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I voted… for the first time!

February 1, 2008
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I voted… for the first time!

Since I've become a citizen, I finally got to vote for the first time. My ballot arrived in the mail. Boy, was this confusing...

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How one teacher tries to save the world

January 17, 2008
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Remember that time when you said "well that sucks, but I can't do anything about it..."? Look someone did something. This is one example of how high school science teacher reaches out to save the world from global climate change aka global warming. He builds an argument worth to examine as he claims it to...

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The Four Great Myths about USA

January 15, 2008
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The Four Great Myths about USA

Since I grew up in Ukraine then moved to USA and stayed, I often get asked this question: “So how do you like it?” I say sincerely – “I love it”. I tell them I love the people and I love the nature. My two favorite things. The problem with USA’s image and those...

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Richard's paparazzi work

January 2, 2008
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The first day of the new 2008 was celebrated by gathering for dinner at Maggie's house in Milpitas. An event attended by a dozen or so friends, including my friend Richard, whom I know from my journalism school. Eh, so many memories... Richard brought his camera and in the middle of a pool game, he...

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Laser tag in south bay

December 30, 2007
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Laser tag in south bay

The other day my friend Alan wrote a blog at the end which he posed a question “where do nerds hang out?” People posted their answers, but I think I’ve got a good one – they play laser tag!!! That’s right. This is exactly what we did Saturday night and it was so...

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Winter Solstice at the Buddhist temple

December 24, 2007
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Winter Solstice at the Buddhist temple

I and Maggie celebrated Winter Solstice this year by going to the Buddhist temple in the north bay called Green Gulch or Green Dragon temple. It was a beautiful cleansing experience which allowed us to get rid of stress accumulated this year and reconnect with nature and ourselves.

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So how many virgins was it?

December 16, 2007
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So exactly how many virgins did it take to fly up those planes into two tallest buildings in the West on September 11, 2001? Remember? "This is Fox News... reporting live...the terrorists... rewarded with...72 virgins... 73...?" How many was it?

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Hey Babe!!!

December 8, 2007
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Hey Babe!!! It is what I heard all night long from my former co-worker. Since we don't work together anymore, he felt like it was okay. I didn't. But that didn't really matter.

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The Cicle of Life

November 20, 2007
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The Cicle of Life

I went to the most beautiful funeral Monday morning. It was a celebration of life by the family who came together to share stories about Charles Texas Thompson, a US army commander, farther and husband, a man who built an authentic house in Stockton, a daddy who thought his little girl to ride a...

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13th constellation: What's Your Real Sign?

June 3, 2004
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13th constellation: What's Your Real Sign?

Horoscopes and most astrology books list 12 zodiac signs, few people know that there are actually 13 signs. According to ...

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