Category: inspiration
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Make Your Dreams And Wishes Come True
Kate came up with the phrase for a birthday card for her friend Pauline
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Only Room For 3
The first thing my manager said to me when he walked in was that he heard Yahoo! News retained the #1 spot again in December. I’m a bit obsessed with statistics. The first day I joined Yahoo! in 1999, that was the first thing I looked at, and I continued to dig through the data…
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Money Doesn’t buy Happiness But You Can Be Awfully Unhappy Without Money.
I believe a person should try to earn as money as possible and distribute that money as soon as possible to the people he loves. This especially true of your parents. Don’t think that you’ll give them money later on. As soon as you have some money that you think they’ll find useful, write them…
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Go with the flow when traveling with parents
My parents are too old for me to try to change them so I go with flow. They wanted to eat Chinese food in Paris, so I bought them to Chinatown where I’ve never ever been to after 8 times in Paris. I bumped into a Chinese chef of 30 years in Paris and he recommended the…
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Bamboo Sourcery : a bamboo paradise in Sebastopol
A friend of mine triggered a memory of this unbelievable place in Sebastopol called the Bamboo Sourcery where they have 300 varieties of bamboo and it’s an oasis for you to loose yourself in this wonderous hillside/nursery of bamboo. It’s an amazing experience. Make a reservation with them and plan a family outing to walk…
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Happy 35th Birthday Week To Me
My 35th birthday was last Friday. I don’t get many presents anymore since it seems that as I get older presents becomes less and less important until I get really old, like 65 :-). I do still get red envelopes from my parents, bless their heart. I’ve decided that my birthday is going to last…
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Almost killed by a SF bike
I love running in downtown SF really fast. I could past all the peoploe, I weave in and out of the crowds, I jump into the street and weave between cars in traffic. Tonight I learned my lesson. I was doing my fast run today and when the light turned green I dashed out to…
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Dean Karnazes runs 350 miles non-stop
Dean Karnazes is the best known ultra marathon runner and he finishes 350 miles as a fundraising effort for Organs ‘R’ Us (you can read the Outside Magazine article here Dean Karnazes runs 350 miles 6) Can you walk (I mean, run) us through the experience? What were the highpoints/lowpoints? The first two nights of…
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First signs of realestate cooldown?
I was visiting someone at a loft yesterday in downtown SF, and there were 3 spaces open for sale. One on the market for 30 days, one for 14 days. The agent was very eager as well. Have we peaked in realestate in the Bay Area? If so, everyone who wanted to buy before should…