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		<title>By: dunia saya</title>
		<link>http://unknowngenius.com/blog/me/comment-page-2/#comment-545092</link>
		<dc:creator>dunia saya</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 23:17:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Dear Dave,
So I was googling &quot;The most fucked up war in history&quot; and found your post &quot;Tempora horribilia&quot;. I truly like your writing style and was amazed how knowledgeable you are in World History. After reading your post, and right before I closed the browser, I became curious of the writer and stumbled upon your &quot;99&quot; list. And again I was amazed, because this is probably the perfect list to describe a &quot;Third Culture Kid&quot;. I may be wrong, but I think so, because I&#039;m a 4 language speaker, unfamiliar with my native country and can relate with numbers of your characteristics; especially no 96. Anyhow, I haven&#039;t read the rest of your blogs, but would like to thank you because it was delightful reading your &quot;99&quot; list and plan to read more of your blog. Have fun in Kyoto and all the best!

dunia
Indonesian speaking english, mandarin, soon russian, lived in berlin, jakarta, beijing, san francisco and tashkent.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Dear Dave,<br />
So I was googling &#8220;The most fucked up war in history&#8221; and found your post &#8220;Tempora horribilia&#8221;. I truly like your writing style and was amazed how knowledgeable you are in World History. After reading your post, and right before I closed the browser, I became curious of the writer and stumbled upon your &#8220;99&#8243; list. And again I was amazed, because this is probably the perfect list to describe a &#8220;Third Culture Kid&#8221;. I may be wrong, but I think so, because I&#8217;m a 4 language speaker, unfamiliar with my native country and can relate with numbers of your characteristics; especially no 96. Anyhow, I haven&#8217;t read the rest of your blogs, but would like to thank you because it was delightful reading your &#8220;99&#8243; list and plan to read more of your blog. Have fun in Kyoto and all the best!</p>
<p>dunia<br />
Indonesian speaking english, mandarin, soon russian, lived in berlin, jakarta, beijing, san francisco and tashkent.</p>
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		<title>By: Lycan</title>
		<link>http://unknowngenius.com/blog/me/comment-page-2/#comment-543291</link>
		<dc:creator>Lycan</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 11:06:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Dear Dave,
I feel connected. Thank you for you Insight. I never thought I&#039;d find a person like you. Especially not over the Internet. I Would have many questions for you. But if you are who I subjectively interpret you to be I understand if you cannot be bothered. I haven&#039;t read your blogs. I stumbled upon the &quot;News from the Empire&quot;.
Then I found this list. Now I feel better. Why is my email required? It gives me a tingling sensation of the false hope I might get email from you, which I do not deny I try to evoke by this statement. :/
Now I feel pathetic. C&#039;est la vie I guess.
Finding/Reading this list was One answer itself though. Peculiarly enough an answer to a question to someone I haven&#039;t met yet, couldn&#039;t possibly have imagined to ever meet and/or wasn&#039;t even aware of the need to ask that someone the questions that now arise in me. C&#039;est la vie again. In a much more positively meant way. Excuse my terrible style of writing, I hope my approach to salute you is not freaking you out in any way. 

thgin doog dna ris dink ouy ot sknaht ym ,niaga ,ecilA fo serutnevdA eht ot leuqes a fo ecnetsixe eht saw em ot nwonknu rof noisulcnoc ni leef i yllis ,suht</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Dear Dave,<br />
I feel connected. Thank you for you Insight. I never thought I&#8217;d find a person like you. Especially not over the Internet. I Would have many questions for you. But if you are who I subjectively interpret you to be I understand if you cannot be bothered. I haven&#8217;t read your blogs. I stumbled upon the &#8220;News from the Empire&#8221;.<br />
Then I found this list. Now I feel better. Why is my email required? It gives me a tingling sensation of the false hope I might get email from you, which I do not deny I try to evoke by this statement. :/<br />
Now I feel pathetic. C&#8217;est la vie I guess.<br />
Finding/Reading this list was One answer itself though. Peculiarly enough an answer to a question to someone I haven&#8217;t met yet, couldn&#8217;t possibly have imagined to ever meet and/or wasn&#8217;t even aware of the need to ask that someone the questions that now arise in me. C&#8217;est la vie again. In a much more positively meant way. Excuse my terrible style of writing, I hope my approach to salute you is not freaking you out in any way. </p>
<p>thgin doog dna ris dink ouy ot sknaht ym ,niaga ,ecilA fo serutnevdA eht ot leuqes a fo ecnetsixe eht saw em ot nwonknu rof noisulcnoc ni leef i yllis ,suht</p>
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		<title>By: Anetra</title>
		<link>http://unknowngenius.com/blog/me/comment-page-2/#comment-540773</link>
		<dc:creator>Anetra</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 15:08:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I like you blog, i followed Spam karma and I’m happy I did. 
you inspire a lot , keep writing 
And this is the best introduction about you
Cynical, sarcastic humor :-)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I like you blog, i followed Spam karma and I’m happy I did.<br />
you inspire a lot , keep writing<br />
And this is the best introduction about you<br />
Cynical, sarcastic humor <img src='http://unknowngenius.com/blog/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':-)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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		<title>By: aldona</title>
		<link>http://unknowngenius.com/blog/me/comment-page-2/#comment-539072</link>
		<dc:creator>aldona</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 04:41:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hi Dave, 

