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We’re T+1 hour and still no call for a strike from the transit union leadership. From what I can gather, the union doesn’t really want more salary — they just want to be treated better by the middle management. The MTA doesn’t want to cut any benefits for current employees, just for future employees. NY1 [...]

Time’s People of the Year goes to the Global Givers: Bill & Melinda Gates and Bono for their work for the poorest countries (the Time website has it “Bono, Melinda and Bill Gates”, which kind of looks like Bono was adopted into the Microsoft family), and “Partners of the Year” to Bill Clinton and George [...]

On Friday night, co-workers and I went to the Atlantic Chip Shop. Good stuff – I can’t believe how much fried food I could dare to eat! I somehow resisted the fried Twinkie. I finished reading “The Rule of Four.” Check out the official website as well. Fascinating book, a DaVinci Code-meets-A-Separate Peace. The friendships [...]

Such sad news: Actor John Spencer of “West Wing” – Leo, the prospective Democratic Vice President – passed away from a heart attack. He was a good watch and a great supporting actor who was able to balance out the rest of the cast.

Well, a NYC tradition – awaiting the MTA vs. the Union thing. As of the hour that I’m writing this, negotiations continue. Hope continues, as 1010 WINS News reports. I couldn’t avoid watching Donald Trump’s “The Apprentice,” could I? Well, I watched most of it. I posit that The Donald could have picked both people [...]

Comments on previous posts: 1. Caught Narnia on Sunday. Very good, although P- asked, “Where’s Gandolf?” at the battle scene. Cute triple entendre on J.R.R Tolken’s influence on C.S. Lewis. (Some people have been having problems with Wikipedia — that comes with an enterprise that is so extravagant, but having access to such a compendium [...]

I was channel-changing on late Saturday morning, 12/10/05, and FOX apparently was showing a G.I. Joe cartoon. No, not the cartoon version of the 1980′s, but this new version in an anime style. I respect anime, but why is it that just about every cartoon these days have to be in that style? It works [...]

Back in Kuala Lumpur today. Last night, spent some QT with friends over dinner and drinks, Choya Umeshu over a big block of ice. Great stuff ! This weekend, me and B- had an extra helping of sushi and sashima and it was all good. Taipei definitely was festive with X-mas with bus drivers, store [...]

I went with P- to her friend’s b-day party Thursday at Paprika, in the East Village. P and I didn’t really know many of the birthday girl’s friends that were at the table, they weren’t particularly interested in me — maybe they were, but no one could hear each other — and the ones that [...]

Some shots from the USS Arizona at Pearl Harbor (you can also see them in the photo strip above also). We went during low season, so it wasn’t as crowded as would be normal, but because of the size of the facilities, there is a limited number of people that can go per day — [...]