Date: January 1st, 2005

Funny thing happened when I moved here

1 January, 2005 (18:51) | General | No comments

This is a repost of an old Radio blog entry.
Trivia: In 1984 I moved to Los Angeles. Some neighbors of mine who belonged to the “big hair - metal set” invited me to a Guns & Roses party. Being the ever so naive young lad I declined because somehow I thought bringing guns and roses […]

Luge in the Olympics and Memories

1 January, 2005 (18:42) | General | No comments

This is a repost of an old Radio blog entry of mine (Feb 2002) . Hope the links still work

I just watched Armin Zoeggler of Italy win Olympic Gold in luge - beating Georg Hackl by the smallest margin. Its been eight years since the Italians have won an Olympic medal. Paul Hildgartner was the last […]

A joke for polite company

1 January, 2005 (18:39) | Religion | 1 comment

A burglar is rifling through his victims living room when he hears a disembodied voice.. “Jesus is watching you..” - The burglar pauses, looks around but when he sees nobody he continues. Again the voice drifts across the darkened living room ” …Jesus is watching you…” The burglar turns quickly and realizes that across the […]

SQL Server VSS Integration

1 January, 2005 (18:26) | .NET Code Related, SQL Server | No comments

This post originaly appeared in my now defunct Radio blog.
Have I ever mentioned Bill Wunder’s SQL Server Page?? Its a good reference page to have.

Could God Sin?

1 January, 2005 (18:13) | General, Religion | No comments

Why was Jesus in the desert for 40 days being tempted? Whats the purpose of that exercise? Here is an interesting point of view: He was being tempted because he could choose to commit a sin. Sounds reasonable? Free will and all that right? OK - but since Jesus was fully God doesn’t that mean […]

Asia earthquake disaster. ‘Our honeymoon in the Maldives’, a first hand account from the tsunami-hit Maldives, December 2004

1 January, 2005 (04:00) | General | No comments

An newly-wed English man describes his experience on the Maldive islands - which are the lowest country on earth, and were directly in the path of the tsunami. Various accounts say that 43 islands completely vanished.
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