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Jet_Jaguar
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by Jet_Jaguar » Mon Dec 08, 2008 20:48 -0700
There's something about this story that I read on the BBC site that I found kind of moving:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/7770865.stm
"It doesn't matter whom you are paired against;
your opponent is always yourself."
-Nakamura (via Joe R. Lansdale's Mucho Mojo )
Ralcos
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by Ralcos » Tue Dec 09, 2008 14:53 -0700
That's pretty cool. How old is Yoko now?
"you can't hide from the kami"
Jet_Jaguar
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by Jet_Jaguar » Tue Dec 09, 2008 18:48 -0700
The article says 75.
"It doesn't matter whom you are paired against;
your opponent is always yourself."
-Nakamura (via Joe R. Lansdale's Mucho Mojo )
Ralcos
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by Ralcos » Wed Dec 10, 2008 20:49 -0700
75? a bit over life expectancy in the US?
"you can't hide from the kami"
Krogu
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by Krogu » Fri Dec 19, 2008 6:58 -0700
The beatles is one of my fav bands...but J.Lennon is more than musician...
"A mogło być zupełnie inaczej..."