Whew!  *deep breath*  This could be a long one, but I’m going to try, try, to be reasonably lengthy on this one.  I’ll put this disclaimer upfront.  Although Apple makes good products, I am no lover of Apple products, so I might be biased against Apple.  Let’s also put in the fact that I’m Korean […]

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On 8/6/2012 a thrilling soccer semifinal between Canada and USA ended in US victory over Canada.  I didn’t see the match, but oh did I read about the controversy.  What did I do?  I watched the highlights to see what all the fuss was about.  In my opinion Canada was unfortunate in the calls against […]

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With Summer finally here and a few thunderstorms in the area, I’ve decided to repost this old blog entry on the questions of what a musician does in performing music, and how that relates to the beauty of music itself.  Implicitly it also asks about the popularity of cross-genre music such as Piano Guys or […]

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The baseball All-Star game has passed with the Senior Circuit (aka National League) pounding the Junior Circuit (aka American League).  The National League will have home field advantage this year, but this is not the reason for this blog. Rather, the home run derby is topic and the vociferous boos that Robinson Cano of the […]

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If you recall, I created a blog about Call Me Maybe and online dating.  Well, here’s one with height. Methodology: 203 profiles were viewed across ages.  Preferred height differentials were recorded from my saved search parameters, people who viewed my profile, and mutual searches.  Data was compiled in two batches of about 100 each.  Women […]

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I’ve started my dream journal again.  So you, dear readers, will get a glimpse into my unconscious mind.  Hope it’s entertaining and let the analysis begin!  Here’s one I had last week. Sometimes actual people appear in my dreams, like friends, family, etc.  But for the first time She made an appearance.  I don’t know […]

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Ok…..so I am utterly confused now by this song and why women choose to use it for their dating headlines.  As you may have deduced, yes, I have looked online for dating purposes and I swear someone could write a PhD on some sociological topic.  This is not it, but here are some observations. There […]

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I was thinking about Greek the other day, and how much I’ve forgotten it.  I have made it a project of mine to memorize the Lord’s Prayer in Greek this summer.  The question is….which one?  Matthew uses the word opheilēmata which translates as debts.  Luke uses the word hamartias which translates as sins.  Both talk about […]

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I got around to thinking more about this question the other day.  Why?  Let’s say that I’ve been more liberal with giving 10 numbers to people I don’t know.  I’ve also been reading Home by Marilynne Robinson, the author of the Pulitzer winning Gilead.  In it there’s an ongoing dialogue of what it means to […]

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For you gamers out there, AND for those who don’t, here’s my take on why game music resonates so well with us. I perceive that people are much more interested in shooting people in a game then playing through a story.  Even Modern Warfare 3, all the Call of Duty games, and Battlefield games aren’t […]

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