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I just saw a link to this at Matt’s No-sword, and I had to include my own link to it for nostalgia’s sake. I had no idea the song was sung by the Pointer Sisters, though. If that’s not enough … Continue reading

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Watership Down Subtitles, a la Japonais

A few months ago, I was feeling nostalgic and decided to download a copy of the old 1978 animated movie, Watership Down, based on the epic novel by the same name by Richard Adams. I had some mixed feelings about … Continue reading

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Word for the Day

I actually ran across this word reading Robotech, believe it or not. Götterdämmerung – German for “Twilight of the Gods”, which is itself a transliteration of the Norse word ragnarökkr (Ragnarok). Also the name of one of Wagner’s operas.

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Robotech: The good, the bad, and the painfully cheezy dialogue

A few months ago I was able to get hold of the e-books for the novelization of the entire Robotech series. I have very fond memories of watching the series as a young child, and as a teenager I had … Continue reading

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Family Picture

We had some family pictures taken over the holidays, so I thought I would post one of them here. I finally got around to scanning it (I don’t have a scanner at home so I had to use one at … Continue reading

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My Research

Well, I’ve finally gotten my first research paper submitted and accepted. It will appear in this year’s Proceedings of SPIE. The title of the paper is “Drag-a-drop: a characterization tool for immersion lithography.” So my friend Mitch asked me, “Have … Continue reading

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D&D: By Email?

This is something that I’ve been doing for several months but just haven’t gotten around to talking about, much like everything else on this little-updated blog. My brother Porter introduced me to this group that is playing a D&D campaign, … Continue reading

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Update on How to Start Your Own Martial Arts Style

The action has been heating up in the comments section, where I have been getting a new comment almost every two months! I’ve already had several people comment on Albert Geraldi, generally agreeing with what I said and just filling … Continue reading

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Back in Austin

After a nearly month-long break, we just arrived back in Austin. It wasn’t all fun and relaxing, it was conditional that I get a paper written to submit to Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology B. I finished the method … Continue reading

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sick…

Well, our whole family is sick. I don’t know if it’s a really bad cold or a mild flu, but both myself and my daughter Karisa have been down and out for the past couple of days. My wife Ryoko … Continue reading

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