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Mike Almy'/><category term='Tokyo Marathon'/><category term='murder'/><category term='chicago bears'/><category term='LaCrosse'/><category term='Colfax Street'/><category term='pavel tsatsouline'/><category term='DADT'/><category term='kyle orton'/><category term='relief'/><category term='Valparaiso'/><category term='US Marines'/><category term='Ahmadinejad'/><category term='indiana'/><category term='Islam'/><category term='crackdown'/><category term='rising'/><category term='　長崎市'/><category term='Tohoku'/><category term='second amendment'/><category term='rehabilitation'/><category term='law'/><category term='Raymond Chase'/><category term='Memphis'/><category term='capital punishment'/><category term='flights'/><category term='Mitchell Report'/><category term='Kings Point'/><category term='neck beard'/><category term='Terrorists'/><category term='energy independence'/><category term='blog'/><category term='nippon'/><category term='Jose Conseco'/><category term='SUICA'/><category term='foreign policy'/><category term='melting'/><category term='dreams'/><category term='Iran'/><category term='2009 Iran Presidential Election'/><category term='World Trade Center'/><category term='optimism'/><category term='religion'/><category term='carl sagan'/><category term='pro bono'/><category term='Bangladesh'/><category term='yokohama baystars'/><category term='under armor'/><category term='Yokosuka Line'/><category term='fail'/><category term='revolution'/><category term='200th'/><category term='bach collegum japan'/><category term='President Obama'/><category term='kursk'/><title type='text'>12 Knots to Nowhere</title><subtitle type='html'>A blog from an insignificant bipedal ape on an insignificant tiny blue rock orbiting a nondescript star on the outer edge of one of billions of galaxies in this Universe...and wouldn't have it any other way.</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://12knotstonowhere.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7835781410684543821/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://12knotstonowhere.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>12 Knots to Nowhere</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06213715442856078957</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6ank33zwszk/SYDzYOF6u-I/AAAAAAAAAAU/FeQWV1pI_Do/S220/081206_1701~0001.JPG'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>44</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7835781410684543821.post-7982944444862096747</id><published>2011-04-25T20:41:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-04-25T20:41:34.718-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Shoah'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='cosmos'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='cosmological history'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='law school'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Nuremberg Laws'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='law'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Nazi Germany'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='human rights'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Holocaust'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='carl sagan'/><title type='text'>The Cosmos, The Law, and Human Rights</title><summary type='text'>           
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"We're made of star stuff.  We are a way for the cosmos to know itself."  The words of Carl Sagan in his series "Cosmos" may not have any relevance to the study of law let alone human </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://12knotstonowhere.blogspot.com/feeds/7982944444862096747/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7835781410684543821&amp;postID=7982944444862096747' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7835781410684543821/posts/default/7982944444862096747'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7835781410684543821/posts/default/7982944444862096747'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://12knotstonowhere.blogspot.com/2011/04/cosmos-law-and-human-rights.html' title='The Cosmos, The Law, and Human Rights'/><author><name>12 Knots to Nowhere</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06213715442856078957</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6ank33zwszk/SYDzYOF6u-I/AAAAAAAAAAU/FeQWV1pI_Do/S220/081206_1701~0001.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7835781410684543821.post-1296826048956034589</id><published>2011-04-05T17:34:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-04-05T17:34:48.129-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='law school'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='university'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fund raising'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='sakura'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Valparaiso'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Japan'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='shirts'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='red cross'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='student bar association'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='relief'/><title type='text'>Japan Relief.</title><summary type='text'>I keep wondering if I am spelling relief correct each time.  Maybe because I'm thinking of its character in Japanese, which I keep forgetting, hence the slight insanity.

So, in keeping with the planned "Japan Relief" week that our SBA (Student Bar Association) will be running next week, we will be selling the following shirts. 

The first is simply called Japan Relief "Red."  I figure that its </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://12knotstonowhere.blogspot.com/feeds/1296826048956034589/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7835781410684543821&amp;postID=1296826048956034589' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7835781410684543821/posts/default/1296826048956034589'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7835781410684543821/posts/default/1296826048956034589'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://12knotstonowhere.blogspot.com/2011/04/japan-relief.html' title='Japan Relief.'/><author><name>12 Knots to Nowhere</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06213715442856078957</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6ank33zwszk/SYDzYOF6u-I/AAAAAAAAAAU/FeQWV1pI_Do/S220/081206_1701~0001.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-z9PYnu1VrnA/TZuyuxWfFaI/AAAAAAAAAEU/7R-XvDo9KQs/s72-c/Fundraiser+1color.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7835781410684543821.post-8584714790746006905</id><published>2011-03-29T17:02:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-03-29T17:02:58.907-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='dreams'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='hopes'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='tsunami'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='humanity'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='religion'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='equality'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='civilization'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='race'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='nippon'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Japan'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='earth'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='earthquake'/><title type='text'>A floating and dreamy stream of consciousness; based on nothing whatsoever than drifting dreams and ideas.</title><summary type='text'>Sometimes when I sit back and let my mind drift off to the warm waters of the stream of consciousness, I wonder what will the world look like in a decade from now; three decades; a century; a millennia.  I think of the great advances in technology and science.  The discovery of new methods of travel in space, jumps in medical technology, international collaboration to deal with the greater </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://12knotstonowhere.blogspot.com/feeds/8584714790746006905/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7835781410684543821&amp;postID=8584714790746006905' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7835781410684543821/posts/default/8584714790746006905'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7835781410684543821/posts/default/8584714790746006905'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://12knotstonowhere.blogspot.com/2011/03/floating-and-dreamy-stream-of.html' title='A floating and dreamy stream of consciousness; based on nothing whatsoever than drifting dreams and ideas.'/><author><name>12 Knots to Nowhere</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06213715442856078957</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6ank33zwszk/SYDzYOF6u-I/AAAAAAAAAAU/FeQWV1pI_Do/S220/081206_1701~0001.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7835781410684543821.post-1228591716196138753</id><published>2011-03-24T09:59:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-03-24T10:01:08.483-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fund'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='charity'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Miyagi'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='humanitarian'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='raising'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sendai'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Valparaiso'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Tohoku'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Ambulance Chase'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='earthquake'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='law school'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='university'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='tsunami'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Ishinomaki'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='bach collegum japan'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='disaster'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Japan'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='relief'/><title type='text'>日本のための大学生</title><summary type='text'>
On March 11, at 2:45 JST, a 9.0 earthquake struck northeast Japan. Within minutes, large portions of human civilization were obliterated by the power of that earthquake and a tsunami that reached heights of thirty to ten feet.  Whole cities and towns were swept away such as Sendai, Ishinomaki, Miyako, and Soma.  All that remain are debris of homes, scattered vehicles, and empty areas where </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://12knotstonowhere.blogspot.com/feeds/1228591716196138753/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7835781410684543821&amp;postID=1228591716196138753' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7835781410684543821/posts/default/1228591716196138753'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7835781410684543821/posts/default/1228591716196138753'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://12knotstonowhere.blogspot.com/2011/03/on-march-11-at-245-jst-9.html' title='日本のための大学生'/><author><name>12 Knots to Nowhere</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06213715442856078957</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6ank33zwszk/SYDzYOF6u-I/AAAAAAAAAAU/FeQWV1pI_Do/S220/081206_1701~0001.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-rBmWqHrslFI/TYt34X2lUNI/AAAAAAAAAEQ/neI27ns_AWs/s72-c/at+shimoda+elementary_2.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7835781410684543821.post-5710334780942842639</id><published>2011-02-26T19:23:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-02-26T19:23:39.840-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='wiunion weareWI Madison Wisconsin collective bargaining Gov Walker Capitol workers teachers liberal progressive veteran'/><title type='text'>On Wisconsin!</title><summary type='text'>Wisconsin's state Capitol Building is one of the most beautiful structures in the United States. Inside, the Rotunda opens into the largest granite dome in the United States, with Fighting Bob LaFollette holding court from the East Wing.  Between the dome's four arches are four pendentives: Legislation, Government, Justice, and Liberty.
