Thursday, July 31, 2008
Wednesday, July 30, 2008
Ichiro reaches 3,000 total hits in US, Japan
Dollar Takes Quarter Pounding In 'Big Mac Index'
Which websites has China blocked?
Canadian Arctic sheds ice chunk
Tokyo, Seoul, Hong Kong, Osaka and Singapore are the top 5 Asia's most expensive cities
Quake shakes S. California; No injuries reported, WJ is safe!
Chinese Influence In Sudan Is Subtle, Complicated
Energy Conservation Starts At Home
Why Do Sick People Go To Work?
Really interesting about history Chinese and Sudanese: A Marriage Sealed In Oil, History
Dog in court for breaching peace
Kalama wine bottle plant is truly international
Dollar Takes Quarter Pounding In 'Big Mac Index'
Which websites has China blocked?
Canadian Arctic sheds ice chunk
Tokyo, Seoul, Hong Kong, Osaka and Singapore are the top 5 Asia's most expensive cities
Quake shakes S. California; No injuries reported, WJ is safe!
Chinese Influence In Sudan Is Subtle, Complicated
Energy Conservation Starts At Home
Why Do Sick People Go To Work?
Really interesting about history Chinese and Sudanese: A Marriage Sealed In Oil, History
Dog in court for breaching peace
Kalama wine bottle plant is truly international
Tuesday, July 29, 2008
For your viewing pleasure, auntie Mon, this is me, silly me!
7.27.08 Check out Emily's weird position of arm.
We were all sleepy.
7.20.08 Mocha: Yes I am dirty and my mommy Boringfish let me on the couch.
We were all sleepy.
7.20.08 Mocha: Yes I am dirty and my mommy Boringfish let me on the couch.
Sunday, July 27, 2008
Saturday, July 26, 2008
Friday, July 25, 2008
Chinese Firm Buys German Airport
Cougar is out there. Is Coffee ok?
PT mill lays off 14, cites rising cost of energy, materials
Remembering Randy Pausch's Last LectureAchieving Your Childhood Dreams
Ford posts the worst quarterly performance in its history
U.S. schools eye four-day week to cut fuel costs
Hanford Tank Waste Continues To Bedevil Clean-Up Crews
I would think again before I go to the OR coast. Swimmers advised to avoid ocean at Cannon Beach
Eugene chip plant to close
DNA tests confirm wild gray wolves in Okanogan Co. & ODFW Says Wolves Are Again Breeding In Oregon.
8 Signs the Economy Is Slumping
City of Roses got an honorable mention: Portland, Ore., Rides Bikes Around High Gas Prices
Probing China's Changing Character
My old employer: Postal Service Takes Lead In Going Green
Once Naked For Nirvana, Now A Teen Spirit
A Soldier Who Documented Lives In Conflict
Soldier In Iconic Photo Succumbs To His Demons
Summer Squash Gets Some Respect
Federal Minimum Wage To Increase By 70 Cents
Firms Offer Muslims Alternatives To Mortgages
Plug In, Drive On: The Promise of Next-Gen Hybrids
China Looks To Row Away With Most Gold Medals
Workers Get Bump
In Minimum Wage
When Are You Most Likely to Have a Heart Attack?
Strong quake jolts northern Japan, no tsunami
Most Popular Passenger Cars on MSN, Japan-based automakers dominate this list, taking nine of the 10 positions.
The 'eight don't asks' of the Olympics
Panda Need Cash for Bamboo: China Panda Center Copes With Sagging Tourism, maybe they can still their poo to paper maker!
Thanks to Olympics, Beijing gets its Eiffel Tower, of sorts
Saving Sichuan's 'people in the clouds'
Cougar is out there. Is Coffee ok?
PT mill lays off 14, cites rising cost of energy, materials
Remembering Randy Pausch's Last LectureAchieving Your Childhood Dreams
Ford posts the worst quarterly performance in its history
U.S. schools eye four-day week to cut fuel costs
Hanford Tank Waste Continues To Bedevil Clean-Up Crews
I would think again before I go to the OR coast. Swimmers advised to avoid ocean at Cannon Beach
Eugene chip plant to close
DNA tests confirm wild gray wolves in Okanogan Co. & ODFW Says Wolves Are Again Breeding In Oregon.
