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It is not the critic who counts: not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes up short again and again, because there is no effort without error or shortcoming, but who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, who spends himself for a worthy cause; who, at the best, knows, in the end, the triumph of high achievement, and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat.
- Theodore Roosevelt
I hope that no one will claim to know the final answers; no good comes from prophets. But even when acknowledging our falibility, we must nevertheless continue to think about these matters and give the advice to others that intellect and conscience dictate. And let God be our judge, as our grandparents used to say. - Sakharov
Baka ni tsukeru kusuriwa nai (There's no medicine to cure stupidity) - an old Japanese Proverb
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Monday, 27 February 2006 |
I realized that there are many awesome photos in the photo gallery that most likely nobody will ever see. So I'm going to randomly put a resized version of the photo on the homepage so other people can check it out. First photo of favorite photo section is from late last year when I got pulled over for doing 90 driving home from Arizona on HW10. I successfully talked myself out of the ticket with my awesome skillz...
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Friday, 30 December 2005 |
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So far so good here but we've had some trouble trying to mingle with the locals. We went to the Heineken Experience yesterday, which was pretty cool. The red light district and the coffee shops are quite ínteresting'' to say the least. We're in a pub called Bulldog now in the square Leidezeplain... there are a bunch of women behind us smoking like a chimney... ever since getting here, I've wreaked of smoke. My eyes are constantly red from the cold and smoke. Its kind of miserable. Today our mission is to try getting tickets for a club tommorrow night. Overall, we're still trying to get aclimated to the weather and the warm factor of the people. We got denied to a couople clubs last night... we're trying to figure out the scene. P's been having fun trying to learn how to role a joint. We look quite pathetic in the coffee shop at times. :) I hope we get more motivated and meet some ass soon. Until next time.
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Tuesday, 27 December 2005 |
P and I are about to leave the good'ole left coast in about 5
hours. Passport check, money check, jacket check, reservation
sheets check, work away message check.... Stay tuned for updates
throughout the trip. We go to Amsterdam first via Heathrow, the
flight should be a nice grueling 11 hours. P has some Ambien to
share, so hopefully it will be a quick ride. See you on the other
side.
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Thursday, 15 December 2005 |
Andrie organized a fun end of year indoor karting event for all the
members and friends of Prima Racing. In all the participants were Sean
(crew),
Chris (crew), Jimmy (crew + soon to be racer), Charlie (crew), Telly
(racer), Faisal (racer), Jim (racer), Andrie (racer), Julie (Andrie's
wife), and I.
It was nice to see everyone, I hadn't seen everyone in a while because
the last race Andrie and I went alone. The crew performed
awesome and made this year really happen for Prima Racing. Anyway, I
arrived at the karting track hung over and sick, but I wasn't gonna let
the
crew beat me. :) Andrie, Sean, and Chris got a practice session in
before everyone showed up, I was hoping that that would tire them out
so I would have the edge during the race remembering how tired Andrie
was last time we were there. We go out for qualifying...
amazingly I get pole! I rule!.. and I'm even hung over... The
race starts and about 6 laps in Andrie dive bombs me in the front strip
hairpin... damn, I lost my lead. Through the race I stay on
Andrie's ass and weave through traffic, but I was unable to recapture
the lead. Andrie finished first 2 seconds in front of me... oh well, at
least I didn't let the crew beat me. I also got the fastest lap
of the day, faster Andrie... at least I got something to feel good
about, as he's my forever nemesis. All things said, I think my
kart was exceptionally good, but this is the second time this scenario
occured at GoKartRacer, me taking pole but Andrie passing me at one
point in the race. Arg. Afterwards we all went to Jim's place to
have a nice big juicy burger. That was a fun time. Thanks to Jim
& Margie and the whole Prima Racing gang!
Race results:
Andrie, Kenji, Faisal, Chris, Sean, (rest I'm not 100% sure) Telly,
Jimmy, Jim, Charlie, Julie. The big upset was Chris beating Sean.
Sean supposedly had been a cheating bastard and practicing weeks in
advance for the race. My fastest lap on Monza track for the day:
29.19 Update: Talked to Telly, apparently he and Jim got
together and got stuck in the wall on lap 1. Pictures.
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Thursday, 15 December 2005 |
So yesterday I finally picked up the last piece of warm clothing before
the 3 week vacation to Europe. Destinations that are on the
itiniary are: Amsterdam for NYE, Berlin, Prague, then to the French
Alps via Switzerland. We will be meeting up with some Swedes in
the Alps for a few days of snowboarding!!! I'm so stoked, send me any
emails if you have recommendations of places to go and see. I've
never been to Europe and have little experience with cold weather... My
stay warm gear: Timberland dual layer waterproof winter jacket,
polysilk long underwear and undershirt, jeans, long sleeve cotten
shirts, and Merrel Gor-Tex waterproof shoes. I originally though
I should get combat style boots, but I figure we will stay on the
sidewalks as much as possible and getting in and out of houses/hotels
will be a pain with tall boots. I hope I made the right decision.
I'm going to take one set of classy shoes and shirt as well for the
clubs and parties. I was looking at the weather report from the
BBC website regarding Prague, current temperature -2 degree celcius!!!
Damn! I hope I don't freeze my nuts off, if I get cold, I'll get the
fleece underwear over there. I'm also looking for a handheld GPS
system to see exactly the path we take, but I may not have enough time
to set that up. I'll try to write updates from the internet cafes
over there.
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view of reality. To think for yourself you must question authority and
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You have been warned...... - Fight Club
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