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Twitter Updates for 2008-07-23

July 23rd, 2008 · No Comments

reading the azureus wiki so that i can get the darkknight faster…i hate all this technical stuff #
going to see my pops and some old friends for dinner tonight #
yao ming wants to hear from me on linkedin. exciting. #
riviera parties are but i left my sixpackabs somewhere back in the distance when i could [...]

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Shoeshines and sunshine

July 23rd, 2008 · No Comments

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lanzhou_shoeshine2_edit, originally uploaded by monkeyking.

I had actually gotten a shoeshine with one of the ladies you see in the foreground and as I left, i saw this picture…and i remember regretting not being closer to [...]

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Musicians in the Paris Metro

July 23rd, 2008 · No Comments

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parismusic4_edit, originally uploaded by monkeyking.

Taken, obviously, in the metro. I am a bit disappointed that the pictures ended up blurry but i kinda like this one anyway, has a bit of a feel to it [...]

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The Chinese polygamist: five wives and seven children. One-child policy my ass.

July 23rd, 2008 · No Comments

Summary: born in 1969, Tu Shaoquan doens’t have a lot of money and isn;’t good looking, but in the span of year managed to get three women to bear him three children. After investigation, it was discovered that Tu had a total of five “wives” and seven children.
Ms. He was one of his wives. [...]

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Terracotta warrior lights to debut during Olympics

July 23rd, 2008 · No Comments

The original article mentions that these terracotta warrior lights feature more than just the traditional warriors—there are also pregnant women and children, done in a similar style. There are 102 of them and will be displayed at some plaza whose English name I don’t know, but in Chinese it’s 世贸天阶奥运文化广场.
Following my general trend of unflinching [...]

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Photos of dogs and cats orphaned during the Wenchuan earthquake

July 23rd, 2008 · No Comments

OK, so this is not terribly interesting in itself but just interesting tidbit, especially for those that love animals!
You can see more of the pictures here.

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when I see you smile….

July 23rd, 2008 · No Comments

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when I see you smile…., originally uploaded by Acoustic Soul.

I’m not really a big fan of flower photographs, but this one was striking…it’s mostly white but there are nice tinges and fringes of color. The [...]

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