8 Signs the Economy Is Slumping
City of Roses got an honorable mention: Portland, Ore., Rides Bikes Around High Gas Prices
Probing China's Changing Character
My old employer: Postal Service Takes Lead In Going Green
Once Naked For Nirvana, Now A Teen Spirit
A Soldier Who Documented Lives In Conflict
Soldier In Iconic Photo Succumbs To His Demons
Summer Squash Gets Some Respect
Federal Minimum Wage To Increase By 70 Cents
Firms Offer Muslims Alternatives To Mortgages
Plug In, Drive On: The Promise of Next-Gen Hybrids
China Looks To Row Away With Most Gold Medals
Workers Get Bump
In Minimum Wage
When Are You Most Likely to Have a Heart Attack?
Strong quake jolts northern Japan, no tsunami
Most Popular Passenger Cars on MSN, Japan-based automakers dominate this list, taking nine of the 10 positions.
The 'eight don't asks' of the Olympics
Panda Need Cash for Bamboo: China Panda Center Copes With Sagging Tourism, maybe they can still their poo to paper maker!
Thanks to Olympics, Beijing gets its Eiffel Tower, of sorts
Saving Sichuan's 'people in the clouds'
B+ Day
Today is another blood donation day.. and I almost got turned away... at this rate of shedding some extra layer... I may get turn away again in the next go-around.. we will see........
Thursday, July 24, 2008
First Chervon. now Lezing..
First, we have Chervon for biofuel, now Lenzinf for fabric, I wonder what would be next, I think it will a pharmaceutical company or... let'see, after unlocking the potential in trees, right? what do we get? How's about nano paper/fiber?
So what can we do with nano paper, for example: Nanotech Cleans Up
Lenzing Group and Weyerhaeuser collaborate to develop sustainable nonwovens
So what can we do with nano paper, for example: Nanotech Cleans Up
Lenzing Group and Weyerhaeuser collaborate to develop sustainable nonwovens
Western Climate Initiative- it's liked an onion, so many layers!
WCI
WA_WCI
State Plan
Forestry & Agriculture in a Carbon Market
Western Climate Initiative Members To Outline Strategy
Western governors offer emissions plan, we are one of those businesses whom needs to purchase credit from others. Capping Carbon in the Northwest
Let's the mystery unfold.....
WA_WCI
State Plan
Forestry & Agriculture in a Carbon Market
Western Climate Initiative Members To Outline Strategy
Western governors offer emissions plan, we are one of those businesses whom needs to purchase credit from others. Capping Carbon in the Northwest
Let's the mystery unfold.....
Wednesday, July 23, 2008
Tuesday, July 22, 2008
Miyazaki's latest: Poh-nyo on the Cliff by the Sea 宮崎駿最新作 崖の上のポニョ
Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea Trailer
英訳歌詞 Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea Trailer w/Translations
Monday, July 21, 2008
Sunday, July 20, 2008
Happy Birthday Hang.
My new EDI friend.... and at his party, I met another former N-per. Charles... learning many people stuff about W and N! HA!
This is weird.
This is weird.
Saturday, July 19, 2008
Escape Artist Strikes again!
Mocha strikes again and she had lost all her freedom and her voice in the backyard....... I am adjusting to the silence.....
Friday, July 18, 2008
Pink Slips day up in WA-Korean town
Rumors had it.........well.... guys.. we gotta tightened our purse strings.......
Thursday, July 17, 2008
Cell Phones on the Road: What Goes?
San Francisco most walkable U.S. city, website says
10 U.S. Places to See Before You Die, Oregon made the list.
China's stolen childre: HBO & Offiical site
Toyota Will Begin Making Prius In The U.S.
Mr. Q from Nova Science
Siemens to Cut 4% of Work Force
Elephant PooP from India: Haathi Chaap and there are a few source to buy poopy non stinky paper.
Panda poop to be made into paper
Panda PooP from HK Ocean Park: 熊貓屎變再造紙
Boeing Building Biggest Helicopter Ever
Are Kids 'Bundles Of Joy' For Parents?
Chinese School Offers 'Loving' Home for Kids
San Francisco most walkable U.S. city, website says
10 U.S. Places to See Before You Die, Oregon made the list.
China's stolen childre: HBO & Offiical site
Toyota Will Begin Making Prius In The U.S.
