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Tuesday, April 08, 2008

Tue, 08 Apr 2008 04:42:09 GMT

Right-Wing Bigotry

Just when i thought the progressive state of MN spoke on Super Tuesday, I get a phone call and an email that throws me off balance.

Background: I uploaded a bilingual job posting for a couple openings in my company.

The Call: An unidentified caller confirms that it's me he's talking to and says, "We have enough illegals in this country!!!" He hangs up on me mid-sentence.

The Email: "THIS IS AMERICA ENGLISH IS THE COUNTRIES LANGUAGE USE IT. IF YOU DON'T LIKE ENGLISH MOVE OUT"

My Response: "Thank you for your feedback.

The last time we checked the United States of America does not have a declared official language. Approximately 82% of the American population claim English as its first language. The remaining 18% speak a diverse collection of other languages.

We are an equal opportunity employer who welcome people of all languages and cultures, including the 18% not represented in the majority.

FYI - the possessive form of country is country's, not countries."

Regards,
-Tony
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages_of_the_United_States

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What is it with these people? Am I at fault?!

FireBoxPhotography.com Version 2.0 is Live!

Sat, 13 Oct 2007 23:34:09 GMT

We shoot club events with the same old routine. Get in, gear up, and start shooting people. Every promoter wants the same bag of tricks: get pictures of hot girls having a good time. Tonight was no exception. Point, Shotgun, and Sniper confirmed the rendezvous coordinates, 3 clicks northwest of Downtown. We arrive on time, the head bouncer gives us the casual head nod, shouts in the direction of the door, "these guys are cool let them thru," the bouncer goons part the Red Sea, and without missing a beat multiple shots were fired.

Tonight was a little different from our typical experience, the hostages were more responsive. Previously, people were very aware of our presence and would either surrender towards our general direction in hopes of getting the attention of one of the hitmen or run from the gun. Tonight's crowd wasn't the usual; a different mix of people, mostly new faces. It was a good night, 100% casualty count.

FireBoxPhotography.com

Nippon

Tue, 24 Apr 2007 09:22:51 GMT

For more photos of Japan, view gallery.

Food for Thought

Fri, 02 Feb 2007 11:09:10 GMT

Gonads...

Mon, 22 Jan 2007 23:37:56 GMT

pick up a pack at your local Arabian grocer.

Oh Mama, Bin Spotted!

Mon, 22 Jan 2007 15:53:07 GMT

I'm currently on vacation in the UAE. Guess who I ran into? He's actually a pretty cool guy once you get to know him.

Formosa!

Fri, 15 Dec 2006 04:22:37 GMT

Mexican Tape

Sun, 10 Sep 2006 16:17:28 GMT

My sister was packing some of her stuff to take with her to Vegas and asked me if we had packing tape to seal some boxes. I called Mom to ask:

"Mom, do you know if we have packing tape at home? I need 2 inch-wide tape to seal some of Meimei's boxes."

"Um... let me think... ya... we have that a... that.. er.. Mexican tape in the basement."

"We have what....?"

"You know, in Baba's drawer, the Mexican tape."

"Hmm.... ah... ok, i'll try to find it."

I hung up the phone, and mumbled to myself. "Hmm... Mexican tape, Mexican tape, Mexican tape, what the heck was she talking about?!?!?!

OH !!!!!!!!!!!!!................... MASKING TAPE !

Tuesday, August 15, 2006

Tue, 15 Aug 2006 18:23:57 GMT

Monday, August 07, 2006

Mon, 07 Aug 2006 15:51:45 GMT

Canon EOS Digital Rebel - For Sale

I upgraded and I'm selling my Digital Rebel. If you're looking to get into photography this is a great starter camera.

I have an ad posted on Craigslist, Canon Digital Rebel.

Dim Sum, and Then Some

I did a dim sum photo shoot over the weekend. Anyone hungry?