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How to get love and happiness

Since so many of you have asked, I'm going to let you in on a secret: love and happiness can be bought on the internet ... and for a good discount! Here's the proof: It's more than just happiness, but it's authentic hap piness ! 10% off on ebay, what a deal. Even a better deal is true love , it's 15% off. How awesome is that? If you don't believe me, just go to live.com and search for yourself! While we're on the subject of search, I've recently been suckered into signing up for Blingo - the search that gives away prizes. My crazy friend actually won 2 sets of movie tickets in the past year, so I'm going to try my luck too. Feel free to sign up yourself . That's all the news from the internet for now.

Robots vs. Dinosaurs

Let's get real. The greatest threat to humanity right now is not nuclear holocaust or space invaders. It's a toss up between trans-human robots and killer dinosaurs. Here's a quick recap of the (very real) threats: Dinosaurs (Go check out this mind-blowing article .) Some crazy scientists have figured out how to "activate" hidden genes in chickens to trick them into growing dinosaur parts. Soon enough, there will hordes of dinosaurs running around out neighborhood eating up our children! Here's a quote from the lead scientist: ‘I have to admit that I’ve certainly imagined walking up on a stage to give a talk, and having a little dino chicken walk up behind me,’ he says, ‘That would be kind of cool. There is now nothing to stop us bringing back dinosaurs but ourselves. The only way to prevent this from happening is if we eat all the chickens in the world before it's too late! Robots (read this or watch this ) Another group of equally crazy scientists,...

only in asia ...

... do you get to buy these strange and interesting items: First up we have snacks modeled after men and women items. Even if it's just marshmallow, why would anyone ever eat something like that? Would you eat poop-shaped chocolate? Here we have something more practical: a tissue holder/dispenser. Unless you have an apartment with a really fobby decor, I'm not sure how you can pull this off.

if only the heart was this simple ...

I happen to love praising God in song. So much so that if there's an organized choir in heaven, I would sign up the moment I get there and gladly worship for eternity. Wait ... scratch that. If the choir sings in a slug-like tempo and only to the accompaniment of a gigantic organ and prohibits any body movements such as clapping or swaying, then I'm totally out. Maybe I'll go sweep the golden streets or something. Anyway, I visited an International Church in HK the other day and was introduced to some new songs. One in particular sticks out in my mind for a couple reasons. For one, it was completely ambiguous as to who we were actually singing to for the entire first verse: "I'm falling, falling, falling in love with you. (x3)" There were other words in the latter verses that clarifies that "you" refers to Jesus, but these are the only words I remember. I tried to search for the actual lyrics but only found secular love songs for obvious re...

Heartbreak Hotel

Since Rob and Jen just hooked up , I've decided to move my matchmake scheming to the Most Eligible Bachelor in RCCC (don't ask me why the website is still so ugly) ... Eric "mr. hot stuff" Han . But before we go into that, let's take a moment to analyze the fallout of Rob being taken off the market. As many of you well know, Rob was featured in one of Eric's blog posts last month. His incredible Rockband vocal skills took the world by storm and he quickly became one of the most recognized and coveted bachelors in Central Jersey and beyond. Even I was not immune to Rob's quick rise to stardom: me : "rob is now in a relationship" me : eric just said on rob's wall "you just broke thousands of girls hearts in the state of new jersey" girl in oregon : and one in oregon me : oh ... i knew it you're in love with rob ! girl in oregon : im just using you me : it's clear you are USING me girl in oregon : to get to Rob! L...

Neither hot nor cold

I visited a small group bible study with my friend Jeanne tonight. Since it was my first time there, I seriously considered breaking out of my usual persona and instead adopt something crazier just for the summer. For some reason, I have always wanted to be the obnoxious one in a bible study, someone who asks random questions, goes off on tangents, offers unsolicited advice, promotes blasphemy ... you know, all the good stuff. Honestly it would just be entertaining to see how the leader will handle it, and even more interesting to see how much I will get away with. sg leader: Our group is named 40 degrees. Does anyone want to guess why we're called that? me: Because you guys strive to be lukewarm so God will spit you out of His mouth? sg leader: ... the previous leader thought that it would be nice to be called 40 degrees because it's hot. me: I'm pretty sure 40 degrees is lukewarm, maybe the last leader didn't know what he was talking about. sg leader: everyone as...