Mr. Q from Nova Science
Siemens to Cut 4% of Work Force
Elephant PooP from India: Haathi Chaap and there are a few source to buy poopy non stinky paper.
Panda poop to be made into paper
Panda PooP from HK Ocean Park: 熊貓屎變再造紙
Boeing Building Biggest Helicopter Ever
Are Kids 'Bundles Of Joy' For Parents?
Chinese School Offers 'Loving' Home for Kids
Wednesday, July 16, 2008
Sunday, July 13, 2008
Thursday, July 10, 2008
Wednesday, July 09, 2008
Differences Between Men and Women
(found long ago on Internet, original author unknown)
Relationships
First of all, a man does not call a relationship a relationship -- He refers to it as "the time when me and Suzie was doing it on a semi-regular basis." When a relationship ends, a woman will cry and pour her heart out to her girlfriends and she will write a poem titled "All Men Are Idiots." Then she will get on with her life.
A man has a little more trouble letting go. Six months after the break-up, at 3:30 a.m. on a Saturday night, he will call and say, "I just wanted to let you know you ruined my life and I'll never forgive you and I hate you and you're a total whore. But I want you to know there's always a chance for us." This is known as the "I Hate You/I Love You - Drunken Phone Call." 99% of all men have placed at least one such call. There are community colleges that offer courses to help men get over this need. Alas, these classes rarely prove effective.
Sex
Women prefer 30 - 45 minutes of foreplay. Men prefer 30 - 45 seconds of foreplay. Men consider driving back to her place as part of the foreplay.
Maturity
Women mature much faster then men. Most 17-year-old females can function as adults. Most 17-year-old males are still trading baseball cards and giving each other wedgies after gym class. This is why high school romances rarely work.
Hats
Women look good in hats; men look like dinks.
Comedy
Let's say a small group of men and women are in a room, watching television, and an episode of "The Three Stooges" comes on. Immediately, the men will get very excited; they will laugh uproariously, and even try to imitate the actions of Curly, man's favorite stooge. The women will roll their eyes and groan and wait it out.
Handwriting
To their credit, men do not decorate their penmanship. They just chicken-scratch. Women use scented, colored stationary and they dot their "i's" with circles and hearts. Women use ridiculously large loops in their "p's" and "g's". It is a royal pain to read a note from a woman. Even when she's dumping you, she'll put a smiley face at the end of the note.
Bathrooms
A man has at most 6 items in his bathroom -- a toothbrush, toothpaste, shaving cream, razor, a bar of Dial soap, and a towel from the Holiday Inn. The average number of items in a typical woman's bathroom is 437. A man would not be able to identify most of these items.
Magazines
Men's magazines often feature pictures of naked ladies. Women's magazines also feature pictures of naked ladies. This is because the female body is a beautiful work of art, while the male body is hairy and lumpy and should not be seen by the light of day.
Groceries
A woman makes a list of things she needs and then goes to the store and buys these things. A man waits until the only items left in his fridge are half a lemon and something turning green. Then he goes grocery shopping. He buys everything that looks good. By the time a man reaches the checkout counter, his cart is packed tighter than the Clampett's car on the Beverly Hillbillies. Of course, this will not stop him from going to the 10-items-or-less lane.
Cats
Women love cats. Men say they love cats, but when women aren't looking, men kick cats.
Jewelry
Women look nice when they wear jewelry. A man can get away with wearing one ring, and that's it. Any more than that and he will look like a lounge singer named Vic.
Menopause
When a woman reaches menopause, she goes through a variety of complicated emotional and psychological, and biological changes. The nature and degree of these changes varies with the individual. Menopause in men provokes a uniform reaction -- he buys aviator glasses, a snazzy French cap and leather driving gloves and goes shopping for a Porsche.
The Telephone
Men see the telephone as a communications tool. They use the telephone to send short messages to other people. A woman can visit her girlfriend for two weeks, and upon returning home, she will call the same friend and they will talk for three hours.
Low Blows
Let's say a man and woman are watching a boxing match on television. One of the fighters is felled by a low blow. The woman says, "Oh, gee. That must hurt." The man doubles over and actually feels pain.
