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Blowing air bubble rings underwater.

June 8, 2008 – 8:52 pm

I dare you to say this video isn’t cool in a room full of people who have no qualms about slapping you across the face when you tell untruths.
Creativity is always important, in work and in play, and in being a Japanese aquarium attraction with nothing better to do.

[via Pink Tentacle]

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Oh to be young and stupid.

June 8, 2008 – 2:04 am

Well, stupid anyway….
Human Slingshot

[via Nico’s]
I totally used to be that guy, talking people into doing (completely awesome) stuff they probably shouldn’t be doing. Ah maturity: YOU are the bane of my existence.

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Introducing Leo Crescencio Nishida

April 15, 2008 – 11:44 am

Hi everyone,
As you may have guessed, I have been experiencing some growing pains with the birth of our little one, Leo Crescencio. I’m not sure how to describe any of it. I feel like I am living at the intersection of so many conflicting emotions that I can’t even begin to express where my head […]

By Steven Nishida | Also posted in relationship, human nature, perspective, happiness, parenting, baby, language, japan, community | Comments (5)

Super Bowl time! Two of my all-time favorite Super Bowl commercials.

February 2, 2008 – 5:22 pm

What many people outside the U.S. don’t know is that coverage of the Super Bowl (American football championship game) is the most viewed television program of the year…..like, every year. And you know what that means, don’t you?: advertising revenue up the wazoo. That’s right, bookoo dolores flooding ad agencies in the highest stakes […]

By Steven Nishida | Also posted in comedy, humor, media | Comments (1)

Dude?!

November 12, 2007 – 3:55 am

Recently, during a disagreement, my Bolivian-Japanese friend got straight-up mad at me for addressing him with this word a few times in a row. He spent several years in the barrios of East LA and insists that latinos don’t ever call each other “Dude.” That may have been true in the ’80s (Think ‘Blood in […]

By Steven Nishida | Also posted in comedy, humor | Comments (2)

Sam Harris kickin’ some serious knowledge on stem cell morality.

November 6, 2007 – 1:22 pm

Only you can decide where your faith and religious beliefs will fall, but–for the sake of millions of suffering individuals–Sam Harris is here to make sure you confront the intricacies of the knee-jerk stem cell research is playing God stance.

Time to bust out the ol’ thinking caps:-)
Steve
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What monkeys have got to do with you.

November 6, 2007 – 2:52 am

Looks like this one has been around for a while, but I just saw it for the first time and found it provocative.

Unfortunately, I think there’s a fair bit of preaching to the choir going on here…
Steve
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Did You Know 2.0? (by Karl Fisch and Scott McLeod)

October 21, 2007 – 2:39 pm

Here’s another thought-provoking video which touches on some of the same themes as my last post and the video contained therein.
Actually Did You Know 2.0 is an official update to the video entitled Shift Happens by Karl Fisch (author of The Fischbowl) and Scott McLeod (author of Dangerously Irrelevant). These guys are always hard at […]

By Steven Nishida | Also posted in community, language, teaching, parenting, perspective, autonomous learning, efl, education, web2.0, learning, blogging, media, politics, economics, technology | Comments (0)

A Vision of Students Today: Michael Wesch, KSU (and 200 of his students)

October 19, 2007 – 2:50 am

Here is a thought-provoking video I came across over at think:lab:
From the creator, Michael Wesch:
a short video summarizing some of the most important characteristics of students today - how they learn, what they need to learn, their goals, hopes, dreams, what their lives will be like, and what kinds of changes they will experience in […]

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Defining Anti-Nationalism and Welcoming Americans to the World: Arundhati Roy’s “Come September” (2002)

October 15, 2007 – 5:51 am

I don’t want you to think like me….I just want you to think.
I almost didn’t post this, because it’s more politically charged than my usual fare, and might be perceived as slightly off topic. After lengthy consideration, however, I realized that I needed to clarify where all that anti-nationalism talk was coming from […]

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