SQJ Taipei

Mosburger is a Japanese fast food style restaurant. McDonalds has more stores than anyone here in Taiwan. Mosburger is probably 2nd… or KFC.
Their food is good and it is a little more “upscale” if that can be possible in the fast food industry. Also, McD’s and KFC’s menu’s have an Asian slant, but Mos is [...]

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Please my dear friends… just do me this ONE favor.
Apparently Greenpeace has adopted a whale and they are choosing a name for it with an internet vote.
There are 30 possible choices… 29 of them are things like:

Kigai - means ’strong spirit’ in Japanese
Sedna - is the name of the Innuit goddess of the oceans
Veikko - [...]

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Here’s a fun civics quiz for you to take. It will take about 15 minutes, but is worth your time.
After you take the test, you’ll get to look at some alarming statistics showing that US Colleges and Universities are failing at teaching civics. For many questions, graduating college seniors score lower than incoming freshman. Why [...]

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As you know… I love computer games. Our family (most of us) can’t get enough Jellocar these days. Maybe you’ll enjoy playing it over the Thanksgiving holiday.
If you have Windows or Xbox360 I’d call this one a MUST DOWNLOAD. I bet you’ve never played anything like it before. It seems like the perfect game to [...]

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Axis and Allies is an expansive board game that first appeared in the early 80’s. I bought it while I was in high school and played it several times with some friends… and then let one of them borrow it and haven’t seen it since… same with my nice tap shoes…
Anyway.
I’ve often thought about getting [...]

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Well last week’s game with ISU was one of the strangest games I’ve ever experienced. The initial look at the stats would lead one to believe that ISU had a chance… but the game really wasn’t in doubt. Because the NU offense and special teams either turned the ball over almost immediately OR scored very [...]

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In June (for Father’s Day) the wife and kids bought me a grill.
As you can see it is a decent sized, kettle-style Kingsford brand grill. They got it as Costco.
When we lived in Yungho, we were able to mooch borrow our teammates’ grill on occasion… but it is a little far to borrow that grill [...]

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Nothing like a game against Iowa State to cure what ails your favorite team.
I’m sure I’ll have to eat those words in a few hours after the Huskers allow several ISU players to look like All-Americans. That’s just the way it is going to be this year.
Although I keep trying to get really upset at [...]

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Although this is about China… many foreigners in Taiwan will relate in many ways. Mr. Foreigner Guitar Player Singer Guy… I don’t know who you are… but GREAT job on the guitar, the lyrics, the singing, and seemingly doing it all in one take?
 

 
那时我住在中国 The time I lived in China我每天吃很多很多 Everyday I eat very much我越来越胖胖胖 [...]

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Last month I posted about the heavy metal version of “We Are the World”.
If the video of the song “Stars” only whet your appetite… here are 4 more from the sessions that led up to the completed song and video that I originally posted.

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