Under the watchful eye of the four pendentives, for the past</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://12knotstonowhere.blogspot.com/feeds/5710334780942842639/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7835781410684543821&amp;postID=5710334780942842639' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7835781410684543821/posts/default/5710334780942842639'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7835781410684543821/posts/default/5710334780942842639'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://12knotstonowhere.blogspot.com/2011/02/on-wisconsin.html' title='On Wisconsin!'/><author><name>12 Knots to Nowhere</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06213715442856078957</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6ank33zwszk/SYDzYOF6u-I/AAAAAAAAAAU/FeQWV1pI_Do/S220/081206_1701~0001.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-oY3ww14JbS4/TWnBFlifFaI/AAAAAAAAADs/K5flVfNCx78/s72-c/IMG_0408.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7835781410684543821.post-5958019572715132760</id><published>2010-11-29T07:45:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-11-29T07:45:04.528-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='climate'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='dangers'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='seas'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='change'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Atlantic'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Norfolk'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='global'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='rising'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Virginia'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fresh'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='sanility'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='water'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Bangladesh'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Fleet'/><title type='text'>Climate Change and its National Security Implications Part II</title><summary type='text'>
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The effects of climate change on humans will not arise as former Vice President Al Gore explains in his Inconvenient Truth nor will it be the cataclysmic Hollywood summer blockbuster brought to you by</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://12knotstonowhere.blogspot.com/feeds/5958019572715132760/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7835781410684543821&amp;postID=5958019572715132760' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7835781410684543821/posts/default/5958019572715132760'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7835781410684543821/posts/default/5958019572715132760'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://12knotstonowhere.blogspot.com/2010/11/climate-change-and-its-national.html' title='Climate Change and its National Security Implications Part II'/><author><name>12 Knots to Nowhere</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06213715442856078957</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6ank33zwszk/SYDzYOF6u-I/AAAAAAAAAAU/FeQWV1pI_Do/S220/081206_1701~0001.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7835781410684543821.post-8679551046101660015</id><published>2010-11-18T10:25:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-11-18T10:25:23.667-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='START'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='tax'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='DADT'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='The young turks'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='cuts'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='wealthy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='unemployed'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='GOP'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='americans'/><title type='text'>A few quick thoughts</title><summary type='text'>This post is unrelated to the "Climate Change and National Security Issues" series I'm trying to put together here, but perhaps in a way there is a attenuated relationship. Maybe. Maybe not.

It appears that there is a lot of resistance from one party on dealing with ending the Bush Era Tax cuts for those making $250k and greater. I had the joy of watching via The Young Turks (</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://12knotstonowhere.blogspot.com/feeds/8679551046101660015/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7835781410684543821&amp;postID=8679551046101660015' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7835781410684543821/posts/default/8679551046101660015'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7835781410684543821/posts/default/8679551046101660015'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://12knotstonowhere.blogspot.com/2010/11/few-quick-thoughts.html' title='A few quick thoughts'/><author><name>12 Knots to Nowhere</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06213715442856078957</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6ank33zwszk/SYDzYOF6u-I/AAAAAAAAAAU/FeQWV1pI_Do/S220/081206_1701~0001.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7835781410684543821.post-7511953667575922676</id><published>2010-10-29T15:11:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-10-29T15:15:16.402-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='US Navy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='climate'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='US Air Force'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fossil  fuels'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='glaicers'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='surge'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='change'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='security'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='national'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='US Army'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='storm'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='green'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sean Hannity'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='US Marines'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='biofuels'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Rush Limbaugh'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='technology'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='global'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='melting'/><title type='text'>Climate Change and its National Security Implications Part I</title><summary type='text'>Climate Change and its National Security Implications Part ILast year, I recall reading a column in the Forum that started with the following, and I paraphrase: “It’s snowing outside, so therefore there must be global climate change.” Along with the information disseminated from legitimate scientific sources such as Sean Hannity and Rush Limbaugh, local weather observations sufficiently prove </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://12knotstonowhere.blogspot.com/feeds/7511953667575922676/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7835781410684543821&amp;postID=7511953667575922676' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7835781410684543821/posts/default/7511953667575922676'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7835781410684543821/posts/default/7511953667575922676'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://12knotstonowhere.blogspot.com/2010/10/climate-change-and-its-national.html' title='Climate Change and its National Security Implications Part I'/><author><name>12 Knots to Nowhere</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06213715442856078957</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6ank33zwszk/SYDzYOF6u-I/AAAAAAAAAAU/FeQWV1pI_Do/S220/081206_1701~0001.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7835781410684543821.post-996353774913455603</id><published>2010-10-05T07:46:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-10-05T07:46:44.526-07:00</updated><title type='text'>The Ultimate Evil</title><summary type='text'>By the way, subscribe to DarkMatter2525</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://12knotstonowhere.blogspot.com/feeds/996353774913455603/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7835781410684543821&amp;postID=996353774913455603' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7835781410684543821/posts/default/996353774913455603'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7835781410684543821/posts/default/996353774913455603'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://12knotstonowhere.blogspot.com/2010/10/ultimate-evil.html' title='The Ultimate Evil'/><author><name>12 Knots to Nowhere</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06213715442856078957</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6ank33zwszk/SYDzYOF6u-I/AAAAAAAAAAU/FeQWV1pI_Do/S220/081206_1701~0001.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7835781410684543821.post-7779470649484818210</id><published>2010-10-04T15:08:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2010-10-04T15:10:34.337-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='service'/><category 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Chambliss'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='DADT'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Raymond Chase'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='military'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Lt. Dan Choi'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Mullen'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='right-wing'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Maj. Mike Almy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='hysteria'/><title type='text'>Blocking DADT.  Glad to see the GOP still lives in the world of make believe</title><summary type='text'>The GOP in late September prevented a military appropriations bill from reaching the floor of the Senate.  The next question is why the GOP who fully supports American military expeditions in the Near East and Central Asia would block a bill that would allot funds to the military to complete its mission?  The reason was because the House in its version of the bill inserted a provision that would </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://12knotstonowhere.blogspot.com/feeds/7779470649484818210/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7835781410684543821&amp;postID=7779470649484818210' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7835781410684543821/posts/default/7779470649484818210'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7835781410684543821/posts/default/7779470649484818210'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://12knotstonowhere.blogspot.com/2010/10/blocking-dadt-glad-to-see-gop-still.html' title='Blocking DADT.  