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Pictures: Grandpa’s 96th Birthday

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96th Birthday Cake

Pictures from my Grandfather’s birthday party are up on Flickr. He turned 96 on Monday. Check out the set here on Flickr.

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May 31, 2007 at 12:09 am

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The Wonders of Zantac

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I had only had two beers before I went to college…each beer at separate times. Each time, my face immediately felt flush and hot afterwards. It wasn’t until at college when I rediscovered this feeling of my face getting splotchy red and hot while drinking. Then people had told me I had “Asian Man’s Disease” when I drank. The combination of not drinking in high school and not having many Asian friends prevented me from ever being exposed to this “phenomenon”.

Throughout college, I went through phases of caring about this seemingly unpreventable reaction…on one hand, it was uncomfortable, and on the other hand…who cared? For me, it was hit or miss. Some nights my face would turn red, and other nights I would be “in the zone”. It was the inability to predict how my body was going to react that sparked some anxiety. I was constantly running to a mirror to see if my face was red. I quickly learned that, for me, the color of the palms of my hands was a good barometer for how my face was doing. If they were red, I was in trouble. If they were normal, I was good to go… Read the rest of this entry »

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May 15, 2007 at 4:18 am

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April’s Birthday Party Pictures

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Unfortunately I didn’t make it to Basement of Doom for the Okay Samurai jam, I was too busy cutting holes in my ceiling to wire a ceiling fan in my living room. Saturday night was fun – pictures from April’s birthday party are up on Flickr.

April’s Birthday Party Set on Flickr.

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April 16, 2007 at 1:25 pm

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St. Patrick’s Day

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Ouch.

That about sums up Sunday morning and afternoon for me. We grabbed a table at Ragtime around 5pm and didn’t leave until 1am, or so I’m told. NCAA Tourney, car bombs and green beer have never flowed so freely.

St. Patrick’s Day Pictures on Flickr.

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March 19, 2007 at 1:25 pm

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