Nice to meet you. Got here after a bunch of hours of infinite semiosis caused by procrastination (obviously)...and trying not to think about my MA thesis. Thus it just shouldn&#039;t surprise you I had time to read ALL 99 points. What actually surprised me, was that I enjoyed them to such a Degree (that it&#039;s a degree with capital d), I registered here only to post the foregoing...and the following.
As I see you&#039;ve been writing for some time now and I&#039;m sure that some of the guys who read your blog regularly, could have already given you a hint about your witty style, still, as I&#039;m new here just give me a chance to do this too.
Enjoyed it a lot.
Read you soon
Aldona</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi Dave, </p>
<p>Nice to meet you. Got here after a bunch of hours of infinite semiosis caused by procrastination (obviously)&#8230;and trying not to think about my MA thesis. Thus it just shouldn&#8217;t surprise you I had time to read ALL 99 points. What actually surprised me, was that I enjoyed them to such a Degree (that it&#8217;s a degree with capital d), I registered here only to post the foregoing&#8230;and the following.<br />
As I see you&#8217;ve been writing for some time now and I&#8217;m sure that some of the guys who read your blog regularly, could have already given you a hint about your witty style, still, as I&#8217;m new here just give me a chance to do this too.<br />
Enjoyed it a lot.<br />
Read you soon<br />
Aldona</p>
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		<title>By: Lisa Strachan</title>
		<link>http://unknowngenius.com/blog/me/comment-page-2/#comment-527455</link>
		<dc:creator>Lisa Strachan</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 20:47:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hi Dave, 

Hope you are having a fab time... love the site. 

I was directed to your site through Spam thing... 

I&#039;ve only just realised that it holds comments in it... i&#039;m stupid! I&#039;ve looked into the settings but can&#039;t work it out... but i am happy to have all comments posted on my blog i thought it was already set to do that. I pressed recover in the spam harvest thinking it would put them on my blog but now they&#039;ve disappeared. 

Is there anyway it recover all the spam comments and have them on my blog... was a little sad i had only had 4 comments after such a long time travelling. Just arrived back in London after 14months away and 28 countries... unfortunately i got a little bored back in Mexico but i plan to catch up!! 

let me know what i need to do so that all the comments that are written are displayed and not sent to spam...if this is possible. 

cheers lisa</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi Dave, </p>
<p>Hope you are having a fab time&#8230; love the site. </p>
<p>I was directed to your site through Spam thing&#8230; </p>
<p>I&#8217;ve only just realised that it holds comments in it&#8230; i&#8217;m stupid! I&#8217;ve looked into the settings but can&#8217;t work it out&#8230; but i am happy to have all comments posted on my blog i thought it was already set to do that. I pressed recover in the spam harvest thinking it would put them on my blog but now they&#8217;ve disappeared. </p>
<p>Is there anyway it recover all the spam comments and have them on my blog&#8230; was a little sad i had only had 4 comments after such a long time travelling. Just arrived back in London after 14months away and 28 countries&#8230; unfortunately i got a little bored back in Mexico but i plan to catch up!! </p>
<p>let me know what i need to do so that all the comments that are written are displayed and not sent to spam&#8230;if this is possible. </p>
<p>cheers lisa</p>
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		<title>By: Andrew</title>
		<link>http://unknowngenius.com/blog/me/comment-page-2/#comment-513884</link>
		<dc:creator>Andrew</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 23:59:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Phew, Dave! Not sure what I could possibly say... 