Glad to see the GOP still lives in the world of make believe'/><author><name>12 Knots to Nowhere</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06213715442856078957</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6ank33zwszk/SYDzYOF6u-I/AAAAAAAAAAU/FeQWV1pI_Do/S220/081206_1701~0001.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7835781410684543821.post-2042445241676896281</id><published>2010-09-09T17:18:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-09-09T17:23:03.805-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='blog'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='vets'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='column'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='The SITREP'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='September 11th'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='The Forum'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='issues'/><title type='text'>My first school paper column</title><summary type='text'>Below is the column I wrote for my Law School's paper, The Forum for its September issue.  I might actually break off a blog from here and actually make a dedicated blog to vets issues since I only get 600 words per column and I'm sure I'll have more than 600 words worth of things to raise. So, here it is:Episode one of "The SITREP"What happens when the cameras stop and the lights fade?  The </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://12knotstonowhere.blogspot.com/feeds/2042445241676896281/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7835781410684543821&amp;postID=2042445241676896281' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7835781410684543821/posts/default/2042445241676896281'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7835781410684543821/posts/default/2042445241676896281'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://12knotstonowhere.blogspot.com/2010/09/my-first-school-paper-column.html' title='My first school paper column'/><author><name>12 Knots to Nowhere</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06213715442856078957</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6ank33zwszk/SYDzYOF6u-I/AAAAAAAAAAU/FeQWV1pI_Do/S220/081206_1701~0001.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7835781410684543821.post-1474517748785570976</id><published>2010-09-01T11:11:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-09-01T11:34:06.802-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Consititution'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Jr'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='First'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Martin'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='House'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Muslims'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='united states'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Amendment'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Dr.'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Ground Zero'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Clause'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Cordoba'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Islam'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Establishment'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='King'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='rights'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Luther'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='civil'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Mosque'/><title type='text'>Dr. Martin Luther King would probably not be so thrilled about Glenn Beck using his legacy.</title><summary type='text'>In the wake of Glenn Beck assuming the Dream of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr upon the very steps where Dr. King stood looking out upon a great gathering to share a his hope for the future of American race relations, one question stood out in my mind.  While Dr. King would continue to be hopeful for the United States, his eyes would reveal an ugliness that would cause him great consternation.The </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://12knotstonowhere.blogspot.com/feeds/1474517748785570976/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7835781410684543821&amp;postID=1474517748785570976' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7835781410684543821/posts/default/1474517748785570976'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7835781410684543821/posts/default/1474517748785570976'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://12knotstonowhere.blogspot.com/2010/09/dr-martin-luther-king-would-probably.html' title='Dr. Martin Luther King would probably not be so thrilled about Glenn Beck using his legacy.'/><author><name>12 Knots to Nowhere</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06213715442856078957</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6ank33zwszk/SYDzYOF6u-I/AAAAAAAAAAU/FeQWV1pI_Do/S220/081206_1701~0001.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7835781410684543821.post-5590356420259311270</id><published>2010-07-26T01:43:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-07-26T02:00:35.931-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='law school'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='murder'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='law'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='imprisonment'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='molestation'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='crime'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='human rights'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='capital punishment'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='court'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='rehabilitation'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='morality'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='sex offenses'/><title type='text'>Doubts about there being any winners in a sexual molestation case...</title><summary type='text'>Sitting in court today, and while I cannot give the details at all of  what went on inside, I thought the following (which I recorded in my Moleskine notepad):I feel terrible for the victim just  knowing the type of emotional and psychological trauma they will have to  deal with for the rest of their lives.  Even though justice may be  served in the eyes of some people and in the eyes of the law,</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://12knotstonowhere.blogspot.com/feeds/5590356420259311270/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7835781410684543821&amp;postID=5590356420259311270' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7835781410684543821/posts/default/5590356420259311270'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7835781410684543821/posts/default/5590356420259311270'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://12knotstonowhere.blogspot.com/2010/07/doubts-about-there-being-any-winners-in.html' title='Doubts about there being any winners in a sexual molestation case...'/><author><name>12 Knots to Nowhere</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06213715442856078957</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6ank33zwszk/SYDzYOF6u-I/AAAAAAAAAAU/FeQWV1pI_Do/S220/081206_1701~0001.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7835781410684543821.post-4232179026660811775</id><published>2010-07-24T16:52:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-07-24T17:24:11.756-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='pro bono'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='law school'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='social'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='equal'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='constitution'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='equality'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='justice'/><title type='text'>A true committment to Equal Justice?</title><summary type='text'>After a few days of sitting in on a sexual misconduct case (well, to be more specific, sexual molestation of a child), one idea lodged itself in my mind while sitting on the tram: Do I really have a commitment to my idea of providing equal access to justice and I like to think I do?It only sits with me because a legal career is two years and a Bar examination away right now.  What do I do if </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://12knotstonowhere.blogspot.com/feeds/4232179026660811775/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7835781410684543821&amp;postID=4232179026660811775' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7835781410684543821/posts/default/4232179026660811775'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7835781410684543821/posts/default/4232179026660811775'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://12knotstonowhere.blogspot.com/2010/07/true-committment-to-equal-justice.html' title='A true committment to Equal Justice?'/><author><name>12 Knots to Nowhere</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06213715442856078957</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6ank33zwszk/SYDzYOF6u-I/AAAAAAAAAAU/FeQWV1pI_Do/S220/081206_1701~0001.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7835781410684543821.post-7576502376604213551</id><published>2010-06-05T21:56:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-06-05T21:56:34.956-07:00</updated><title type='text'>東京ゾンビ 【予告編】２００５年</title><summary type='text'></summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://12knotstonowhere.blogspot.com/feeds/7576502376604213551/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7835781410684543821&amp;postID=7576502376604213551' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7835781410684543821/posts/default/7576502376604213551'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7835781410684543821/posts/default/7576502376604213551'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://12knotstonowhere.blogspot.com/2010/06/blog-post_05.html' title='東京ゾンビ 【予告編】２００５年'/><author><name>12 Knots to Nowhere</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06213715442856078957</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6ank33zwszk/SYDzYOF6u-I/AAAAAAAAAAU/FeQWV1pI_Do/S220/081206_1701~0001.