Admitting Mistakes
Women will sometimes admit making a mistake. The last man who admitted he was wrong was General George Custer.
Richard Gere (see also -- Patrick Swayze)
Women like Richard Gere because he is sexy in a dangerous way. Men hate Richard Gere because he reminds them of that slick guy who works at the health club and dates only married women.
Offspring
A woman knows all about her children. She knows about dentist appointments and soccer games and romances and best friends and favorite foods and secret dreams. A man is vaguely aware of some short people living in the house.
Dressing up
A woman will dress up to go shopping, water the plants, empty the garbage, answer the phone, read a book, or get the mail. A man will dress up for the following: weddings, funerals.
Nudity in Movies
Every actress in the history of movies has had to do a nude scene. This is because every movie in the history of movies has been produced by a 'man'. The only actor who has appeared nude in the movies is Richard Gere. This is another reason why men hate him.
David Letterman
Men think David Letterman is the funniest man on Earth. Women think he is a mean, semi-dorky guy who always has a bad haircut.
Politics
Men love to talk politics, but often forget to do political things such as voting. Women are very happy that another generation of Kennedys is growing up and getting into politics because they will be able to campaign for them and cry on election night.
Locker Rooms
In the locker room, men talk about three things: money, football, and women. They exaggerate about money, they don't know football nearly as well as they think they do, and they fabricate stories about women. Women talk about one thing in the locker room -- sex. And not in abstract terms, either. They are extremely graphic and technical.
Laundry
Women do laundry every couple of days. A man will wear every article of clothing he owns, including his surgical pants that were hip about eight years ago, before he will do the laundry. When he is finally out of clothes, he will wear a dirty sweatshirt inside-out, rent a U-Haul and take his mountain of clothes to the laundromat. Men always expect to meet beautiful women at the laundromat. This is a myth.
Toys
Little girls love to play with toys. Then, when they reach the age of 11 or 12, they lose interest. Men never grow out of their obsession with toys. As they get older, their toys simply become more expensive and impractical. Examples of men's toys: little miniature TV's, car phones, complicated juicers and blenders, graphic equalizers, small robots that serve cocktails on command, video games, anything that blinks, beeps, and requires at least six "D" batteries to operate.
Plants
A woman asks a man to water the plants while she is on vacation. The man waters the plants. The woman comes home five days later to an apartment full of dead plants. No one knows why this happens.
Nicknames
With the exception of female bodybuilders who call each other names like "Ultimate Pecs" and "Big Turk," women eschew the use of nicknames. If Gloria, Suzanne, Deborah, and Michelle get together for lunch, they will call each other Gloria, Suzanne, Deborah, and Michelle. But if Mike, Dave, Rob, and Jack go out for a brewsky, they will affectionately refer to each other as Bullet-Head, Godzilla, Peanut Brain, and Useless.
Mustaches
Some men look good with mustaches. Those men are Tom Selleck and Burt Reynolds. There are no women who look good with mustaches.
Relationships
First of all, a man does not call a relationship a relationship -- He refers to it as "the time when me and Suzie was doing it on a semi-regular basis." When a relationship ends, a woman will cry and pour her heart out to her girlfriends and she will write a poem titled "All Men Are Idiots." Then she will get on with her life.
A man has a little more trouble letting go. Six months after the break-up, at 3:30 a.m. on a Saturday night, he will call and say, "I just wanted to let you know you ruined my life and I'll never forgive you and I hate you and you're a total whore. But I want you to know there's always a chance for us." This is known as the "I Hate You/I Love You - Drunken Phone Call." 99% of all men have placed at least one such call. There are community colleges that offer courses to help men get over this need. Alas, these classes rarely prove effective.
Sex
Women prefer 30 - 45 minutes of foreplay. Men prefer 30 - 45 seconds of foreplay. Men consider driving back to her place as part of the foreplay.
Maturity
Women mature much faster then men. Most 17-year-old females can function as adults. Most 17-year-old males are still trading baseball cards and giving each other wedgies after gym class. This is why high school romances rarely work.
Hats
Women look good in hats; men look like dinks.
