jamin on May 15th, 2007

After reading about this on Micah Cowan’s site, I had to build one. You can download a pdf cutout with instructions. Once you assemble it, you stand about 2 feet away and cover one eye. Then move your head around, side-to-side, up-and-down. It will appear as if the entire dragon’s head is moving [...]

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jamin on October 27th, 2004

I don’t have much to say about the World Series except that the Cards played embarassingly bad baseball and congratulations, Boston. Enjoy the celebration, Bostonians…

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jamin on October 25th, 2004

So Boston is up 2-0. Pitching has definitely made the difference. Cardinals pitchers are just not getting the job done. It certainly isn’t Boston’s defense that’s robbing us of hits. So the series heads to St. Louis on Tuesday. The Cardinals haven’t lost at home yet in the postseason [...]

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jamin on October 20th, 2004

Anyone who says baseball isn’t an exciting sport didn’t watch the Boston/Yankees game last night. It featured brilliant pitching by an injured Schilling who after the game attributed the performance to a miracle from God. The Yankees made it a close game and on more than one occasion the umpires got together and [...]

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jamin on October 18th, 2004

Ouch. What a gut-wrenching Cards game. After being up in the series 2-0 we now have to win the next two games. At least they are home games. And at least Boston won tonight. I’ve been pulling for a St. Louis/Boston World Series for a while now….

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jamin on September 23rd, 2004

A lot of girls seem to want to play poker and enjoy home games, but seem intimidated by the male-dominated tournament scene. This is unfortunate because I think that women have a certain advantage over men. I, for one, have a much harder time getting a read on women than men. Probably [...]

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jamin on August 8th, 2003

I’ve been reading Learn Bridge in a Weekend in an effort to learn a game that has been mysterious to me for many years. I’ve been told that it’s “my sort” of game, and this coming from people who know I love Spades and Chess and appreciate the beauty of both. I had [...]

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