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Hotel Royal Chiao Hsi Garden
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Airsoft
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I went airsofting for the first time over the weekend for a Bachelor's party. It was pretty fun. I ended up black and blue. What blows my mind is how so many young kids have better gear than I do...
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Everything I ever needed to know in life I learned from South Park
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The following is an article in Psychology Today by Satoshi Kanazawa. I found it very insightful as South Park has also shaped a lot of my views on the world.



I am a big fan of South Park.  In my mind, the perspective of the creators of South Park (Matt Stone and Trey Parker) on every social and political issue of the day is right on the mark, and I proudly identify myself as a “South Park Republican,” which essentially means libertarian.  I love South Park because, among other things, Stone and Parker have better understanding of human nature than supposed experts like Richard Dawkins.

Dawkins and his ilk (like Daniel Dennett, Christopher Hitchens, and Sam Harris) consider religion to be the root of all evil, and envision and advocate for an utopian society where there are no religions and everybody is an atheist.  They believe that wars and violence will disappear if we eliminate religion from human society.  Dawkins and Co. are wrong on at least two fronts.

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Federal agents hunt for guns, one house at a time
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In front of a run-down shack in north Houston, federal agents step from a government sedan into 102-degree heat and face a critical question: How can the woman living here buy four high-end handguns in one day?

The house is worth $35,000. A screen dangles by a wall-unit air conditioner. Porch swing slats are smashed, the smattering of grass is flattened by cars and burned yellow by sun.

“I’ll do the talking on this one,” agent Tim Sloan, of South Carolina, told partner Brian Tumiel, of New York.

Success on the front lines of a government blitz on gunrunners supplying Mexican drug cartels with Houston weaponry hinges on logging heavy miles and knocking on countless doors. Dozens of agents from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives — sent here from around the country — are needed to follow what ATF acting director Kenneth Melson described as a “massive number of investigative leads.”

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Good things never happen when the ATF comes knocking on your door...
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Va. Man Did Machine Gun Conversions, ATF Alleges
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Federal agents raided an Alexandria man's home and seized 75 guns after he sold three machine guns to an undercover agent beginning in April, authorities said yesterday.

John M. Walker, 50, was charged with illegally converting semiautomatic weapons into fully automatic ones, court records show. Fully automatic weapons are legal but heavily regulated. Walker was not a licensed dealer, according to Special Agent Mike Campbell of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.

Campbell said that people who buy such converted weapons on the black market are more likely to have criminal ideas for their use than legitimate collectors.

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Neat video of some pretty fat ATF agents hauling out a really impressive collection
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Honeymoon Pictures
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I'm too lazy to import a bajillion pictures into LJ. Direct links here:

Location: Athens, Paros, Idra, Mykonos, Santorini, Bangkok, Taipei, Jiaoxi

If I was in World War Two they'd call me spitfire.
God bless our troops. Especially the snipers.
You've summoned the fail whale!!!
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Thoughts
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I hereby invoke Godwin's law.

Mourning over MJ because of his musical talent despite his character flaws is like grieving for the loss of Hitler and his great leadership.

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Soviet Union Era Ammunition Cans
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I work from home everyday but don't turn on the air conditioning. This causes the temperature inside of the house to reach about 90 degrees. But one thing I noticed is that around 3pm everyday, I can hear a pop from my 7.62x54r airtight ammo cans expanding because of the temperature. Lately they have been a indicator to me that it is way too hot in here.
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Fob Shots
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Pictures we took in Taipei Taiwan.


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Post-Honeymoon Thoughts
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  • I'm back in the States now. Everyone is so fat and there is "excess" everywhere. In our cars, food, houses, etc.
  • United is the worst airline ever. I hate flying them. Too bad I have all of my mileage holed up with them. Greek hospitality leaves much to be desired. So does their food. I think that explains why you don't see Greek restaurants everywhere.
  • I think I finally figured out why everyone thinks Asians look the same. Here in the United States, each person only knows a handful of Asian people. Therefore, the number of necessary distinct physical traits to tell each apart is significantly lower than a demographic that has more people (White peoples). While we were in Asia, we thought we saw an identical version of pretty much every Asian person we knew back home. In short, people tend to remember the minimum amount of physical enough to differentiate others, but get confused when other similar people are added to the mix.
  • Also while overseas, it felt kinda like "home". Growing up here is a bit difficult, because you're not really American and you're not really Asian. You're stuck in a sub-culture: Asian-American. But I think I am more Asian than American. It felt good to be among people with similar physical traits (height, physiques) and similar thinking. And looking young was normal. I'm sick of white people always bringing up how young I look. It is NORMAL. I am ASIAN. I will flip shit the next time I get carded at the movie theater.
  • It felt great to put my xd45 back on again. But also at the same time, it felt kinda good not having to lug it around everywhere. I need to look for something lighter.
  • The marriage mentality in Asia is very different. Here in America, you are perceived as if something is "wrong" with you if you are old and not married. Americans tend to think that the good fish are the first ones to go and by the time you hit your old age, the secondary picks are the only ones that are left. However in Taiwan, the mentality seems to be that attractive people tend to get married at an older age. The more attractive you are, the pickier you are allowed to be and if you get married young, you are settling.
  • Traveling with Carolyn was like traveling with your best friend.
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Olympic Airlines Baggage Claim For Damages
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Wayne Chiang
XXXXXXXX
XXXXXXX, VA XXXX