Comedy
Let's say a small group of men and women are in a room, watching television, and an episode of "The Three Stooges" comes on. Immediately, the men will get very excited; they will laugh uproariously, and even try to imitate the actions of Curly, man's favorite stooge. The women will roll their eyes and groan and wait it out.
Handwriting
To their credit, men do not decorate their penmanship. They just chicken-scratch. Women use scented, colored stationary and they dot their "i's" with circles and hearts. Women use ridiculously large loops in their "p's" and "g's". It is a royal pain to read a note from a woman. Even when she's dumping you, she'll put a smiley face at the end of the note.
Bathrooms
A man has at most 6 items in his bathroom -- a toothbrush, toothpaste, shaving cream, razor, a bar of Dial soap, and a towel from the Holiday Inn. The average number of items in a typical woman's bathroom is 437. A man would not be able to identify most of these items.
Magazines
Men's magazines often feature pictures of naked ladies. Women's magazines also feature pictures of naked ladies. This is because the female body is a beautiful work of art, while the male body is hairy and lumpy and should not be seen by the light of day.
Groceries
A woman makes a list of things she needs and then goes to the store and buys these things. A man waits until the only items left in his fridge are half a lemon and something turning green. Then he goes grocery shopping. He buys everything that looks good. By the time a man reaches the checkout counter, his cart is packed tighter than the Clampett's car on the Beverly Hillbillies. Of course, this will not stop him from going to the 10-items-or-less lane.
Cats
Women love cats. Men say they love cats, but when women aren't looking, men kick cats.
Jewelry
Women look nice when they wear jewelry. A man can get away with wearing one ring, and that's it. Any more than that and he will look like a lounge singer named Vic.
Menopause
When a woman reaches menopause, she goes through a variety of complicated emotional and psychological, and biological changes. The nature and degree of these changes varies with the individual. Menopause in men provokes a uniform reaction -- he buys aviator glasses, a snazzy French cap and leather driving gloves and goes shopping for a Porsche.
The Telephone
Men see the telephone as a communications tool. They use the telephone to send short messages to other people. A woman can visit her girlfriend for two weeks, and upon returning home, she will call the same friend and they will talk for three hours.
Low Blows
Let's say a man and woman are watching a boxing match on television. One of the fighters is felled by a low blow. The woman says, "Oh, gee. That must hurt." The man doubles over and actually feels pain.
Admitting Mistakes
Women will sometimes admit making a mistake. The last man who admitted he was wrong was General George Custer.
Richard Gere (see also -- Patrick Swayze)
Women like Richard Gere because he is sexy in a dangerous way. Men hate Richard Gere because he reminds them of that slick guy who works at the health club and dates only married women.
Offspring
A woman knows all about her children. She knows about dentist appointments and soccer games and romances and best friends and favorite foods and secret dreams. A man is vaguely aware of some short people living in the house.
Dressing up
A woman will dress up to go shopping, water the plants, empty the garbage, answer the phone, read a book, or get the mail. A man will dress up for the following: weddings, funerals.
Nudity in Movies
Every actress in the history of movies has had to do a nude scene. This is because every movie in the history of movies has been produced by a 'man'. The only actor who has appeared nude in the movies is Richard Gere. This is another reason why men hate him.
David Letterman
Men think David Letterman is the funniest man on Earth. Women think he is a mean, semi-dorky guy who always has a bad haircut.
Politics
Men love to talk politics, but often forget to do political things such as voting. Women are very happy that another generation of Kennedys is growing up and getting into politics because they will be able to campaign for them and cry on election night.
Locker Rooms
In the locker room, men talk about three things: money, football, and women. They exaggerate about money, they don't know football nearly as well as they think they do, and they fabricate stories about women. Women talk about one thing in the locker room -- sex. And not in abstract terms, either. They are extremely graphic and technical.
Laundry
Women do laundry every couple of days. A man will wear every article of clothing he owns, including his surgical pants that were hip about eight years ago, before he will do the laundry. When he is finally out of clothes, he will wear a dirty sweatshirt inside-out, rent a U-Haul and take his mountain of clothes to the laundromat. Men always expect to meet beautiful women at the laundromat. This is a myth.
