(Photo: “Dai Zi,” meaning ‘idiot’.) Thinking of getting a Chinese character as a tattoo? My sincere advice to you: Don’t do it! Chinese character tattoos appear exotic and mysterious to many people in the West, but after two years in ...
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X360: First Impressions
The X360 has been plugged in now for 4 days, and I (and definitely Helene) had time to take it for a spin. Overall, the X360 is a very good console. It’s impressive out of the box, before you even ...
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Shipping an X360 from Montreal to Shanghai: 4 days, $60 USD Getting an X360 through the bureaucracy of Chinese customs: 4 days, $30 USD Just goes to show that the main problem when going from point A to point B ...
Read More »Drunk Driving
“I think I know what drunk driving feels like, now.” That’s what my friend Ty said as he finished the race, his cheeks still reddened by the cool air of the track and by the rush of adrenaline. It was ...
Read More »Breaking the Animal Crossing Addiction
I’ve been playing Animal Crossing: Wild World for well over four months. It’s helpless: I’m not even touching my regular consoles anymore, so obsessed am I with completing the Museum’s fossil collection or catching the elusive coelacanth. Well, after four ...
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