Black Friday at King of Prussia Mall

Outta my way Grandma, move aside little girl, its Black Friday at the King of Prussia Mall and I need me some deals! I’ve already checked out the deals on BF2005.com and I studied the KoP Mall floor plan online, so I know where I’m going. Oh and I’ve lived in Russia and China, I know how to use elbows in a crowd and I will run you over.

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Look Ma! I’m on TV!

Sometimes I even get the multimedia upgrade. A while back I gave an interview to BBC Radio’s “Up All Night”, which was quite interesting in that it was live late night in the UK and mid-drink-a-thon in DC. Breaking from the bar, I gave a quite lucid interview even though I was hunkered down in a schoolyard play set, trying to stay dry from the rain and shield the phone from the sounds of fire truck sirens seemingly converging on my setup.
Recently, I’ve got the TV Holy Grail. First it was a two minute interview on the BBC News that was so quick I didn’t get a chance t record the session. I did wander around the office enough for a photograph in the BBC DC studio. That background – its fake.

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Will You Buy Me?

Help me. I’ve been here a year now, hanging out in this living room, never used and only abused. Abused with plants, coats, umbrellas and such, hanging from me, but never once touched the right way. Nope, never cared for, never noticed, he ignored me, even cheated on me, even used another instead of me. Now he too has gone, leaving me alone, forlorn, and destined for the Dumpster if not saved soon. Would you be for me?

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A Wet B-More Wedding

It raining outside, no make that pouring cold rain that tormented Jin and I as we drove here from DC. Here would be St. Philip & James Catholic Church in Baltimore, where Jin and I are attending a wedding. Don’t worry, I’m not getting married, I did that already, and divorced too.

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Just Another Soldier

Jason Christopher Hartley goes to Iraq Around a year ago, Time magazine did a profile on influential bloggers, and named a few websites that were up and coming. One of the pick stood out not so much for its topic (Iraq) or its angle (soldier’s viewpoint) but for the cheeky…

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