Take it easy.

Andrew</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Phew, Dave! Not sure what I could possibly say&#8230; </p>
<p>Take it easy.</p>
<p>Andrew</p>
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		<title>By: galactic dust</title>
		<link>http://unknowngenius.com/blog/me/comment-page-2/#comment-494816</link>
		<dc:creator>galactic dust</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 08:26:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>i love your blog!  and I like you :) have a great day!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>i love your blog!  and I like you <img src='http://unknowngenius.com/blog/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' />  have a great day!</p>
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		<title>By: Lotus from Asia</title>
		<link>http://unknowngenius.com/blog/me/comment-page-2/#comment-494222</link>
		<dc:creator>Lotus from Asia</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 12:55:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>WoW! Dave...99 descriptions of youself...what is 100 going to be? Countdown back to #1? Joking, just trying to b smart...pretty frank blog! How did I stumbled here???

Cheers</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>WoW! Dave&#8230;99 descriptions of youself&#8230;what is 100 going to be? Countdown back to #1? Joking, just trying to b smart&#8230;pretty frank blog! How did I stumbled here???</p>
<p>Cheers</p>
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		<title>By: Susan Kearney</title>
		<link>http://unknowngenius.com/blog/me/comment-page-2/#comment-491793</link>
		<dc:creator>Susan Kearney</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 07:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>You are too clever by half.  Fell upon your blog looking for info on basil.  Was having a rather bleak day &amp; was instantly quite amused.  Thanks</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>You are too clever by half.  Fell upon your blog looking for info on basil.  Was having a rather bleak day &amp; was instantly quite amused.  Thanks</p>
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		<title>By: dan</title>
		<link>http://unknowngenius.com/blog/me/comment-page-2/#comment-486500</link>
		<dc:creator>dan</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 04:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Dear Dave,
  Loving your blog but I&#039;m having some glitch&#039;s on my end... . some how  I have 2 address&#039;s 
in that dam window so I&#039;m working on it... Keep up the great work and keep&#039;em coming
                                                                                                       Aloha from Hawaii
                                                                                                      dan_devine2002@yahoo.com</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Dear Dave,<br />
  Loving your blog but I&#8217;m having some glitch&#8217;s on my end&#8230; . some how  I have 2 address&#8217;s<br />
in that dam window so I&#8217;m working on it&#8230; Keep up the great work and keep&#8217;em coming<br />
                                                                                                       Aloha from Hawaii<br />
                                                                                                      <a href="mailto:dan_devine2002@yahoo.com">dan_devine2002@yahoo.com</a></p>
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		<title>By: Ron</title>
		<link>http://unknowngenius.com/blog/me/comment-page-2/#comment-486493</link>
		<dc:creator>Ron</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 03:29:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I want to publish a wordpress site and am interested in the pulgin for the quotes at the top of your pages. Any help is appreciated. Also, I grabbed Dave&#039;s Spam Karma 2. 

Thanks,

Ron</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I want to publish a wordpress site and am interested in the pulgin for the quotes at the top of your pages. Any help is appreciated. Also, I grabbed Dave&#8217;s Spam Karma 2. </p>
<p>Thanks,</p>
<p>Ron</p>
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		<title>By: dan</title>
		<link>http://unknowngenius.com/blog/me/comment-page-2/#comment-486055</link>
		<dc:creator>dan</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 03:57:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Loving the the Dave website.... Just discovered it 
here at Safeway in Hawaii.....
                                          Dan Devine / Hawaii
PS Notify me...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Loving the the Dave website&#8230;. Just discovered it<br />
here at Safeway in Hawaii&#8230;..<br />
                                          Dan Devine / Hawaii<br />
PS Notify me&#8230;</p>
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		<title>By: Joachim</title>
		<link>http://unknowngenius.com/blog/me/comment-page-2/#comment-484749</link>
		<dc:creator>Joachim</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 21:20:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>WOW I love item 70: &quot;mostly by accident&quot; :-)