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7835781410684543821.post-4098555457798024146</id><published>2010-06-05T21:53:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-06-05T21:53:43.987-07:00</updated><title type='text'>くるり - 赤い電車</title><summary type='text'></summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://12knotstonowhere.blogspot.com/feeds/4098555457798024146/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7835781410684543821&amp;postID=4098555457798024146' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7835781410684543821/posts/default/4098555457798024146'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7835781410684543821/posts/default/4098555457798024146'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://12knotstonowhere.blogspot.com/2010/06/blog-post.html' title='くるり - 赤い電車'/><author><name>12 Knots to Nowhere</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06213715442856078957</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6ank33zwszk/SYDzYOF6u-I/AAAAAAAAAAU/FeQWV1pI_Do/S220/081206_1701~0001.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7835781410684543821.post-2123354867262011872</id><published>2010-06-05T20:28:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-06-05T20:48:37.799-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='law school'/><title type='text'>Not really sure what was so great about this idea.</title><summary type='text'>Three weeks since my last final and I'm still questioning whether I want to continue on with this law school farce.  I can't say I get disillusioned, that's for people who have foolish ideals of the world; instead I think its more of a general distaste, disgust that grows at the back of my throat hearing students bitch about this professor or that professor or simply listening to the empty </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://12knotstonowhere.blogspot.com/feeds/2123354867262011872/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7835781410684543821&amp;postID=2123354867262011872' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7835781410684543821/posts/default/2123354867262011872'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7835781410684543821/posts/default/2123354867262011872'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://12knotstonowhere.blogspot.com/2010/06/not-really-sure-what-was-so-great-about.html' title='Not really sure what was so great about this idea.'/><author><name>12 Knots to Nowhere</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06213715442856078957</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6ank33zwszk/SYDzYOF6u-I/AAAAAAAAAAU/FeQWV1pI_Do/S220/081206_1701~0001.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7835781410684543821.post-6541170474241871108</id><published>2010-02-28T15:47:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-02-28T15:57:00.401-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Super Dry'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='JAL'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Japan'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='flights'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Asahi'/><title type='text'>日本に帰る</title><summary type='text'>Back in Japan for the first time since I left last summer. And I am glad I dropped the extra bucks to fly JAL.  Oh boy it was worth it. One point:  I could have taken advantage of getting Asahi Super Dry without shelling out extra dollars for it. Two points:  The first meal was curry.  You don't know how happy I was having curry.Three points:  Rice crackers.Four points:  They don't charge you for</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://12knotstonowhere.blogspot.com/feeds/6541170474241871108/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7835781410684543821&amp;postID=6541170474241871108' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7835781410684543821/posts/default/6541170474241871108'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7835781410684543821/posts/default/6541170474241871108'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://12knotstonowhere.blogspot.com/2010/02/blog-post.html' title='日本に帰る'/><author><name>12 Knots to Nowhere</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06213715442856078957</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6ank33zwszk/SYDzYOF6u-I/AAAAAAAAAAU/FeQWV1pI_Do/S220/081206_1701~0001.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7835781410684543821.post-714123668060159258</id><published>2009-06-27T00:08:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-06-27T00:43:08.414-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='renewable energy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='energy independence'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='clean energy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='optimism'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='innovation'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='President Obama'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='global climate change'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='united states'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='2009 clean energy act'/><title type='text'>Global Climate Change</title><summary type='text'>TO start, a few metaphors that probably will piss off the zero readers I have:1.  When one procrastinates, such as I do often, and put off whatever goal or task or *insert applicable action* for so long, when one is then forced to deal with whatever it was they were putting off until later, the result is mostly a lot of pain, misery and gnashing of teeth (although the levels of pain do probably </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://12knotstonowhere.blogspot.com/feeds/714123668060159258/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7835781410684543821&amp;postID=714123668060159258' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7835781410684543821/posts/default/714123668060159258'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7835781410684543821/posts/default/714123668060159258'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://12knotstonowhere.blogspot.com/2009/06/global-climate-change.html' title='Global Climate Change'/><author><name>12 Knots to Nowhere</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06213715442856078957</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6ank33zwszk/SYDzYOF6u-I/AAAAAAAAAAU/FeQWV1pI_Do/S220/081206_1701~0001.JPG'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7835781410684543821.post-7019385615406342496</id><published>2009-06-25T04:05:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-06-25T06:04:38.348-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='protests'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Ayatollah'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Shawn Hannity'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='revolution'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Ahmadinejad'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Iran'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='violence'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='foreign policy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='2009 Iran Presidential Election'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='President Obama'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='crackdown'/><title type='text'>Unbelievable</title><summary type='text'>I had the misfortune to watch the Shawn Hannity show today and his yammering about how President Obama should have been more "forceful" prior to his press conference today.  Apparently President Obama did not take the correct course to influence the Iranian government to not brutalize their own civilians in light of the uproar in Iran over the tainted election in that nation.Maybe I was in la-la </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://12knotstonowhere.blogspot.com/feeds/7019385615406342496/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7835781410684543821&amp;postID=7019385615406342496' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7835781410684543821/posts/default/7019385615406342496'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7835781410684543821/posts/default/7019385615406342496'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://12knotstonowhere.blogspot.com/2009/06/unbelievable.html' title='Unbelievable'/><author><name>12 Knots to Nowhere</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06213715442856078957</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6ank33zwszk/SYDzYOF6u-I/AAAAAAAAAAU/FeQWV1pI_Do/S220/081206_1701~0001.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7835781410684543821.post-4546793795695577760</id><published>2009-05-12T23:44:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-05-13T00:08:35.632-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Wayne&apos;s World'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Garth Algar'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Cowboy-Millionaire-Astronaut'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Family Guy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='NWI'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Japan'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Da Region'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Northwest Indiana'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='reunions'/><title type='text'>Uncertainty of nothing</title><summary type='text'>It is a bit terrifying realizing that I will in less than 100 days go from living in Japan-- which in the words of Garth Algar: Its like a new pair of underwear--at first its a bit constrictive but soon it becomes a part of you.--to returning to the area of the US that I grew up for most of my sophomoric youth.The sophomoric part being complete is still under review.Northwest Indiana. Da Region. </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://12knotstonowhere.blogspot.com/feeds/4546793795695577760/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7835781410684543821&amp;postID=4546793795695577760' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7835781410684543821/posts/default/4546793795695577760'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7835781410684543821/posts/default/4546793795695577760'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://12knotstonowhere.blogspot.com/2009/05/uncertainty-of-nothing.html' title='Uncertainty of nothing'/><author><name>12 Knots to Nowhere</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06213715442856078957</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6ank33zwszk/SYDzYOF6u-I/AAAAAAAAAAU/FeQWV1pI_Do/S220/081206_1701~0001.