Toys
Little girls love to play with toys. Then, when they reach the age of 11 or 12, they lose interest. Men never grow out of their obsession with toys. As they get older, their toys simply become more expensive and impractical. Examples of men's toys: little miniature TV's, car phones, complicated juicers and blenders, graphic equalizers, small robots that serve cocktails on command, video games, anything that blinks, beeps, and requires at least six "D" batteries to operate.
Plants
A woman asks a man to water the plants while she is on vacation. The man waters the plants. The woman comes home five days later to an apartment full of dead plants. No one knows why this happens.
Nicknames
With the exception of female bodybuilders who call each other names like "Ultimate Pecs" and "Big Turk," women eschew the use of nicknames. If Gloria, Suzanne, Deborah, and Michelle get together for lunch, they will call each other Gloria, Suzanne, Deborah, and Michelle. But if Mike, Dave, Rob, and Jack go out for a brewsky, they will affectionately refer to each other as Bullet-Head, Godzilla, Peanut Brain, and Useless.
Mustaches
Some men look good with mustaches. Those men are Tom Selleck and Burt Reynolds. There are no women who look good with mustaches.
Monday, July 07, 2008
Friday, July 04, 2008
Thursday, July 03, 2008
Learn about Isostatic Rebound: Glacier Bay Park's Gravity Shifts As Ice Melts
Cascade Pacific Pulp reopens Halsey mill
Environmental Educator Eyes Yosemite Roadkill
An economy gone to the dogs
LA Times to cut 250 jobs, including 150 news jobs
Last-minute deal lets Sonics move to Oklahoma City
New Weyerhaeuser sawmill up and running
Star Tribune in default to junior debt holders
UK life costs 'at least £13,400'
The Record to leave Hackensack base by January
Newspapers, reeling from slumping ads, slash jobs
Starbucks to cut up to 12,000 jobs, close 600 stores
Cascade Pacific Pulp reopens Halsey mill
Environmental Educator Eyes Yosemite Roadkill
An economy gone to the dogs
LA Times to cut 250 jobs, including 150 news jobs
Last-minute deal lets Sonics move to Oklahoma City
New Weyerhaeuser sawmill up and running
Star Tribune in default to junior debt holders
UK life costs 'at least £13,400'
The Record to leave Hackensack base by January
Newspapers, reeling from slumping ads, slash jobs
Starbucks to cut up to 12,000 jobs, close 600 stores
Wednesday, July 02, 2008
Half of 2008
My workyear has been a very productive one YTD. Thank goodness that nihongo class was over, spring term was a struggle and I am very happy to take a break from it. As I mentioned in the last several months, there is no sign of work slowing down, several of us are working over TIME on top of over TIME to fill in the gap as my mom (SARA) from work is retiring. I talk to her daily to make sure I am not screwing things up (she is on her banked vacation). My future on NP1 is bright as others, because we will be continue to trial non traditonal newsprint grade for the rest of the year.
IP and WY synegry is almost done, lots of changes internally, with that said, I am constantly watching the updates. In June, they announced that MR. TOM (NP alliance) is coming back to the dark side and WY EDI executive mentor is one of the new VP. aka Mr. Shaker' buddy. Maybe knowing the whos and whos will help me someday.
Mitch san and I talked causally the first time ever. I am making progress!
June definitely was the most busiest of all. With Mocha's arrival in May and having many guests visiting and I got to play catch up with Colleen, Richard, Lisa (BC) and the WONG family. For July and August, I am looking forward to visiting the fields, going to see Angela and Neil, as well as chilling with Sean before he leaves for TX! I still haven't factor in Adam and the boys.
Home life.... is another story.....
IP and WY synegry is almost done, lots of changes internally, with that said, I am constantly watching the updates. In June, they announced that MR. TOM (NP alliance) is coming back to the dark side and WY EDI executive mentor is one of the new VP. aka Mr. Shaker' buddy. Maybe knowing the whos and whos will help me someday.
Mitch san and I talked causally the first time ever. I am making progress!
June definitely was the most busiest of all. With Mocha's arrival in May and having many guests visiting and I got to play catch up with Colleen, Richard, Lisa (BC) and the WONG family. For July and August, I am looking forward to visiting the fields, going to see Angela and Neil, as well as chilling with Sean before he leaves for TX! I still haven't factor in Adam and the boys.
Home life.... is another story.....
Tuesday, July 01, 2008
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