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O11: We were thinking it was more Beirut-ish actually. me jane: We parachuted into the North and positioned ourselves on the riverbank near the northernmost bridge; since it was outside the "red zone", it was not too crowded, yet still afforded a satisfactory view of the fire play.

I went to check out the Sumidagawa Hanabi this past weekend; anyone else go? (too many more pics here )

Oh, that kitchen table sitting person we know! oh! oh! (I haven't enjoyed these in years! Japanese is fun!)

try some of these phrases to practice, le_spud.

For those of you interested (and having cable/satellite), Discovery Channel is showing the 2004 BBC documentary "A State of Mind" . Quote: An observational film following two young gymnasts and their families for over eight months in the lead up to the Mass Games- involving a cast of thousands in a choreographed socialist realism spectacular- the biggest and most elaborate human performance on earth. Entitled ‘A State of Mind’, the film provides a rare glimpse into what is one of the world’s least known societies. North Korea is sealed off from outside influences. It bor

Quote: I don't know one person that boasts of not liking squirels or horses but anti-cat peeps are quite obnoxious. Horse haters and anti-squirrel types exist.

Seems he engaged in some univited touching too... Cooties!

It does not appear to be fake. Here are some more :

Quote: As a non-Japanese speaking foreigner living in Japan I would expect to be charged more by the only English speaking travel agent. le spud: This story is not about No1 Travel which is affiliated with HIS and does provide English (and other) language service. This is about the plain old HIS travel agency service in Japanese.

I have a summer gift for you, smelly feet:

net surfing the world wide web...

So, no video replay is allowed, but Italian lip-readers will start manning the sidelines?

More Maradona:

If it's still a draw after the first overtime, they should move to the "multiball round": drop 11 balls from a helicopter onto the center of the playing field and let the teams have a true "shoot out" for 5 minutes of play. Most goals after that 5 minutes determines the winner. I think that would be more exciting than penalty kicks. As a bonus, Collina would be the one dropping the balls from the helicopter.

They should definately institute sudden death overtime to decide the World Cup championship match.

whirrrd!

Nice header by Zizou...

yes, that animation was sent to me 2 1/2 years ago. Still applies.

Cristiano Ronaldo:

So is Portugal:

We had a foot scuffler in the office a few years ago and everyone used to refer to her as the Steam Locomotive 'cause of the way she chugged along.

They couldn't burn the Ronaldo statue, so they just chopped off the head...