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Both J and I love, love dogs. However, we have decided to wait to get a dog because we feel that it wouldn't be fair to the animal as we are at work most of the day. In the meantime, we show our appreciation and love for dogs via dog-sitting for friends and family. Tomorrow, a friend (our pastor's wife) will be giving birth via c-section. Since she will be in the hospital for at least a week recovering from the surgery and they will both be undoubtedly busy with the new baby, we volunteered to watch their shih tzu for a few weeks. We've had him for 3 days now, and I can't help but be attached already. When I sit with my...

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Cooking Saturday

Oct 11. 2008

We are having a bunch of people over tonight for dinner and video games. I am preparing my famous 갈비찜 (galbijjim, or Korean style braised short ribs). I bought about 18 lbs (!) of short ribs and am currently draining the blood: I will post "after" pictures later! (My 갈비찜 takes at least four hours to prepare, so I will be gone all day cooking. Have a great Saturday!) ...

Thursday Geek-isms

Oct 10. 2008

I had a pretty rough day today. So as soon as I came home, I slapped on my yellow rubber gloves and went Mr. Clean on the bathrooms. Perhaps I overdid the scrubbing, because my arms feel like spaghetti.Looking at Post-Boom NYC, Gothamist. According to Joel Kotkin, NYC is the ultimate trickle-down economy, with only a small percentage of the population driving the economy. It needs to model itself after other cities such as San Francisco or Chicago in order to save its middle class. Do you agree? Nerd library to end all nerd libraries, Boing Boing. I remember reading this in the latest issue of Wired and thinking, "Wow, I must blog about this." Unfortunately, I was on the john...

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Would You Sacrifice Space for Location?

Oct 09. 2008

Yesterday, the NYTimes had an interesting article about families to opt to stay in cramped quarters in Manhattan, rather than move to the suburbs (or even just outside the island) where they can afford bigger homes.There's the family of four who squeeze a queen sized bed, a crib, and a toddler bed into one bedroom.Or the couple who gave up the only bedroom to their two kids, taking the walk-in closet for themselves.I couldn't help but cringe as I read the stories of these families. Sure, Manhattan has its charms. But it's damn expensive as well. Is it really worth it?J and I chose to live just outside the city (just across the Hudson River) for the extra space. We...