stay save Joachim</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>WOW I love item 70: &#8220;mostly by accident&#8221; <img src='http://unknowngenius.com/blog/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':-)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>stay save Joachim</p>
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		<title>By: christian</title>
		<link>http://unknowngenius.com/blog/me/comment-page-2/#comment-446145</link>
		<dc:creator>christian</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 07:41:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>finally had some time to read your hilarious list ;-) see you soon</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>finally had some time to read your hilarious list <img src='http://unknowngenius.com/blog/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';-)' class='wp-smiley' />  see you soon</p>
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		<title>By: shell</title>
		<link>http://unknowngenius.com/blog/me/comment-page-2/#comment-444258</link>
		<dc:creator>shell</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 07:23:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Is this my cousin originally from Nebraska?? Gotta tell you this sounds just like him...even the funnies.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Is this my cousin originally from Nebraska?? Gotta tell you this sounds just like him&#8230;even the funnies.</p>
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		<title>By: dqin 琴</title>
		<link>http://unknowngenius.com/blog/me/comment-page-2/#comment-430871</link>
		<dc:creator>dqin 琴</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 07:38:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>hey unknowngenius, thank you very much for sharing such a big part of you! you&#039;ve been bringing so many laughters, values and grace (even to somewhere you dont notice). you&#039;re a nice person too.  --@春分</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>hey unknowngenius, thank you very much for sharing such a big part of you! you&#8217;ve been bringing so many laughters, values and grace (even to somewhere you dont notice). you&#8217;re a nice person too.  &#8211;@春分</p>
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		<title>By: persopalas</title>
		<link>http://unknowngenius.com/blog/me/comment-page-2/#comment-406005</link>
		<dc:creator>persopalas</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 23:52:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>hey dave,

you are indeed an unknown genius. i just downloaded one of your mixes and my god, it is just the way good music should be. you know those moments, when you to a club (good clubs are quite rare these day anyhow) and the dj start out great followed by two to three savage tracks... then suddently, i get the impression that the dj just does not have the tracks to fill up an entire night. but you mix man, is just the way it should be! many congratulation man! i have bookmarked you site for sure ;-)

cheers from vienna,
p.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>hey dave,</p>
<p>you are indeed an unknown genius. i just downloaded one of your mixes and my god, it is just the way good music should be. you know those moments, when you to a club (good clubs are quite rare these day anyhow) and the dj start out great followed by two to three savage tracks&#8230; then suddently, i get the impression that the dj just does not have the tracks to fill up an entire night. but you mix man, is just the way it should be! many congratulation man! i have bookmarked you site for sure <img src='http://unknowngenius.com/blog/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';-)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>cheers from vienna,<br />
p.</p>
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		<title>By: Craig</title>
		<link>http://unknowngenius.com/blog/me/comment-page-2/#comment-358715</link>
		<dc:creator>Craig</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 11:22:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>This was awesome! Man, I wish I knew you when you lived in Japan.</description>
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		<title>By: Jan</title>
		<link>http://unknowngenius.com/blog/me/comment-page-2/#comment-294318</link>
		<dc:creator>Jan</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 02:18:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Thanks, I haven&#039;t laughed so hard in a long time.

I&#039;ll try reading again, in an altered state.

Gin is my poison of choice as well. I have a latin phrase book, I&#039;ll let you know if I can figure out how to order a G&amp;T in latin.

Hmm, why do I have a latin phrase book? Because English can be so boring. I use them in my signature file in my work email.

Jan</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thanks, I haven&#8217;t laughed so hard in a long time.</p>
<p>I&#8217;ll try reading again, in an altered state.</p>
<p>Gin is my poison of choice as well. I have a latin phrase book, I&#8217;ll let you know if I can figure out how to order a G&amp;T in latin.</p>
<p>Hmm, why do I have a latin phrase book? Because English can be so boring. I use them in my signature file in my work email.</p>
<p>Jan</p>
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		<title>By: Dan</title>
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		<dc:creator>Dan</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 18:13:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Lol, ok, maybe I came on too strong with the suggestive jokes.  By
young I meant 22, still in college, and feeling a bit overwhelmed by
the huge city.  And to be honest I&#039;d rather find a nice down to earth
girl (or several) to hang out with.  Sorry for the confusion!

So me and my friends wandered around Roppongi, were accosted by about
50 different Africans to enter their &quot;titty bar&quot;.  We ended up doing
Karoke instead, singing some chilli peppers, guns &#039;n roses, and goo
goo dolls.

