Monthly Archives: February 2006

The Winter Olympics – Part 3

I’ll subtitle this one: “Another beef I have with the Media.” I have thoroughly enjoyed watching the Winter Olympics this year, but what has driven me nuts is the media commentary. Many of the commentators are so negative, focusing on … Continue reading

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Huge Surprise

The title has sarcasm behind it, for those who may not interpret my tone correctly. I saw this article on the Money site – basically, it explains that there has been a boom in new housing construction (although it’s now … Continue reading

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The Winter Olympics – Part 2

Wow, what an amazing performance by the female figure skaters in the short program! I’m usually not one to get too absorbed in figure skating, but the program that Irina Slutskaya put on was enchanting. For starters, her music kicked … Continue reading

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California Execution Delayed

I found this story very interesting – California was to put a convicted rapist/murderer to death at 12:01AM this morning, but the two anesthesiologists involved with the case refused to participate due to “ethical concerns.” It got me to thinking … Continue reading

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Seattle Housing Market Likely Strong

For months now, as the pessimistic “experts” have predicted that the general housing market is nothing more than a bubble that is about to burst, I have insisted that the Seattle housing market is more immune to this gloom-and-doom forecast. … Continue reading

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The Winter Olympics – Part 1

Evan and I have really enjoyed watching the Olympics this year – previously, we (particularly Evan) have not taken much of an interest in the Winter Games, but because of our new enthusiasm for downhill skiing we have been glued … Continue reading

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Smoking Ban in London

Evan and I were quite pleased to learn that the lower House of Parliament in London has voted to ban smoking in public places. It has to be ratified by the upper House for the law to take effect, but … Continue reading

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Living Proud – I Still Love ’80s Music

Yesterday, the attending physician on our neurology team took us out to lunch, quite a generous gesture on a day with a light work load. During lunch, one of my fellow interns (Shay) and I got to chatting about concerts we … Continue reading

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Ramblings on jobs

First of all, congratulations to those who were insightful enough to major in engineering as college students! You engineers have done it again – for the umpteenth consecutive year, engineers are the highest paid employees when graduating from college and … Continue reading

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Excellent website

Recently, I was driving down the road and saw a church sign too good to pass up. I returned to the spot with my camera the following morning, just to document it for my blog. So actually, and many of … Continue reading

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