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Monthly Archives: November 2007

VietCoff.jpg

Friday, November 30, 2007

I just ordered a Vietnamese coffee at Miss Saigon and was served this odd drip apparatus. Not sure I understand it fully yet.
(VietCoff.jpg uploaded by brownpau.)

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GloriaResign (.com, .net, .org)

Friday, November 30, 2007

3-in-1: Bid now on GloriaResign.com and receive GloriaResign.net and GloriaResign.org free!
Way back in 2005, when Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo faced scattered street protests and rumors of an EDSA 4 revolution in the works, I registered three domains, completely on a whim:

GloriaResign.com
GloriaResign.net
GloriaResign.org

I really didn’t care about the politics, one way or another, but in the true fashion of [...]

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Thursday, November 29, 2007

You can really see the shape of this particular cloud system: pulled along by midlevel winds into a long, linear formation.
More info: Cloud Streets.
(Clouds.jpg uploaded by brownpau.)

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Peninsula Standoff

Thursday, November 29, 2007

So a jailed senator being tried for a previous attempted military mutiny walks out of his hearing, joins with his band of rebel soldiers and political supporters, and once again initiates another mutinous standoff in a swanky Makati hotel, with Guingona calling on the people to start yet another EDSA-style revolution.
Bad move, bad timing. As [...]

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Luzon Earthquake (Nov 2007)

Tuesday, November 27, 2007

The text message from Mom came around 11:30pm: We just had a strong earthquake here in Makati. I checked the USGS Latest Earthquakes Map and list and found that preliminary data for the quake was already available in an event report: Magnitude 5.8 – LUZON, PHILIPPINES, 2007 November 27 04:27:00 UTC. The reported magnitude jumped [...]

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Fall Comes to DC

Tuesday, November 27, 2007

It’s a bit late, but Fall color is finally showing itself in Washington. Here’s the C&O Canal towpath at 30th Street, covered in fallen leaves. Also check the thumbs for a few other snaps from a short trek down the towpath to the grassy slope between Lock 1 and Rock Creek, and a quick snap [...]

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Pigeons on Streetlight

Tuesday, November 27, 2007

Small flock of pigeons in a row atop a streetlight on Pennsylvania Ave NW near Georgetown, Washington, DC.

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Scenes from Metropark

Monday, November 26, 2007

A few snaps from last night while waiting for the delayed train home at Metropark:

The top two are long exposures of passing trains — five and eight seconds — which suffered the wobblies from lack of a tripod. As for the arrow on the track, I have no idea what it was marking besides [...]

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NJSunset.jpg

Monday, November 26, 2007

Sunday evening, sun setting behind the world’s tallest water sphere.
(NJSunset.jpg uploaded by brownpau.)

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Monday, November 26, 2007

Blackboard in the fellowship hall at First Baptist Union, possibly after a kids’ Sunday School class. What can it all mean?
(FBCUbrd.jpg uploaded by brownpau.)

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