Yes, the Weather Channel is STOOPID! I say this because last night, and again this morning, they listed the weather in my area "High 54, Low 55". WHAT THE FOO?
For those that are wondering, 'foo' has been used in programming text books since the beginning of time to represent whatever the variable de jour is. I find FOO makes an excellant non-offensive expletive when around children, the highly religious, and in my blog where I'm still trying to maintain a sense of decorum. In real life, my language is unfortunately not so sanitized...
I keep going back to everyone's list to catch up on all the comments. See, folks keep adding stuff in the comments that ought to be on the list. Like getting stabbed with a pencil, Price's scented candles, or the fact that I now feel like the only non-Asian violin player here. 
On a side note, I find it interesting that I apparently had no ethnicity assigned to my fellow blog-mates. At any rate, I'm having a BLAST reading about everyone. Someone mentioned it being vouyeristic, and I kinda agree. But at the same time, I think it makes every seem so much more human. I'm debating about starting a category in my blog for 'My List' so that when I think of things to add, I can put them there and folks can peruse at will. Maybe we could lobby Jeff'n'Nate to have a 'My List' area like there is for the $20 challenge.
For those that like the trick of hiding the personal information in the blog (so others don't have to read it if they don't want to), change the color of your text to match the white background.
[color= white]Type Your Stuff Here[/color] Just take out the space in "= white". The text becomes visible when you type CTRL-A on your keyboard, or when you highlight it with your mouse.
Try it here!
Gotcha!
And, to tie this back into finances somehow (desparate attempt to remain on topic, yes?): I'm tweaking yet another way to view my budget. It's still in the early phases, but I'll post more when I get it finished. Right, like it'll ever actually be "finished" 
Thoughts on lists, life, and the stoopid weather channel
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Beyond that, I think I'm just like any ordinary guys who grew up in a quiet little American suburb so....
Personally, I don't think it's a big deal.
November 17th, 2006 at 03:18 am 1163733509
so many comments, i can't pick one *g*
the concept of 'as asian as it gets', though, makes me think of my former boss. born in china, moved to the states at age 8, his father is a professor of something or another at the state college. his parents are delightful, courteous, tiny people. chuck, the son, was 6'3" and close to 300 lbs, smoked like a freight train and would whip out a bottle of vodka at a marketing meeting. completely obliterated any concept i could have had about 'as asian as it gets'!
November 17th, 2006 at 06:52 am 1163746336
Ah, I'll ask him - he'll remember. His brain is a movie and mainstream enclyclopedia.
November 17th, 2006 at 02:18 pm 1163773125
Hehe! Awww, come on, Ihad a lot of non-Asians in my high school orchestra! The senior soloist my year was Caucasian (grr, he beat me and my friend, though).
Personally, I prefer in a way for people to "overlook" my ethnicity, and not be asking constantly, "How do you do ****this**** in 'your country?'" as if people in Taiwan do things totally different than Americans.
November 17th, 2006 at 02:30 pm 1163773814
what really chaps my hide, though, is when americans ask other americans "How do you do X where you live?". so what if i live in the south and someone else lives in the north: being southern doesn't mean i grew up as a sharecropper picking cotton and walking to a one room schoolhouse. that was my grandmother (seriously!).
for instance, i'm sick'n'tired of hearing how southerners can't drive in the snow. guess what: we don't get snow, we only get ice! nobody can drive on ice, my parents are from detroit and they can't drive on ice, our friends from NY and RI can't drive on ice. the fact i can't drive on ice has nothing to do with me being a southerner.
whew, that made me feel better!
November 17th, 2006 at 07:35 pm 1163792127
so many comments, i can't pick one *g*
Naughty Tina! Didn't even look at it that way.
But, uh, yeah, I've personally never seen a huge sumo of an Asian in real life myself. Always the slightly short, skinny, awkward, nerdy kinds here.
As for Taiwan, I think Americans who decide to visit there can adjust very easily to there. For example, unlike Japan, Taiwanese drive on the right side of the road. Also, many of the highway signs are delibrately green and even has american translations written on them. Even the Taiwanese currency is designed to mimick the feel of american money... complete with coins that are shaped similar in size and value to american coins!
English is also the main foreign language course that people learn there. You can make a decent living being an English tutor in Taiwan.
For the most part, Taiwan is very American-friendly. You'd still want to be careful and not look like a lost tourist though. Otherwise, you'll still be vulnerable to pickpockets.
November 17th, 2006 at 09:49 pm 1163800160
&nbps;
didn't look at it that way? suuuuuuuuurre...
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