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6ank33zwszk/SgpwcOvdEcI/AAAAAAAAADM/bEHzcQ46L3Y/s72-c/207829.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7835781410684543821.post-6925302570182055583</id><published>2009-05-10T17:28:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-05-10T18:01:32.095-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Mitchell Report'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Joe DiMaggio'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Josh Gibson'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='MLB'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='PEDs'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Babe Ruth'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Jose Conseco'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='President Obama'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='racism'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Negro Leagues'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Lou Gehrig'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Ty Cobb'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='steroids'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='BCS'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='ESPN'/><title type='text'>It's just a Goddamn Game.</title><summary type='text'>I love how old timers and hysterical baseball writers are quick to demonize players who test positive for a banned substance that is not steroids but is known to be used by juicers after finishing up a steroid cycle to boost their testosterone that their body had stopped pumping out as the steroids provided all the testosterone the body needed. But they guy didn't test positive for steroids.  </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://12knotstonowhere.blogspot.com/feeds/6925302570182055583/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7835781410684543821&amp;postID=6925302570182055583' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7835781410684543821/posts/default/6925302570182055583'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7835781410684543821/posts/default/6925302570182055583'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://12knotstonowhere.blogspot.com/2009/05/its-just-goddamn-game.html' title='It&apos;s just a Goddamn Game.'/><author><name>12 Knots to Nowhere</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06213715442856078957</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6ank33zwszk/SYDzYOF6u-I/AAAAAAAAAAU/FeQWV1pI_Do/S220/081206_1701~0001.JPG'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7835781410684543821.post-8597232921905943844</id><published>2009-05-08T18:30:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2009-05-08T18:34:56.782-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='shonan'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='surf board shaping'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='silly day dream'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='surfing'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='hawai&apos;ian restaurant'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='bebop jazz'/><title type='text'>A silly day dream</title><summary type='text'>A silly day dream that involves me running/owning a Tex-Mex/Hawai'ian bar-restaurant in Shonan, complete with a little surf shop for the pure essentials people need on a surf trip: wax, fins, fittings for fins, misc tools, rash guards, wax combs, surf leashes, locks, waterproof cases, sun block, nu-wax strips...and of course warm showers and board storage.In the back will be where I shape my own </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://12knotstonowhere.blogspot.com/feeds/8597232921905943844/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7835781410684543821&amp;postID=8597232921905943844' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7835781410684543821/posts/default/8597232921905943844'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7835781410684543821/posts/default/8597232921905943844'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://12knotstonowhere.blogspot.com/2009/05/silly-day-dream.html' title='A silly day dream'/><author><name>12 Knots to Nowhere</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06213715442856078957</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6ank33zwszk/SYDzYOF6u-I/AAAAAAAAAAU/FeQWV1pI_Do/S220/081206_1701~0001.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7835781410684543821.post-6652673266005555490</id><published>2009-05-08T06:36:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-05-08T07:44:56.915-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='richard j evans'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='the third reich at war'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='pravda'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='red army'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='antony beevor'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='no simple victory'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='kursk'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='vasily grossman'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='norman davies'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='world war II'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='wehrmacht'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='luba vinogradova'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='operation barbarossa'/><title type='text'>Early look at "The Third Reich at War."</title><summary type='text'>Needless to say, for anyone who has only the basic American high school level understanding of the Second World War in Europe, they are probably unaware many aspects about the war.But I have to caveat this by stating that the Second World War was not a subject I exclusively studied, I am pretty confident that I am not clueless about this subject.American high school version of WWII:1933 Hitler </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://12knotstonowhere.blogspot.com/feeds/6652673266005555490/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7835781410684543821&amp;postID=6652673266005555490' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7835781410684543821/posts/default/6652673266005555490'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7835781410684543821/posts/default/6652673266005555490'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://12knotstonowhere.blogspot.com/2009/05/early-look-at-third-reich-at-war.html' title='Early look at &quot;The Third Reich at War.&quot;'/><author><name>12 Knots to Nowhere</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06213715442856078957</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6ank33zwszk/SYDzYOF6u-I/AAAAAAAAAAU/FeQWV1pI_Do/S220/081206_1701~0001.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7835781410684543821.post-4575644144282893909</id><published>2009-05-07T16:15:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-05-10T21:07:31.790-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='manny ramirez'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='afganistan'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='manny ramirez steroids us military chaplains proselytising afganistan'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='steroids'/><title type='text'>When you put on your uniform, you are not a solider of god.</title><summary type='text'>While the baseball purists will bemoan about the signal that Manny Ramirez has sent to young people with his current suspension in violation of MLB's drug policy, that is a non-issue in light of a little tidbit of information a buddy of mine was kind enough to post on Facebook.I could care less about professional athletics sometimes--the teams, athletes, GMs, media, boorish fans and etc have </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://12knotstonowhere.blogspot.com/feeds/4575644144282893909/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7835781410684543821&amp;postID=4575644144282893909' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7835781410684543821/posts/default/4575644144282893909'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7835781410684543821/posts/default/4575644144282893909'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://12knotstonowhere.blogspot.com/2009/05/when-you-put-on-your-uniform-you-are.html' title='When you put on your uniform, you are not a solider of god.'/><author><name>12 Knots to Nowhere</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06213715442856078957</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6ank33zwszk/SYDzYOF6u-I/AAAAAAAAAAU/FeQWV1pI_Do/S220/081206_1701~0001.JPG'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7835781410684543821.post-8744015116380056258</id><published>2009-05-06T23:18:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-05-10T21:08:14.374-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Militia Act of 1792'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Nuremberg Laws'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Militia Act of 1903'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='gun control'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='National Defense Act of 1916'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='militia'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='bill of rights'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='kalashnikov'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='second amendment'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Enabling Act'/><title type='text'>Do you really need a Kalashnikov?</title><summary type='text'>A thought popped into my head when I read an article on CNN.com about people hoarding ammunition in the United States. The thought was: do you really need that Kalashnikov?Yes, there is nothing in the article about AK-47 ammunition, but the same proponents for the Second Amendment would be the first to say you have the right to own a AK-47. Indeed, the Second Amendment of the Bill of Rights </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://12knotstonowhere.blogspot.com/feeds/8744015116380056258/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7835781410684543821&amp;postID=8744015116380056258' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7835781410684543821/posts/default/8744015116380056258'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7835781410684543821/posts/default/8744015116380056258'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://12knotstonowhere.blogspot.com/2009/05/do-you-really-need-kalashnikov.html' title='Do you really need a Kalashnikov?'