And I had one last question for you, if you don&#039;t mind.  Are the
Japanese pretty friendly if you approach as a stranger?  I get the
feeling that people don&#039;t want to be disturbed (more so than I&#039;m used
to in Canada).  Most people back home are pretty open to starting a conversation  in just about any situation, but I get the impression that people aren&#039;t very open to that here.  Should I just go for it and hope I find a decent
person?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Lol, ok, maybe I came on too strong with the suggestive jokes.  By<br />
young I meant 22, still in college, and feeling a bit overwhelmed by<br />
the huge city.  And to be honest I&#8217;d rather find a nice down to earth<br />
girl (or several) to hang out with.  Sorry for the confusion!</p>
<p>So me and my friends wandered around Roppongi, were accosted by about<br />
50 different Africans to enter their &#8220;titty bar&#8221;.  We ended up doing<br />
Karoke instead, singing some chilli peppers, guns &#8216;n roses, and goo<br />
goo dolls.</p>
<p>And I had one last question for you, if you don&#8217;t mind.  Are the<br />
Japanese pretty friendly if you approach as a stranger?  I get the<br />
feeling that people don&#8217;t want to be disturbed (more so than I&#8217;m used<br />
to in Canada).  Most people back home are pretty open to starting a conversation  in just about any situation, but I get the impression that people aren&#8217;t very open to that here.  Should I just go for it and hope I find a decent<br />
person?</p>
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		<title>By: Dave</title>
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		<dc:creator>Dave</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 17:15:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;i&gt;Dan&lt;/i&gt;

Thanks for kind comment and, erm, juicy heart... very flattered.

There is indeed very little worth doing in Roppongi these days. Even more so than when that entry was written, I reckon. Twice more so, for a &quot;relatively young man&quot; who might be looking for other such young men.

In that specific area, I guess a run to Shinjuku Ni-Chome might be of some interest to you. I am no specialist and have only been a couple times with friends (very long ago), so I can&#039;t give you very up-to-date detailed tips, but I know &quot;Advocate&quot; is always a good place to start (and very welcoming to foreigners). From there, I&#039;m sure a charming young man like yourself won&#039;t have any trouble getting tipped on to whatever hip place du jour there is to be enjoyed. The places I went to were pretty easy-going and fairly mixed, but I&#039;m sure there&#039;s a large array of more dedicated bars and clubs to be found too.

Other than that, my only advice would be to just wander around with an open mind and enjoy the moment. Crazy things tend to happen easily in the streets of Tokyo. Try to check out random izakaias in busy neighbourhoods, as well as the parks (even at night, there are usually tons of people hanging out there in the Summer). Also Matsuri season soon too, pick up a jimbe and a beer and walk around whichever neighbourhood celebrates its matsuri on any given week-end of the upcoming two months... 

Anyway, good luck and have fun!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><i>Dan</i></p>
<p>Thanks for kind comment and, erm, juicy heart&#8230; very flattered.</p>
<p>There is indeed very little worth doing in Roppongi these days. Even more so than when that entry was written, I reckon. Twice more so, for a &#8220;relatively young man&#8221; who might be looking for other such young men.</p>
<p>In that specific area, I guess a run to Shinjuku Ni-Chome might be of some interest to you. I am no specialist and have only been a couple times with friends (very long ago), so I can&#8217;t give you very up-to-date detailed tips, but I know &#8220;Advocate&#8221; is always a good place to start (and very welcoming to foreigners). From there, I&#8217;m sure a charming young man like yourself won&#8217;t have any trouble getting tipped on to whatever hip place du jour there is to be enjoyed. The places I went to were pretty easy-going and fairly mixed, but I&#8217;m sure there&#8217;s a large array of more dedicated bars and clubs to be found too.</p>
<p>Other than that, my only advice would be to just wander around with an open mind and enjoy the moment. Crazy things tend to happen easily in the streets of Tokyo. Try to check out random izakaias in busy neighbourhoods, as well as the parks (even at night, there are usually tons of people hanging out there in the Summer). Also Matsuri season soon too, pick up a jimbe and a beer and walk around whichever neighbourhood celebrates its matsuri on any given week-end of the upcoming two months&#8230; </p>
<p>Anyway, good luck and have fun!</p>
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		<title>By: Dan</title>
		<link>http://unknowngenius.com/blog/me/comment-page-2/#comment-263684</link>
		<dc:creator>Dan</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 15:52:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Ahh, I think i tried to make an ascii heart but you&#039;re site recognized it as html?

