May’s Mutterings: Rants and Ramblings
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Uncle Clay’s House of Pure Aloha
Only in Hawaii can you get away with a name like that. But Uncle Clay’s House of Pure Aloha (located at 820 West Hind Drive #116 in the Aina Haina Shopping Center in Honolulu) not only has some of the best shave ice we’ve ever had, but it contains something even better—Uncle Clay himself. First…
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Monsters University
We are huge Disney fans, as most of you know, and we were all quite eager to see Pixar’s latest offering, Monsters University. While we were mildly disappointed that Pixar chose to release a prequel to a well established hit, it didn’t make us any less eager to see it. Prequels are sometimes more difficult…
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July 4 in New York City
We had one of the best July 4 holiday weekends ever! To begin with, we spent most of it with one of our favorite families to hang out with. And we spent it in one of our favorite cities, New York, and at one of our favorite hotels, the Carlyle (located at 76th & Madison).…
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Bonchon (Korean fried chicken)
Bonchon is a chain restaurant, with franchises all over the world that specializes in Korean fried chicken. We visited the restaurant in Fairfax, Virginia. It is best to call ahead and place your order, as the chicken can take 30+ minutes to prepare. You can get a combination of wings/drumsticks or white meat. There are…
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Protected: Peipei’s 8th grade graduation
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Teaching at Stanford Law School
For the months of April and May, I have been teaching a class at Stanford Law School called “Internet Torts and Crimes.” This means I’ve been flying out once a week to Palo Alto to teach the class. Teaching the class has been a blast! The students have all been great, and I have learned…
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In Memory of D-Day, Part 2
These are the remarks made by Ronald Reagan commemorating the 40th anniversary of D-Day: We’re here to mark that day in history when the Allied armies joined in battle to reclaim this continent to liberty. For four long years, much of Europe had been under a terrible shadow. Free nations had fallen, Jews cried out…
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In Memory of D-Day, Part I
Franklin Roosevelt’s prayer on D-Day: My fellow Americans: Last night, when I spoke with you about the fall of Rome, I knew at that moment that troops of the United States and our allies were crossing the Channel in another and greater operation. It has come to pass with success thus far. And so, in…
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Tony Stark, James T. Kirk & Mr. Spock
Over Memorial Day weekend, we took advantage of the downtime to see two movies, “Iron Man 3” and “Star Trek: Into Darkness.” All of us have enjoyed the Iron Man franchise, which we came to late, after seeing “The Avengers.” Sarcasm plays a prominent role in our lives, and we appreciate seeing it well done…
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Hobbesian Choice
We were presented with the dilemma of the following choices: (i) 7 5th grade boys (10-11 years old) at a black tie event for Children’s National Medical Center; and (ii) 20 8th grade girls (13-14 years old) at a Taylor Swift concert. As a practical matter, there was no choice in the matter. Jim is…
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