/><author><name>12 Knots to Nowhere</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06213715442856078957</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6ank33zwszk/SYDzYOF6u-I/AAAAAAAAAAU/FeQWV1pI_Do/S220/081206_1701~0001.JPG'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7835781410684543821.post-7865388772418800701</id><published>2009-04-23T01:09:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-04-23T01:32:19.300-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Valparaiso law school mediocre accepted leaving the Navy'/><title type='text'>Holy Crap Batman!  A post that no one will read!</title><summary type='text'>Wow.It was just another uneventful day in the office.  Nothing special: I had just finished our semi-annual physical test, managing to overdo it in my shoes (I really, really, really need custom made inserts for my feets), the other guys were trying to fight of the unstoppable force of malaise and the A/C was actually a lie since the heater was blasting in a chilly 26 degrees (C).Then I received </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://12knotstonowhere.blogspot.com/feeds/7865388772418800701/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7835781410684543821&amp;postID=7865388772418800701' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7835781410684543821/posts/default/7865388772418800701'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7835781410684543821/posts/default/7865388772418800701'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://12knotstonowhere.blogspot.com/2009/04/holy-crap-batman-post-that-no-one-will.html' title='Holy Crap Batman!  A post that no one will read!'/><author><name>12 Knots to Nowhere</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06213715442856078957</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6ank33zwszk/SYDzYOF6u-I/AAAAAAAAAAU/FeQWV1pI_Do/S220/081206_1701~0001.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7835781410684543821.post-8102926055311557261</id><published>2009-04-02T20:40:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-05-10T21:09:25.968-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='ラーメン'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='　日本　'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='　平和公園'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='　長崎市'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='　眼鏡橋'/><title type='text'>Miscellaneous photos....</title><summary type='text'>Miscellaneous photos...　　　　　　 葉山くるまや～デーラクスメンとギョウザ 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　崇福寺　（長崎市）　　　　　　　　　　　 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　平和公園　（長崎市） 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　眼鏡（めがね）橋　（長崎市）</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://12knotstonowhere.blogspot.com/feeds/8102926055311557261/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7835781410684543821&amp;postID=8102926055311557261' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7835781410684543821/posts/default/8102926055311557261'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7835781410684543821/posts/default/8102926055311557261'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://12knotstonowhere.blogspot.com/2009/04/miscellaneous-photos.html' title='Miscellaneous photos....'/><author><name>12 Knots to Nowhere</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06213715442856078957</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6ank33zwszk/SYDzYOF6u-I/AAAAAAAAAAU/FeQWV1pI_Do/S220/081206_1701~0001.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6ank33zwszk/SdWGXpv6DMI/AAAAAAAAAC8/FWCDWxV0BhQ/s72-c/hayama+kuruma+ya.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7835781410684543821.post-3038631324325710725</id><published>2009-04-02T19:48:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-04-02T20:26:12.807-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='LSAT'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='law school'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fail'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Harvard'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Wisconsin'/><title type='text'>Took Hah-vahd long enough to send my rejection...e-mail?</title><summary type='text'>I opened my google email to see what new interesting spam or phising attempts awaited in my inbox or spam box to discover that Hah-vahd (Harvard) Law sent me my rejection e-mail.I thought...e-mail?  What?  No letter?  I guess enough people pinned rejection letters on their walls to fuel their desire to gain revenge against Hah-vahd that Hah-vahd decided to stop sending letters...or it's a more </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://12knotstonowhere.blogspot.com/feeds/3038631324325710725/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7835781410684543821&amp;postID=3038631324325710725' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7835781410684543821/posts/default/3038631324325710725'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7835781410684543821/posts/default/3038631324325710725'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://12knotstonowhere.blogspot.com/2009/04/took-hah-vahd-long-enough-to-send-my.html' title='Took Hah-vahd long enough to send my rejection...e-mail?'/><author><name>12 Knots to Nowhere</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06213715442856078957</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6ank33zwszk/SYDzYOF6u-I/AAAAAAAAAAU/FeQWV1pI_Do/S220/081206_1701~0001.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7835781410684543821.post-5455544159621468590</id><published>2009-04-02T17:19:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2009-04-02T18:58:34.008-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='kyle orton'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='pavel tsatsouline'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='denver broncos'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='chicago bears'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='lake county'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='under armor'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='ifbb'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='kettlebells'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='cortez banks'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='mike parsons'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='mr olympia'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='neck beard'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='nfl'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='indiana'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='jay culter'/><title type='text'>Holy Crap!  Jay Cutler!</title><summary type='text'>I woke up this morning (morning here in Japan, and around 6 AM JST~ish) to find out the Bears traded for Jay Cutler. Now, living overseas, I don't follow the NFL all too much since there are tons of other interesting things to do (get drunk at an izakaiya, get drunk during 花見, get drunk at a 横浜ベイスターズの野球 game, get drunk at the Beer Museum at 恵比寿 and etc etc...I kid, I kid) in Japan. Actually, the </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://12knotstonowhere.blogspot.com/feeds/5455544159621468590/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7835781410684543821&amp;postID=5455544159621468590' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7835781410684543821/posts/default/5455544159621468590'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7835781410684543821/posts/default/5455544159621468590'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://12knotstonowhere.blogspot.com/2009/04/holy-crap-jay-cutler.html' title='Holy Crap!  Jay Cutler!'/><author><name>12 Knots to Nowhere</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06213715442856078957</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6ank33zwszk/SYDzYOF6u-I/AAAAAAAAAAU/FeQWV1pI_Do/S220/081206_1701~0001.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6ank33zwszk/SdVcKmAMIwI/AAAAAAAAACE/g0HC0QEcCFQ/s72-c/JayCutler6.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7835781410684543821.post-9112016211397730687</id><published>2009-03-19T16:53:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-03-19T18:30:31.464-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Bo Ryan'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Louisville'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='NCAA Tournament'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Butler'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='League of Reason'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Tokyo Marathon'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='March Madness'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Mizuno'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Memphis'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Wisconsin'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Asics'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Nike'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Nike+'/><title type='text'>Funny Advert, NCAA picks and the Tokyo Marathon</title><summary type='text'>I'm a member of the "League of Reason" forum online (http://leagueofreason.forums-free.com/) and under one of the discussions about "evolution and creationism" I saw this very interesting advert below the main banner:You don't say...very interesting.NCAA Picks (Yes, I know...very, very, very late)MIDWEST Bracket:(1) Louisville X (16) Moorehead State: Louisville(8) OSU X (9) Siena: I don't like </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://12knotstonowhere.blogspot.com/feeds/9112016211397730687/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7835781410684543821&amp;postID=9112016211397730687' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7835781410684543821/posts/default/9112016211397730687'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7835781410684543821/posts/default/9112016211397730687'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://12knotstonowhere.blogspot.com/2009/03/creationism-ncaa-picks-and-tokyo.html' title='Funny Advert, NCAA picks and the Tokyo Marathon'/><author><name>12 Knots to Nowhere</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06213715442856078957</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6ank33zwszk/SYDzYOF6u-I/AAAAAAAAAAU/FeQWV1pI_Do/S220/081206_1701~0001.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6ank33zwszk/ScLbud-ER5I/AAAAAAAAABk/NTlQakeZ7t8/s72-c/insane.bmp' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7835781410684543821.post-4066269445984741522</id><published>2009-03-17T17:36:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-03-17T18:21:51.024-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Badgers'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='PJ Hill'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Graduation Rates'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Wisconsin'/><title type='text'>Bumbling Badgers</title><summary type='text'>Indeed, I find more reasons as to why not to support the UW Athletic Program with P.J. Hill's latest antics.   