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		<title>Free Fish!</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Sep 2010 18:01:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[These people waited in line for hours to get free grilled fish at the Sanma Festival. About 5,000 sanma (Pacific saury) were given away. And they remained in line to get their lime and grated radish. I guess they could &#8230; <a href="http://quiltingsword.com/2010/09/06/free-fish/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=quiltingsword.com&amp;blog=1775757&amp;post=589&amp;subd=quiltingsword&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Race and Ethnicity: A Demographic Analysis of My Facebook Friends, Part 3</title>
		<link>http://quiltingsword.com/2010/02/11/race-and-ethnicity-a-demographic-analysis-of-my-facebook-friends-part-3/</link>
		<comments>http://quiltingsword.com/2010/02/11/race-and-ethnicity-a-demographic-analysis-of-my-facebook-friends-part-3/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Feb 2010 16:43:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Wind</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last summer I did a statistical analysis of my Facebook friends and wrote two posts about it.  I was going to dedicate the third post to the racial and ethnic make-up of my online friends, but got writer’s block at &#8230; <a href="http://quiltingsword.com/2010/02/11/race-and-ethnicity-a-demographic-analysis-of-my-facebook-friends-part-3/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=quiltingsword.com&amp;blog=1775757&amp;post=530&amp;subd=quiltingsword&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Moment of Silence</title>
		<link>http://quiltingsword.com/2009/09/11/the-moment-of-silence/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2009 16:26:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Wind</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The clearest memory I have of 9/11 actually occurred one year after the attacks. In 2002, I had arrived at Heathrow Airport in London and was waiting for my connecting flight to Leeds. I had just retired from dance and &#8230; <a href="http://quiltingsword.com/2009/09/11/the-moment-of-silence/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=quiltingsword.com&amp;blog=1775757&amp;post=465&amp;subd=quiltingsword&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Archetypal Friend: A Demographic Analysis of My Facebook Friends, Part 2</title>
		<link>http://quiltingsword.com/2009/06/28/facebookfriends2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Jun 2009 18:42:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Wind</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In this post, we find out who my most typical Facebook friend is, statistically speaking. In Part 1, we saw how privileged and not representational my Facebook friends (and all Facebookians) are.  But surely for someone who has lived on &#8230; <a href="http://quiltingsword.com/2009/06/28/facebookfriends2/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=quiltingsword.com&amp;blog=1775757&amp;post=430&amp;subd=quiltingsword&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Gated Community:  A Demographic Analysis of My Facebook Friends, Part 1</title>
		<link>http://quiltingsword.com/2009/06/26/facebookfriends1/</link>
		<comments>http://quiltingsword.com/2009/06/26/facebookfriends1/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 17:03:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Wind</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is a 3 part essay on the demographic make-up of my Facebook friends. In this post, I explain my methods and show how disturbingly exclusive the Facebook village is. A Facebook Census When I befriended my 200th Facebook friend &#8230; <a href="http://quiltingsword.com/2009/06/26/facebookfriends1/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=quiltingsword.com&amp;blog=1775757&amp;post=426&amp;subd=quiltingsword&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Facebook Notes: Maximum Capacity</title>
		<link>http://quiltingsword.com/2009/01/29/facebook-notes-maximum-capacity/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jan 2009 17:00:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Wind</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I joined Facebook, the online social networking site, about a year and a half ago. Back then, Facebook had opened its site to third party developers and a large wave of people joined, jumping to about 30 million users. There &#8230; <a href="http://quiltingsword.com/2009/01/29/facebook-notes-maximum-capacity/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=quiltingsword.com&amp;blog=1775757&amp;post=343&amp;subd=quiltingsword&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Roses and Crowns</title>
		<link>http://quiltingsword.com/2008/07/24/roses-and-crowns/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jul 2008 14:46:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Wind</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Pining for Thorns at The Rose and Crown Monday was Sea Day and most people had the day off. We had a mini UK reunion at a pub in Yurakucho, which is near Ginza. The Rose and Crown, on the &#8230; <a href="http://quiltingsword.com/2008/07/24/roses-and-crowns/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=quiltingsword.com&amp;blog=1775757&amp;post=172&amp;subd=quiltingsword&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Stress of Urban Living</title>
		<link>http://quiltingsword.com/2008/06/12/the-stress-of-urban-living/</link>
		<comments>http://quiltingsword.com/2008/06/12/the-stress-of-urban-living/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jun 2008 14:15:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Wind</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A few days ago, a man rented a van and intentionally ran over people in a crowded part of Tokyo. He got out of the vehicle and then proceeded to stab people randomly. Seven people died and another 14 were &#8230; <a href="http://quiltingsword.com/2008/06/12/the-stress-of-urban-living/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=quiltingsword.com&amp;blog=1775757&amp;post=144&amp;subd=quiltingsword&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>38 Special</title>
		<link>http://quiltingsword.com/2008/04/30/38-special/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Apr 2008 17:06:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Wind</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It’s my birthday today. My Lakers swept the Nuggets and are through to the 2nd round. That’s a nice gift. And I couldn’t ask for better weather. It’s warm and sunny, and there’s a sweet breeze that makes me want &#8230; <a href="http://quiltingsword.com/2008/04/30/38-special/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=quiltingsword.com&amp;blog=1775757&amp;post=133&amp;subd=quiltingsword&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A Fukushima Funeral</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Nov 2007 16:59:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Wind</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This past Tuesday, T’s grandfather passed away. He was 92 and led a very rich life, which I will write about in part 2 of this story. In this post I want to write about the funeral rites and rituals. &#8230; <a href="http://quiltingsword.com/2007/11/25/a-fukushima-funeral/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=quiltingsword.com&amp;blog=1775757&amp;post=54&amp;subd=quiltingsword&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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