James “Scotty” Doohan bids Hollywood Walk of Fame star–an effort put together by his son Chris and his fans, including Brandon and myself–on Tuesday. Thanks for the good times, Scotty. **UPDATE** Here’s the coverage of the event....
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Just watched the American version of Godzilla for the first time after all these years. Since I grew up with the Japanese Godzilla, I felt like I would be betraying my roots by seeing the US Godzilla. Mutated iguana. Give me a frelling break. The damn thing can’t even breathe fire, and you’re calling it a Godzilla? Oh yeah, all 2 times that it “breathes fires” in this US version. If you watch closely, you’ll see that Godzilla’s breath/roar sends cars flying, and the collision of those cars cause explosion. Godzilla’s breath fans and pushes the flames. That is no...
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3 Gold (2 women’s weightlifting, 1 boxing) 1 Silver (boxing) 4 Bronze (2 women’s weightlifting, 1 women’s Taekwondo, 1 boxing) This is the best Olympics ever for Thailand, and best ever for Thai women. It’s been emotional....
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…and for my first viewing of live Olympics event in Athens!! Thailand Manus Boonjumnong won the gold medal, the first ever for Light Welterweight category. And here’s the best part. I was calling my dad right before the match started. A call waiting beeped, and it was Brandon’s dad on the other line, letting me know that the boxing match was on. So me and my 2 dads were all watching. The best feeling in the world is to be able to call my dad right after the match to say “Yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy!” to each other. That brings us to 3...
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Thai Middleweight boxer grabbed another bronze for the motherland! That makes 2 golds and 4 bronzes so far. 2 boxers are left in the rings: Light Welterweight boxer is fighting his final bout Saturday, and Bantam is fighting in the semifinals later on today. In Taekwondo, one athlete left in the competition tomorrow. **NEWS UPDATE** Our Bantamweight boxer made it to the finals. We are looking at 2 more medals either gold or silver!...
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Thai Taekwondo team is not doing as hot as the country has expected. Our pride-and-joy girl lost her shot at the gold today, but may still get a chance at the bronze. How do they do that? Olympics TKD competition is set up this way: anyone who lost to the 2 finalists in the first round get to compete with losers from semifinals for the bronze. So our female athlete still has a shot. On the other hand, our guy didn’t make it very far. We’re not giving up yet. There are still 2 more athletes going on in the...
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