Anyone who cares to make a donation to the American Red Cross, either to the national disaster relief fund or the California Wildfires fund, feel free to follow this link.  I'll probably end up donating blood as well as trying to find some other volunteer activities in the local area if i can.

I got an invitation to attend a function organized by ayacchi the other night, a memorial service for a well known and highly repsected orthopedic surgeon in the east bay area, and a doctor that she worked closely with who passed away in a very untimely manner.  Altho i knew about his passing months ago, i always had the mental picture that he was much ( Read more... )

Some of you already know this, and those who don't, when i logged onto the ABA (american board of anesthesia) website a couple weeks ago, this is what i saw:


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I told someone the other day despite my *apparent* semblance of intelligence and wit, that at times i am still a complete moron.  I had trouble providing an example at the time, but here it is ( Read more... )

This sunday, 9/24/06 2pm, free performance of the Tempest in the Presidio, i'm going, so should you and if you don't you're a puppy-kicking terrorist who doesnt care about black people ( Read more... )

Anyone remember the 'paris hiton poses exactly the same in every picture' ytmnd ( Read more... )

Went into a bonsai store today and ended up walking out with this:


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'EPHRATA, Washington (AP) -- After the September 11 terrorist attacks, Gary Weddle followed the news so closely he forgot to shave. After a week he decided not to shave until Osama bin Laden was caught or killed.

Nor has Weddle, 46, who expected the al Qaeda leader to be caught within a month or so, trimmed his facial hair in the succeeding five ( Read more... )

Ok so i dont really know german but this is an excerpt scanned from one of the largest european print magazines on mobiles/cells/keitai, the German Connect. Its a ratings chart on rates of phone unreliablity and failure. Interesting how Nokia's seem to dominate that upper half of the failure rate chart:


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ok, so someone close to me has recommended that i check out this j drama series and so far i'm hooked after the first ep.


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