Monthly Archives: November 2006

Pacquiao vs. Morales III

By deebeedee | Published: November 18, 2006

Pacquiao knocks down Morales 3 times on their 3rd fight which ended in the 3rd round. Oh and three National Anthems were sung.
The weirdest thing yet: I see my brother on TV amongst the thousands of boxing fans at the UNLV arena where the fight was held. The camera focused on a section of the [...]

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Tolkienesque

By deebeedee | Published: November 15, 2006

Someone at Wikipedia must be a big Middle-earth fan. Yesterday’s featured article was on J. R. R. Tolkien. Last October 5, The Lord of the Rings was the featured article.
There was news a month before all this that J.R.R. Tolkien’s son, Christopher Tolkien, just completed editing The Children of Hurin, an epic started by Tolkien [...]

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iRife

By deebeedee | Published: November 14, 2006

Justin Long may or may not be the “Mac” in Apple’s TV ads any more but in Japan, both the PC and the Mac actors have been replaced by these guys.
via macsimumnews

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Silicon Valley Sports

By deebeedee | Published: November 10, 2006

The Fremont A’s?
The Santa Clara 49ers?
Why are these Bay Area teams wanting to move down south? The San Jose Sharks will at least have some company now. The only thing I can think of right now, however, is how bad traffic will be down here where I live. The proposed A’s ballpark will be built [...]

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Manila, Manila

By deebeedee | Published: November 9, 2006

Check this gem out: Nostalgia Manila. As you dear readers know, I like to wax nostalgic once in a while so discovering this site was an absolute delight for me. It covers Manila in the 1970s and 1980s, the time I grew up in the Philippines (I left for the US in the early ’80s). [...]

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