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Growing up, my family always possessed a large amount of books - both my parents encouraged my sister and I to read often. The bookshelves at my house are still stocked with books on everything from cooking recipes, English literature, Chinese dictionaries, Bible commentaries, theology, home repair... even the Sesame Street books that were the first thing my bulging baby eyes learned to read over.

Luckily, at 26 years of age, I no longer drool on the pages of my books... often.

I still enjoy reading books, but recently, the internet has provided a fascinating venue for my mind to absorb Jeopardy-esque trivia and knowledge: Wikipedia, a free encyclopedia built on the idea that information on anything and everything can be gathered and edited in a fast, collaborative fashion... wiki.

Besides my research on Sikhism for my work on a project for the Wing Luke Museum, I've also read many fun and interesting articles on subjects like:

• Freemasons - Washington, Monroe, Jackson, Teddy Roosevelt, Franklin Roosevelt, Truman, Ford, and 9 other presidents were all Freemasons. Duh-dum!
  
• Knights Templar - Pre-masons?
  
• Angels - Interesting theological discussion.
  
• The Bible - An long read about arguably the most influential book in Western civilization.
  
• Chinese surnames - I'm #2 on the list of 100 most common.
  
• Triad - Chinese gangsters.
  
• Guan Yu - A 3 Kingdoms general.
  
• Vincent Chin - His murder birthed the Asian American movement.
  
• Samantha Smith - One kid can make a difference.
  
• John Browning - Firearms genius and... Mormon?!
  
• AK-47 - Probably the prolific gun ever invented.
  
• Starcraft - My life for Aiur.
  
• Final Fantasy - The classic NES game.
  
• Neon Genesis Evangelion - Deep, controversial... a classic anime.
  
• Cowboy Bebop - Some people call me a space cowboy.
  
• Batman: The Animated Series - Probably the greatest American cartoon ever.

So much to read... but so much other stuff to do. Heh.
posted by G at 11:47 AM   |

in?scrip?tion (n-skrip-shun)n.
1. The act or an instance of inscribing.
2. Something, such as the wording on a coin, medal, monument, or seal, that is inscribed.
3. A short, signed message in a book or on a photograph given as a gift.
4. The usually informal dedication of an artistic work.
5. Jeremiah 31:33