Monthly Archives: November 2004

chocolates et al

By Tien Chiu | Published: November 29, 2004
…but first, the Funny Story for the Week: * * * * * * * * * * * * “Hey, there are crunchy bits in this chocolate! …oh, they’re just toffee. Well, that’s good to know.” “Yeah, just don’t do as I did, and find out, after the fact, that the crunchy bits in your food are [...]
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Other random updates

By Tien Chiu | Published: November 25, 2004
Lessee: Work is going really, really well. I love it. I’m getting to do all the things I’ve always dreamed of doing–leaping in and learning a new market, a new technology, and getting to build strategies. I’ve been reading like a maniac and interrogating a lot of my new coworkers on their understanding of our technology [...]
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Chocolate time!

By Tien Chiu | Published: November 25, 2004
“I’m not doing chocolates this year,” I said. “It’s a huge amount of work, I just started a new job, I’ve been burning the candles at both ends for a month now, and besides I need to finish writing my book.” “Nope. Definitely not doing chocolates this year,” I said. Which does not quite explain how I [...]
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Wow!! Kodo (Japanese taiko) is coming to town!!!

By Tien Chiu | Published: November 21, 2004
I am SO psyched. I found out last night (at the International Taiko Festival) that Kodo is playing in the Bay Area in February. Kodo is the pre-eminent taiko (Japanese drumming) group in the world, they play all over the world to rave reviews and standing ovations. (Their “Best of Kodo” CD was named one [...]
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P.S. (snakes and antibiotics)

By Tien Chiu | Published: November 20, 2004
Someone asked if I couldn’t just grind up medication and put it in Isis’s food…unfortunately, that doesn’t work for snakes. They eat whole food, you see…and unlike mammals they don’t eat all that often. I feed Isis three rats every other week, and that’s plenty for her…so if I wanted to put antibiotics [...]
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