These days I could care less about how many games the Badgers win in any sport (actually, I root against the Badgers these days.  I'm tired of hearing the boorish idiots in the student section at Citi presents Camp Randall on Qdoba Field.  Plus, I can't find any alumni pride in a </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://12knotstonowhere.blogspot.com/feeds/4066269445984741522/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7835781410684543821&amp;postID=4066269445984741522' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7835781410684543821/posts/default/4066269445984741522'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7835781410684543821/posts/default/4066269445984741522'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://12knotstonowhere.blogspot.com/2009/03/bumbling-badgers.html' title='Bumbling Badgers'/><author><name>12 Knots to Nowhere</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06213715442856078957</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6ank33zwszk/SYDzYOF6u-I/AAAAAAAAAAU/FeQWV1pI_Do/S220/081206_1701~0001.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7835781410684543821.post-5175025927162307876</id><published>2009-03-17T16:39:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-03-17T17:33:00.569-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Fire fighters'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Black Oak'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='LaCrosse'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Colfax Street'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Gary'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Fire'/><title type='text'>Pointless Rambling</title><summary type='text'>I recall a moment many years ago where my brother (I know he's going to want to kick my ass now)  crying his eyes out because my dad bluntly stated that he did not believe in god, and therefore did not worry about eternal damnation or eternity. The thought sticks with me as I think about how children are indoctrinated into any societies cultures, mores etc.  As children, god, satan, heaven and </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://12knotstonowhere.blogspot.com/feeds/5175025927162307876/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7835781410684543821&amp;postID=5175025927162307876' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7835781410684543821/posts/default/5175025927162307876'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7835781410684543821/posts/default/5175025927162307876'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://12knotstonowhere.blogspot.com/2009/03/pointless-rambling.html' title='Pointless Rambling'/><author><name>12 Knots to Nowhere</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06213715442856078957</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6ank33zwszk/SYDzYOF6u-I/AAAAAAAAAAU/FeQWV1pI_Do/S220/081206_1701~0001.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7835781410684543821.post-2305274184421356961</id><published>2009-02-19T15:23:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-02-19T15:34:15.213-08:00</updated><title type='text'>横浜の野球</title><summary type='text'>I sent this in as a "sample" essay for one of my grad school essays.  I highly doubt that this essay will help me gain admissions to this school (or any other for that matter) because of my amazing track record as an undergraduate.  I enjoyed trying to write this, and I'm sure any other fans in the world (fans of teams that are perennial losers) can identify with this little essay.  Maybe just </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://12knotstonowhere.blogspot.com/feeds/2305274184421356961/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7835781410684543821&amp;postID=2305274184421356961' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7835781410684543821/posts/default/2305274184421356961'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7835781410684543821/posts/default/2305274184421356961'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://12knotstonowhere.blogspot.com/2009/02/blog-post_19.html' title='横浜の野球'/><author><name>12 Knots to Nowhere</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06213715442856078957</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6ank33zwszk/SYDzYOF6u-I/AAAAAAAAAAU/FeQWV1pI_Do/S220/081206_1701~0001.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7835781410684543821.post-7359304325208526079</id><published>2009-02-19T15:07:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-02-19T15:22:39.951-08:00</updated><title type='text'>あやか市の動物園</title><summary type='text'>Another wonderfully rainy Feburary day in Kanagawa. Almost as much fun as walking into an ice cold house each night. Luckily, I have some great slippers from Muji that keep my feet warm as I acclimate myself to the freezing house.I could simply leave the heater on while I'm away, but 1) thats a waste of money, 2) its a waste of energy and 3) my house will still be cold because there is a total </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://12knotstonowhere.blogspot.com/feeds/7359304325208526079/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7835781410684543821&amp;postID=7359304325208526079' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7835781410684543821/posts/default/7359304325208526079'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7835781410684543821/posts/default/7359304325208526079'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://12knotstonowhere.blogspot.com/2009/02/blog-post.html' title='あやか市の動物園'/><author><name>12 Knots to Nowhere</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06213715442856078957</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6ank33zwszk/SYDzYOF6u-I/AAAAAAAAAAU/FeQWV1pI_Do/S220/081206_1701~0001.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7835781410684543821.post-929010366721154542</id><published>2009-02-12T15:58:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-02-12T16:31:35.320-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='American Civil War'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='200th'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Lincoln'/><title type='text'>お誕生日おめでとうLincolnさま</title><summary type='text'>In the United States, today, is the 200th anniversary of President Abraham Lincoln.  While there are several people who are quick to either revere or demonize (I don't know how many exist of the second group) the 16th President of the United States, it is fitting to reflect on his efforts during the devestating American Civil War.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://12knotstonowhere.blogspot.com/feeds/929010366721154542/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7835781410684543821&amp;postID=929010366721154542' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7835781410684543821/posts/default/929010366721154542'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7835781410684543821/posts/default/929010366721154542'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://12knotstonowhere.blogspot.com/2009/02/lincoln.html' title='お誕生日おめでとうLincolnさま'/><author><name>12 Knots to Nowhere</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06213715442856078957</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6ank33zwszk/SYDzYOF6u-I/AAAAAAAAAAU/FeQWV1pI_Do/S220/081206_1701~0001.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7835781410684543821.post-1785871509814321964</id><published>2009-02-11T21:37:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-02-11T22:15:34.689-08:00</updated><title type='text'>I am not a cat</title><summary type='text'>While I do understand the general public displeasure with those banks who recieved TARP funds giving executive, is it not a bit of the old adage "the pot calling the kettle stove burnt" when members of Congress are the ones casting the stones of judgement at these bank CEOs?  Indeed, I would have a hard time maintaining my composure in the face of a lengthy lecture about the proper use of tax </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://12knotstonowhere.blogspot.com/feeds/1785871509814321964/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7835781410684543821&amp;postID=1785871509814321964' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7835781410684543821/posts/default/1785871509814321964'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7835781410684543821/posts/default/1785871509814321964'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://12knotstonowhere.blogspot.com/2009/02/i-am-not-cat.html' title='I am not a cat'/><author><name>12 Knots to Nowhere</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06213715442856078957</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6ank33zwszk/SYDzYOF6u-I/AAAAAAAAAAU/FeQWV1pI_Do/S220/081206_1701~0001.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7835781410684543821.post-6397218225992193605</id><published>2009-02-03T03:53:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2009-02-03T03:54:44.034-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='World Trade Center'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Madison'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='reflections'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Terrorists'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='9-11'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Ground Zero'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Kings Point'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='New York City'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Navy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Fire fighters'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Wisconsin'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='CNN'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='September 11th'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Fleet Week'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='USMMA'/><title type='text'>A clear Tuesday Morning</title><summary type='text'>Snippets flash forward, illuminate momentarily on a screen and fade back into the darkness from where it appeared.A breakfast journey, trudging slowly down the stairs, unawares of the outside world other than the mild Wisconsin fall day, more worried about the wrinkles from wear on my cotton khakis.A television screen normally on CNN, an image of the North World Trade Tower billowing smoke from </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://12knotstonowhere.blogspot.com/feeds/6397218225992193605/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7835781410684543821&amp;postID=6397218225992193605' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7835781410684543821/posts/default/6397218225992193605'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7835781410684543821/posts/default/6397218225992193605'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://12knotstonowhere.blogspot.com/2009/02/clear-tuesday-morning.html' title='A clear Tuesday Morning'/><author><name>12 Knots to Nowhere</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06213715442856078957</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6ank33zwszk/SYDzYOF6u-I/AAAAAAAAAAU/FeQWV1pI_Do/S220/081206_1701~0001.