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Traveling soon? Invest in one of these – a Gorillapod

I picked up one of these while I was in Shanghai for about $4, and it was one of the best investments that I have made in awhile on a functional gadget. Perfect for taking pictures in places where you:
1) Can’t speak the language
2) Don’t want to trust another person to take your picture
3) Can’t [...]

Screw basketball, I’m moving on to netball.

So I’m watching tv in my hotel room in Shanghai and on comes this commercial promoting the 2011 world netball championships in Singapore.
Played predominantly by women, it is very similar to basketball (see the picture above).
Taken from Wikipedia:
Netball is a ball sport played between two teams of seven players. The sport shares many similarities with [...]

Values.com — Pass on these videos –they’ll make you smile

My brother sent me a link to a bunch of videos from values.com which has a series of tv spots related to character values such as leadership, hope, courage, excellence, determination, hardwork, etc.
The first video “Classroom” he showed me is definitely my favorite, along with “Concert”. I then went through and watched most of the [...]

How is Santa Claus different from Tiger Woods?

benjamin.meyer: How is Santa Claus different than Tiger?
me: how
benjamin.meyer: Santa stops after three hos
Ahaha, GOOD ONE BEN. From Juliaaa:“HAHAHAHAHAHAH  did you hear that tiger woods changed his name?  he´s now going by lion cheetah woods.  badum ching!”

Did you know that you can swim with Beluga Whales??

Vivian knows that I love beluga whales (they’re just so cute) so she sent me this article from the San Francisco Chronicle.
By the way, “beluga” is derived from the Russian word meaning “white”. ..fitting yes?
Time to start saving up!!

When to go
The beluga-viewing season in Churchill runs from mid-July to mid-August.
Getting there
Winnipeg is the jumping-off point [...]

My little brother, the writer.

From my brother’s facebook note that he tagged me in. He is currently a freshman at UC Davis:

So I finished my midterms and I’m super stoked for this weekend. After finishing my lit term, I just happened to get into a phone altercation with my father, and I decided to slampoetically reflect on that. It’s [...]

Hilarious new comedy on NBC- Community

Tonight after a late night at work (again) I came home and my roommates were SUPER excited to show me a new TV show that they’ve found called “Community” on NBC. Community as in community college is where the show is set.
I think the best part of the show is the last 30 seconds:
Evidence clip [...]

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