The Taipei Kid has been eating at Hooters: It has been a long time since I’ve been to Hooters. It was packed last night, packed with both foreigners and locals–tons of businessmen, couples, families, and, inexplicably, gay men. Unlike other Hooters, the draw in Taipei is actually the food, tasty, but very expensive food. As…
Daily Archives: May 9, 2004
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Coaches Humiliate Student By Giving Him “Crybaby Award”
by Brian David Phillips •
This is just plain ridiculous. The middle school basektball coach calls this kid up and tells him to be certain to attend the awards banquet as he would be getting a special award. After all of his teammates recevied their standard awards, the coach calls this kid up and gives him the “Crybaby Award” for…
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Will Your Next Display Be 3D? I sure hope so!
by Brian David Phillips •
PC World has an article on true stereoscopic 3D displays for computers . . . PCWorld.com – Will Your Next Display Be 3D? . . . nothing new there but the trend seems to be for more companies to explore their options. Hopefully, this means prcing will also come down to the affordable level for…
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Perspectives . . . Iraq
by Brian David Phillips •
Not all of the images from Iraq are of atrocities. Not all of the soldiers there are doing evil. Most believe they are there to do a job. Whether Americans believe in the job they have been sent there to do, we still must respect the young people doing it honorably to the best of…
