Entries from April 2008

“Forbidden Kingdom” is good for the kids, but not your typical kung-fu movie

Date April 20, 2008

So I went to watch “Forbidden Kingdom” today since it just came out on Friday. I think it was a pretty good movie, but there are some things that I’d like to point out. The Washington Post had said that this is a movie where Jackie Chan is basically like Eddie Murphy - playing multiple [...]

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A nice lady she is not

Date April 18, 2008

Last night I decided to head out for a couple of drinks with some co-workers at some gathering down by Foggy Bottom and since I live in the friggin boonies in the mid-Atlantic area, it usually takes me at least an hour to get back home, so I had a lot of time on the [...]

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Exploring festivals and attractions

Date April 12, 2008

Today was the last day of the Cherry Blossom Festival in DC and they kicked off the closing weekend with the annual Japanese Sakura Matsuri festival in downtown DC. I decided to stop by and check it out. To my amazement, it’s basically like an anime or manga convention. There are a lot of folks [...]

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Kansas City: Take the good & the bad

Date April 11, 2008

So the only conference of the year I partook in happened this past week. Astonishingly, I haven’t had a single free moment in the past few days just to blog about it so I guess this synopsis will have to do.Started my expedition on Monday night when I caught an evening flight out of BWI. [...]

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I was accosted on Saturday…weird…

Date April 6, 2008

While walking back from the Cherry Blossom festival in downtown DC, I was walking to the Smithsonian metro station across the Mall when this kid came up to me and said “Excuse me. Could you take my picture.” to which I replied…”Why?” and this poor kid replied back, “I don’t know.”
So basically you want me [...]

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