The Republic of Blessing 乔思华

One of the most irrelevant nights of the year has to be Oscar night. I actually watched it for the first time in several years on Sunday. Should I really stay up to listen to the likes of Melissa Etheridge and Leonardo DiCaprio sing the praises of Al Gore?

What a bore. And for the record, I'll start saving energy as soon as they start buying hybrids and turning the thermostat down to 60 degrees. I'm definitely concerned about the environment, but their doomsday global warming message does seem like a measly attempt to tell the poor and middle class how to live, rather than themselves.

I would never date anyone that I worked with, but some of the points made in this video are just as applicable outside the workplace (i.e. if you're attractive, you can act like a jerk and most women will still like you). My apologies for some of the vulgarity, but I did find this amusing...

Looks like I'm starting over from scratch again on Truetech...using a different skin too. That's what happens when you have to reinstall XP on your machine and you don't properly back up your posts. Oh well, it feels good. Today is a new day....a cold day, but a new day. Below is a picture I found from this past Christmas. I had a party at my house where I was the only white guy; all the others were Chinese and/or Indonesian. We had a cooking competition and Bible study. I forget why Denis and Farid are paying homage to me in this pic...



Brad, I love what you can do to images now with Tangelo. Never noticed the scaling and brightness capabilities before...