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February 8
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February 1
“ Great to see someone taking his ten minutes of fame and doing everything he can to extend it just a bit longer. Keep rockin’, General … General Larry Platt: No pants on the ground at the Grammys – The Marquee Blog - CNN.com Blogs
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January 31
“ One of my students, a decent kid, equated white racism and the results from implicit bias tests, shopping while black, etc. with one’s preference for different types of pizza. I kid you not. Blogger: I Used to Be Disgusted, Now I Try to Be Amused
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January 26
  • me: i got a girl's phone number today
  • a chinese girl from china
  • Kevin: nice!
  • me: and i talked to her in chinese
  • and she's 5'10" and pretty cute
  • Kevin: well done
  • me: she wants me
  • Kevin: can you handle the cultural differences?
  • me: ahaha
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January 24
The Mountain Goats: The Life of the World to Come < Reviews | PopMatters

“1 John 4:16”, meanwhile, has a more overt Biblical verse attached (“And we have known and believed the love that God hath for us. God is love, and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him.”), but there’s nothing in the song’s melancholy and fearful self-doubt to suggest love until Darnielle sings “And someone leads the beast in on its chain / But I know you’re thinking of me, ‘cause it’s just about to rain”. The center of “1 John 4:16” ranks with the most striking moments of the Mountain Goats’ entire discography, and like much of Darnielle’s best work, it marries evocative but unexplained imagery to an emotional impact that’s precise but ineffable.
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January 13
Earthquake in Haiti - The Big Picture - Boston.com Taiwan rescue teams stand by at the fire department in Taipei on January 13, 2010 as they prepare to head to Haiti to help with the rescue effort following an earthquake.  Among them there are 140 people specializing in emergency and 8 dogs trained for rescue. The group was launched in 2000 after an earthquake that struck Taiwan in September 1999, and caused thousands of deaths. Haiti is one of the countries of Central America that has diplomatic relations with Taiwan.  &#8220;Taiwan continues to show Haiti that in times of crisis, they are truly our friends,&#8221; says Leslie Voltaire, a special advisor to President Rene Preval.

Earthquake in Haiti - The Big Picture - Boston.com

Taiwan rescue teams stand by at the fire department in Taipei on January 13, 2010 as they prepare to head to Haiti to help with the rescue effort following an earthquake.  Among them there are 140 people specializing in emergency and 8 dogs trained for rescue. The group was launched in 2000 after an earthquake that struck Taiwan in September 1999, and caused thousands of deaths. Haiti is one of the countries of Central America that has diplomatic relations with Taiwan.  “Taiwan continues to show Haiti that in times of crisis, they are truly our friends,” says Leslie Voltaire, a special advisor to President Rene Preval.

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January 11
&#8220;I told him, Don&#8217;t even Tweeter right now. You trying to show people being funny is how you deal with this and it&#8217;s not working. The only part they&#8217;re hearing is you had guns. You just have to keep your mouth closed. You have to accept that right now. Move forward and eventually they will get a chance to see your heart again.&#8221; -Gilbert Arenas, Sr., via For Gilbert Arenas and Wizards franchise, latest incident sheds light on entitlement.

“I told him, Don’t even Tweeter right now. You trying to show people being funny is how you deal with this and it’s not working. The only part they’re hearing is you had guns. You just have to keep your mouth closed. You have to accept that right now. Move forward and eventually they will get a chance to see your heart again.”

-Gilbert Arenas, Sr., via For Gilbert Arenas and Wizards franchise, latest incident sheds light on entitlement.

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January 8
“ After we warm up before a game, I gotta take a dump. It’s a huge benefit to release that gas you don’t need. The facilities are beautiful. We’re spoiled. If I get a good one, I know I’m gonna score two touchdowns. Leon Washington, running back for the New York Jets via Poplicks.com
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Nail house - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia A number of high-profile nail houses have received widespread attention in the Chinese press. In one famous case, one family among 280 others at the location of a six-story shopping mall under construction at the location of a former &#8220;snack street&#8221; in Chongqing refused for two years to vacate a home their family had inhabited for three generations.[6] Developers cut their power and water, and excavated a 10-meter deep pit around their home.[1][8] The owners broke into the construction site, reoccupied it, and flew a Chinese flag on top. Yang Wu, a local martial arts champion, used nunchakus to make a staircase to their house, and threatened to beat any authorities who attempted to evict him.[1] His wife, a restaurateur named Wu Ping who had planned to open a restaurant in the home&#8217;s ground floor, granted interviews and frequent press releases to generate publicity.[2] The owners turned down an offer of 3.5 million yuan (US$453,000), but eventually settled with the developers in 2007.[6]

Nail house - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

A number of high-profile nail houses have received widespread attention in the Chinese press. In one famous case, one family among 280 others at the location of a six-story shopping mall under construction at the location of a former “snack street” in Chongqing refused for two years to vacate a home their family had inhabited for three generations.[6] Developers cut their power and water, and excavated a 10-meter deep pit around their home.[1][8] The owners broke into the construction site, reoccupied it, and flew a Chinese flag on top. Yang Wu, a local martial arts champion, used nunchakus to make a staircase to their house, and threatened to beat any authorities who attempted to evict him.[1] His wife, a restaurateur named Wu Ping who had planned to open a restaurant in the home’s ground floor, granted interviews and frequent press releases to generate publicity.[2] The owners turned down an offer of 3.5 million yuan (US$453,000), but eventually settled with the developers in 2007.[6]

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