Here&#039;s the rest of the message:

You sound like a really interesting guy who&#039;s both humble yet has done a looooot of amazing stuff.  And yes, I am trying to flirt with you [imagine a big juicy heart here]

Do you have any advice for a relatively young man in Tokyo for the first time?

Dan</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Ahh, I think i tried to make an ascii heart but you&#8217;re site recognized it as html?</p>
<p>Here&#8217;s the rest of the message:</p>
<p>You sound like a really interesting guy who&#8217;s both humble yet has done a looooot of amazing stuff.  And yes, I am trying to flirt with you [imagine a big juicy heart here]</p>
<p>Do you have any advice for a relatively young man in Tokyo for the first time?</p>
<p>Dan</p>
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		<title>By: Dan</title>
		<link>http://unknowngenius.com/blog/me/comment-page-1/#comment-263682</link>
		<dc:creator>Dan</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 15:49:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hey there Dave,
I came across your site while trying to search for information on Roppongi.  Me and a couple friends are going there tomorrow, but after reading your scathing review I&#039;m not so sure anymore.  Oh well, it&#039;s only my 3rd week in Tokyo so I must experience the horror at least once!

I enjoyed your list, but I think it needs one more item:
#100 Demolished Angela with a verbal Kamekameha wave which incidentally wiped out a few solar systems on it&#039;s way (yes, I love making ridiculous DBZ references, so what!)

You sound like a really interesting guy who&#039;s both humble yet has done a looooot of amazing stuff.  And yes, I am trying to flirt with you </description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hey there Dave,<br />
I came across your site while trying to search for information on Roppongi.  Me and a couple friends are going there tomorrow, but after reading your scathing review I&#8217;m not so sure anymore.  Oh well, it&#8217;s only my 3rd week in Tokyo so I must experience the horror at least once!</p>
<p>I enjoyed your list, but I think it needs one more item:<br />
#100 Demolished Angela with a verbal Kamekameha wave which incidentally wiped out a few solar systems on it&#8217;s way (yes, I love making ridiculous DBZ references, so what!)</p>
<p>You sound like a really interesting guy who&#8217;s both humble yet has done a looooot of amazing stuff.  And yes, I am trying to flirt with you</p>
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		<title>By: Marvia</title>
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		<dc:creator>Marvia</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 17:54:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>You just couldn&#039;t make it a neat 100 could you!
(deep sigh)
And I can&#039;t believe either that I read them all (much deeper sigh)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>You just couldn&#8217;t make it a neat 100 could you!<br />
(deep sigh)<br />
And I can&#8217;t believe either that I read them all (much deeper sigh)</p>
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		<title>By: DoneZone</title>
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		<dc:creator>DoneZone</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 15:48:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I had to laugh when you said &quot;Yes, I am, indeed, a skinny white boy.&quot;  I mean &quot;duh!&quot; that is so clearly evident the site, the list.  Btw, I don&#039;t mean that there&#039;s anything negative about it, just that it was so stating the obvious.

I have zero fear of needles.  I use them several times per day.   Being opiod dependent, I gotta get some form of opiate into me every six to eight hours.  Usually it&#039;s morphine or heroin.  However much I welcome a needle, I&#039;m not over indulgent with them - no needless poking around or lingering with needle in arm just for the hell of it.  Just in and out - efficiently used to get the job done. 

Funny though, I&#039;m not the least interested in having a needle go into me for a tattoo.

What&#039;s the blogging platform?  WordPress?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I had to laugh when you said &#8220;Yes, I am, indeed, a skinny white boy.&#8221;  I mean &#8220;duh!&#8221; that is so clearly evident the site, the list.  Btw, I don&#8217;t mean that there&#8217;s anything negative about it, just that it was so stating the obvious.</p>
<p>I have zero fear of needles.  I use them several times per day.   Being opiod dependent, I gotta get some form of opiate into me every six to eight hours.  Usually it&#8217;s morphine or heroin.  However much I welcome a needle, I&#8217;m not over indulgent with them &#8211; no needless poking around or lingering with needle in arm just for the hell of it.  Just in and out &#8211; efficiently used to get the job done. </p>
<p>Funny though, I&#8217;m not the least interested in having a needle go into me for a tattoo.</p>
<p>What&#8217;s the blogging platform?  WordPress?</p>
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