we headed to Pearlridge to check what was left after a Toys R Us sale and Gap’s Friends and Family. We also caught a Twilight “party” at Borders that was giving a lucky winner tickets to the Twilight movie premiere on November 21. To enter to win, all you had to do was submit a Twilight word search game and hope for the best. There were other activities planned for this party, but we didn’t stick around, returning only at the time of the drawing.

The event was pretty empty and the Borders staff didn’t even didn’t know what was going on with this Twilight promotion, but a fair amount of people did gather, mostly teens. For the prize drawing, there were three prizes – two Twilight posters and of course, the movie tickets.

And whaddya know, I won a poster, the name called right before the tickets were given away! So close! Not sure what to do with the poster. But anyways some pictures including my Twilight prize.


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Global Cuisine and Scatology

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Our world is a vast place with rich cultures and aged histories. And at the same time, our world is getting smaller through cuisine and scatology!?

Even around the world, common cuisine exists for you and me. A Starbucks in Thailand has the same look and feel (and prices) as a Starbucks in the US and even Hong Kong.

Starbucks in Thailand
Starbucks in Thailand

You never knew this was on the Pizza Hut menu, did you?

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After consuming all this global cuisine, you do what comes naturally.

ipood

And hope you don’t mistakenly walk into the naturalness of yaks (for comparison purposes, that’s a nalgene 32-oz bottle).

Yak poop
Yak poop

Cuisine and scatology – making our world a smaller place.

The Reverse Psychology of Len Goodman

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Len Goodman, you are one crafty old chap! I have been blind to your shenanigans on how you manipulate the vote as the Head Judge on the Dancing with the Stars. Very devious, very simple, but very effective.

For those of you who don’t know Len Goodman, he’s the Head Judge of DWTS and the traditionalist ballroom dancer amongst the other judges, Carrie Ann Inaba and Bruno Tonioli. But don’t be fooled by his age. He is like Jedi Master Yoda who you don’t want to face in combat/competition or else get whooped on.

Like Yoda’s strong mind tricks, Len Goodman is a master of reverse psychology and easily gets fans to vote for the dancers he thinks should be in the DWTS finals. All Len has to do is provide negative comments to his favorite dancers, rile up the fans, and watch as the people defend the chastised dancers with their votes, ensuring their passage to the next round. Don’t like the fact that Lance Bass wasn’t wearing shoes? Lance and Lacey’s ticket to Week 8. Give Brooke Burke an 8 when Carrie and Bruno give her 10’s? Brooke and Derek Hough are guaranteed to move on. Comment about Warren’s footwork, but he still moves on.

The dancers in danger are the ones who Len has some good words for. Guys like Maurice Greene who pleasantly surprised Len in Week 8 but then was dismissed, and Cody Linley who Len talks about improving throughout the season. These words of encouragement are lukewarm fodder for the fans that don’t do much to generate public votes.

So sneaky! I love it!

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Maurice Greene Out at 8

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On the 8th week of Dancing with the Stars, Olympic sprinter Maurice Greene was eliminated after repeated scores of 8. I think someone didn’t explain the rules of the competition very well to Maurice. Maurice, unlike track meets, it’s better to get the high numbers for your performances. It’s not like running 60 meters in a mere 6.39 seconds.

With Maurice’s departure goes former DWTS champion Cheryl Burke who’s been fighting controversy over her weight gain. Cheryl, you look just fine!

One of my favorites for Week 8 is Warren Sapp’s Spy Hunter-ish tango. Once I heard the music, I had a feeling the dance would be good.

My next favorite is Cody Linley’s foxtrot, well the intro segment to his foxtrot with Edyta. You see, Cody was bummed being in the bottom two in Week 7, so his teenage friends came by the studio to cheer him up… and bask in the radiance of his new temporary partner. Around the 48 second mark, watch his friends ogle Edyta then all volunteer to cop a feel dance with Edyta.

Only four couples remain – a Super Bowl champion, a teeny bopper, a gay pop star, and a TV host/model. Who’ll bring home the mirrorball trophy?

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Go Digital, Save the Petrels!

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“What’s gonna work? Teamwork!” is the motto of the Wonder Pets, Linny, Tuck, and Ming-Ming, and they need our help! To save the Hawaiian petrel bird, the Wonder Pets need you to go digital. As in digital television.


The Hawaiian petrel nesting season starts in February, but the plan is to destroy analog television towers in the same timeframe, making it tough for the endangered petrels to get it on. Instead the Wonder Pets have convinced the State of Hawaii (wonder if they personally know Mufi?) to switch to digital television on January 15, one month before the mandatory national conversion. After the early switch, the analog towers will be destroyed, well before the petrels start nesting, giving them a chance at survival.

So all you analog television viewers, you need to go digital before January 15 to save the petrels. This is serious!

“We’re not too big, and we’re not too tough, but together, we got the right stuff! Go Wonder Pets!”

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What You Learn from the Radio: Moose Knuckle

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The things you learn from listening to the radio, or more specifically, the I-94 Wake Up Crew. Today’s lesson was about “moose knuckle.” I had never heard that term before, but in context of the discussion, I kinda had an idea of what they were talking about.

If you don’t know what moose knuckle is, you can read its definition on Urban Dictionary. You can even get suggestions on how to avoid moose knuckle from this eHow article.

If you need a visual, flickr and its many contributors are there for you. Witness the moose knuckle.

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