jumping jacks…

30Jan07

Recently, I have been doing Jumping Jacks at the dojo quite often to warm up before class. I was thinking about them the other day and was reminded of doing these exercises in P.E. (physical education) class in elementary school. I got to wondering why they were called “Jumping Jacks.” A little [...]

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Tags: exercise

let’s get moving and break those chains…

28Jan07

“Those who do not move, do not notice their chains” ~Rosa Luxemburg

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Tags: quotes, resistance

the ipod index…

27Jan07

In September 1986, the Economist introduced the Big Mac Index, which was a tangible way of measuring international currency values and exchange rates by comparing how much a common universal product (a Big Mac) costs in different countries (aka purchasing power parity).
The burger methodology has limitations in its estimates of the PPP. In many countries, [...]

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Tags: capitalism, index, ipod, mcdonalds, starbucks

expired registration…

19Jan07

While I was away for the first bit of the year, the vehicle that I drive got a citation for having expired registration. And while driving around San Francisco in it today, I got pulled over for the same thing. Two citations for expired registration in two weeks. Crazy thing is that [...]

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Tags: driving

deposit it all…

19Jan07

Yesterday, I freaked out when I checked my bank account balance online and it said that I only had $2.45.  I grabbed my recent paycheck and all of my reimbursement checks (the reason my bank account was so low) and quickly went to the bank to deposit them all.
It wasn’t until this morning, when I [...]

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ready to fall?!?

03Jan07

Today, I was sitting atop one of the towers of scaffolding that we had set up. My colleague was atop the other. We were five stories up and about to raise the beam that connected the two towers. The 120lb beam was gonna be raised by a couple of teams on the [...]

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Tags: climbing, fears

green leaves…

02Jan07

If you’re ever driving down I-5 through LA and in the mood for some good vegetarian food, I recommend that you check out Green Leaves Vegan Restaurant. You’ve gotta get past their terrible tag line of ‘For a New Generation.’
We hit LA at dinnertime on the drive from Oakland to San Diego, and I’m so [...]

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india finishes dam – damn…

01Jan07

As reported on BBC news, the Sardar Sarovar Dam has been built:
India has completed construction of a controversial dam on the Narmada river, nearly two decades after it launched the project.

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Tags: India, Narmada

happy new year!!!

01Jan07

I am normally awake until 2 or 3 in the morning. How come on the one day that I need to stay up, I have trouble even making it to midnight? Probably beause I’ve been on the go since 7:45 this morning.
HAPPY NEW YEAR everybody!  Time for bed.

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Tags: holidays