June 22, 2009

Olympic Airlines
Reference #: XXXXXX
Customer Relations
70-00 Austin Street
Forest Hills, NY 11375

To Whom It May Concern

I recently had a very frustrating and extremely costly experience with your airline. I feel that I am owed compensation from Olympic Airlines for my expenses.

On June 5, 2009, I was flying aboard Business Class OA 412 from New York to Athens. This trip was the first time for both my wife and I to travel outside of the United States to celebrate our honeymoon. However during this trip, our luggage was lost in the process which caused us a great deal of stress and disappointment in what is supposed to be a very special time.

During this time, we were not able to take pictures or even use traveler’s cheques to buy basic toiletries/clothes because they were all lost in our baggage. Perhaps the most stressful aspect of this experience was losing our prescription medication while overseas. This experience with our baggage has caused us undue stress/disappointment and was not commensurate to the level of service that we expected when we booked our business class tickets. We were able to receive our luggage on the last day before we left Greece however the luggage was damaged on the exterior.

As compensation for my experience, I would like to have our expenses reimbursed for our toiletries/clothes that we had to purchase to cover our loss while overseas (350.94 Euros), as well as $90 USD to cover damages sustained to our luggage. In addition, I would like to be refunded in full for the price of both our tickets. Nothing can compensate us for the loss that we sustained because we were not able to enjoy our time due to the difficulty that this experience caused.

I have attached copies of our receipts, boarding passes, luggage claim, and evidence of damage to our luggage.

Please call me at (XXX) XXX-XXXX by July 1, 2009, to confirm that I will be compensated for this distressing experience. If I do not hear back from you by this time, I will take any further appropriate steps to be compensated for my loss.

I look forward to amicably resolving this issue. Both my wife and I had a great experience with the level of service provided by your flight service personnel as well as the hospitality of your customer support. We hope that we can use the outcome of this issue to determine our sustained business in the future.

Sincerely,

Wayne Chiang
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Honeymoon
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Still alive. Bangkok was awesome. We ate a gigantic meal for like $3 USD. We've been running around Taipei shopping and cam whoring. We've taken several thousand pictures and I don't think I will ever find the time to sort through them.

We've retreated to the mountainside of Taiwan and are finally settling down to enjoy the honeymoon. We're in the honeymoon suite and WOOOOOOOOOOW.... It is a whole ballpark of its own. What am I doing online...?

Edit: Oh yeah, Carolyn sprained her back and can't walk around. Loverlies.
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Day 3: Donkey accident. Ends with a trip to the hospital. Carolyn isn't too good with these Greek farm animals... At least my flex spending account works overseas. Best Honeymoon EVAR!!!

Honeymoon
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Yeah, it's official. We have no luggage for our time in Greece. FFFFFFFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUU!!!!!!!!!!!
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Honeymoon
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Flying first class was a hoot. Everyone was a lifeless zombie and we were the giddy to the max, annoying as hell, newly married couple. Honeymoon off to a great start. Our travelers cheques don't work and our luggage is lost somewhere in New York. Looks like we are wearing the same underwear for the entire honeymoon unless we can find some cash. Oh yeah, and Carolyn got bit by a horse. Seriously.

Honeymoon
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Flying first class was a hoot. Everyone was a lifeless zombie and we were the giddy to the max, annoying as hell, newly married couple.

Honeymoon off to a great start. Our travelers cheques don't work and our luggage is lost somewhere in New York. Looks like we are wearing the same underwear for the entire honeymoon unless we can find some cash. Oh yeah, and Carolyn got bit by a horse. Seriously.
Guess who found a way to leech internet access. Win.
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Night Exposure
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Our house the emoticon: 0_o

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Chicago Law Banning Handguns in City Upheld by Court
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June 2 (Bloomberg) -- A Chicago ordinance banning handguns and automatic weapons within city limits was upheld by a U.S. Court of Appeals panel, which rejected a challenge by the National Rifle Association.

The unanimous three-judge panel ruled today that a U.S. Supreme Court decision last year, which recognized an individual right to bear arms under the U.S. Constitution’s Second Amendment, didn’t apply to states and municipalities.

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Using Deadly Force. What NOT To Do
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Video: http://www.koco.com/video/19588552/index.html
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Toledo police layoffs leading to gun buying
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TOLEDO, OH (WTOL) - The first round of Toledo police layoffs, in which 75 officers were let go, may already be having an affect on gun ownership.

"I just don't feel safe with the amount they're laying off," says Jonna Ewing. "I think it's going to be a longer respond time."

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