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Mine is really common, Sept 14. Damn you other people. I want to be special :-)

Ask yourself the following questions and rate your answers with the following scale:

(1) Very rarely
(2) Rarely
(3) Sometimes
(4) Often and
(5) Very often

• You spend a lot of time thinking about Facebook or plan use of Facebook.
• You feel an urge to use Facebook more and more.
• You use Facebook to forget about personal problems.
• You have tried to cut down on the use of Facebook without success.
• You become restless or troubled if you are

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Necessity is not the mother of invention. Laziness is!









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The other week they set up a temporary theater on the water in Yao Noi. Cool pics of the setup.







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Thai Town in Los Angeles is home to more Thai people outside of Thailand than any other place on earth. So, what better place to have a mini-Songkran festival?

No water, no splashing, no crazy drunks. It's a really, really toned down version of Songkran but it's nice because they close off an entire section of Hollywood Blvd and local merchants come out and cook up some great food.

I had to interesting meet-ups. The first was the ex-girlfriend of a good, good buddy ...

If you've been waiting for Google Translate to do Thai then fire up your iTunes and get your ass over to the iTunes store and download Google Translate, now with Thai.

You can say a sentence in English and get a Thai translation. It also works the other way around from Thai to English.

Thought this was interesting because it points out common grammar mistakes in English that even native speakers make.

I was listening to a podcast where some guys were talking about outsourcing to various countries in Asia. They suggested giving prospective employees the following test to determine if their English skills are advanced enough to do the work for them.

Since they rely heavily on their employees to write articles and communicate in English their threshold is 80%. Anything below 80% won't even be considered for a job.

It's a rather simple test for native English speakers ...

Why is there a Feb 29th this year?

Today, Feb 15, is the 6th annual Phil Collins Day so decorate those Phil Collins trees and buy those Phil Collins gifts. When you're done, rock out to Phil.

















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Ked and I added a new family member this weekend. Star came home with us Saturday afternoon.

We had been talking about getting a pet for awhile. She was leaning towards a cat because cats are less trouble to take care of. I was leaning towards a dog because I wanted a pet that had a fun personality.

On Saturday we were out running errands ...