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7835781410684543821.post-5450310491860311132</id><published>2009-02-03T03:48:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-02-03T03:50:42.850-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='終点'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='逗子'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Yokosuka Line'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='SUICA'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='JR Lines'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='東日本JR'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Japan'/><title type='text'>Shuten Zushi Eki.  終点逗子駅</title><summary type='text'>A silent whir from the hidden electric motors and the once packed commuter train ground to a halt with a static filled gasp.A moment of silence save for the crumpling of a SOGO or Seiyu department store bag pressed to the chest of a sleeping woman or the stifled cough from the salaryman teetering on drunkenness and sleep in an adjacent seat. The air thick with the smell of fermented body odor, </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://12knotstonowhere.blogspot.com/feeds/5450310491860311132/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7835781410684543821&amp;postID=5450310491860311132' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7835781410684543821/posts/default/5450310491860311132'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7835781410684543821/posts/default/5450310491860311132'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://12knotstonowhere.blogspot.com/2009/02/shuten-zushi-eki.html' title='Shuten Zushi Eki.  終点逗子駅'/><author><name>12 Knots to Nowhere</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06213715442856078957</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6ank33zwszk/SYDzYOF6u-I/AAAAAAAAAAU/FeQWV1pI_Do/S220/081206_1701~0001.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7835781410684543821.post-8712715575813451726</id><published>2009-01-28T16:12:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-01-28T16:22:26.648-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='yokohama baystars'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='ramen'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='grad school applications'/><title type='text'>Ramen</title><summary type='text'>I debated for a while on an essay to write for a graduate school program: the point of the exercise is to judge your ability to write, analyze and organize your thoughts on paper--or via electronic means.The major problem was that I did not know what I wanted to write; there were plenty of subjects that came to mind, but none of them fell into the "I feel like writing about this subject today."  </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://12knotstonowhere.blogspot.com/feeds/8712715575813451726/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7835781410684543821&amp;postID=8712715575813451726' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7835781410684543821/posts/default/8712715575813451726'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7835781410684543821/posts/default/8712715575813451726'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://12knotstonowhere.blogspot.com/2009/01/ramen.html' title='Ramen'/><author><name>12 Knots to Nowhere</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06213715442856078957</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6ank33zwszk/SYDzYOF6u-I/AAAAAAAAAAU/FeQWV1pI_Do/S220/081206_1701~0001.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7835781410684543821.post-6690282622711530337</id><published>2009-01-17T22:14:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-01-17T22:24:44.174-08:00</updated><title type='text'>I went running</title><summary type='text'>I never realized how much fun is possible when running 12 miles.  I am a bit worried since I was feeling weakness on the outside of my outer left ankle.  It dissipated after a few miles, but it did scare me early on.  There's the good ol' shin splints on the inside of my legs-and again, I'm too lazy to ice it down after a run.  There really are no excuses for that.  I'm looking forward to my ice </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://12knotstonowhere.blogspot.com/feeds/6690282622711530337/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7835781410684543821&amp;postID=6690282622711530337' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7835781410684543821/posts/default/6690282622711530337'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7835781410684543821/posts/default/6690282622711530337'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://12knotstonowhere.blogspot.com/2009/01/i-went-running.html' title='I went running'/><author><name>12 Knots to Nowhere</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06213715442856078957</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6ank33zwszk/SYDzYOF6u-I/AAAAAAAAAAU/FeQWV1pI_Do/S220/081206_1701~0001.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7835781410684543821.post-6360436488812990212</id><published>2008-10-24T21:33:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-10-26T16:44:50.500-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sengoku'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Takezo Kensei'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='samurai'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Heroes'/><title type='text'>Heroes</title><summary type='text'>I wonder if anyone reads history anymore.  I am watching Heroes right now and wonder what they read to set up this Takezo Kensei story.  First they make Takezo Kensei a white guy...I'm rolling my eyes at that thought already, then the set him up in Japan in 1671.   And it is feudal Japan.  Complete with ronin samurai terrorizing Japan.  I certainly hope that Tokugawa Ietsuna does not catch wind </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://12knotstonowhere.blogspot.com/feeds/6360436488812990212/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7835781410684543821&amp;postID=6360436488812990212' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7835781410684543821/posts/default/6360436488812990212'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7835781410684543821/posts/default/6360436488812990212'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://12knotstonowhere.blogspot.com/2008/10/heroes.html' title='Heroes'/><author><name>12 Knots to Nowhere</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06213715442856078957</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6ank33zwszk/SYDzYOF6u-I/AAAAAAAAAAU/FeQWV1pI_Do/S220/081206_1701~0001.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7835781410684543821.post-4874432491399177463</id><published>2008-10-23T07:00:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2009-02-23T14:58:38.071-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Temudjin</title><summary type='text'>After watching two versions of films covering the life of Temudjin, aka Genghis Khan, I noticed two things. The Japanese-Mongolian production seems more like a samurai eiga with Mongolian soldiers. It felt like a candy coated version of history. The Kahzak-Mongolian production was gritter and probably a bit difficult for westerners to handle, but it did cover some of the Western propaganda that </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://12knotstonowhere.blogspot.com/feeds/4874432491399177463/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7835781410684543821&amp;postID=4874432491399177463' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7835781410684543821/posts/default/4874432491399177463'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7835781410684543821/posts/default/4874432491399177463'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://12knotstonowhere.blogspot.com/2008/10/temudjin.html' title='Temudjin'/><author><name>12 Knots to Nowhere</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06213715442856078957</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6ank33zwszk/SYDzYOF6u-I/AAAAAAAAAAU/FeQWV1pI_Do/S220/081206_1701~0001.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7835781410684543821.post-2131578846308045500</id><published>2008-10-21T00:00:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-10-26T16:46:00.894-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='300'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Herodotus'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Scorpion King'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Classical history'/><title type='text'>The wasteland of the Intelligentsia</title><summary type='text'>My brain hurts.Unfortunately, I was able to hear a sound clip from Rush Limbaugh today while at work. I completely forgot about...him. Yet, as I rolled my eyes and blocked out his voice to think about what to eat for lunch: curry or curry, a flashback reminded me that I was once a Rushbo fan. Dittos was a greeting and tobacco stained fingers was a laughter eliciting comment.That was 1994-1999. </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://12knotstonowhere.blogspot.com/feeds/2131578846308045500/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7835781410684543821&amp;postID=2131578846308045500' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7835781410684543821/posts/default/2131578846308045500'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7835781410684543821/posts/default/2131578846308045500'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://12knotstonowhere.blogspot.com/2008/10/wasteland-of-intelligentsia.html' title='The wasteland of the Intelligentsia'/><author><name>12 Knots to Nowhere</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06213715442856078957</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6ank33zwszk/SYDzYOF6u-I/AAAAAAAAAAU/FeQWV1pI_Do/S220/081206_1701~0001.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
