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  • Summerless Summer

    Man, so it’s already September huh? What happened to July and August? What happened to watermelon and cookouts? Baseball and hot dogs? For that matter, heat and humidity? The weather appears to have started shifting to fall weather, which is displeasing to say the least. Being from the south, I have definitely gotten used to [...]
    Posted: September 04, 2009, 9:52am EDT
    by Brian J. Leung
  • Christina’s Wedding

    I have some really beautiful cousins. Like, really beautiful. This weekend, Christina was practically angelic, as she got married to Dan Salyer. The wedding was amazing and the two of them were just beaming from ear to ear, except for when Christina was crying of happiness (which was approximately every [...]
    Posted: August 24, 2009, 1:07pm EDT
    by Brian J. Leung
  • And this is why…

    Roger is my friend. A little while ago I posted a comment on how sometimes you have epiphany moments as to why you hang out with some people. Today I had one of those moments: Roger’s new status message - Golf Digest? Who’s my secret santa?   11:05 AM Roger:  is it you?   11:05 AM Roger:  [...]
    Posted: August 20, 2009, 11:31am EDT
    by Brian J. Leung
  • More things for you to buy me

    Number of comments: 1
    I don’t think I’m materialistic…wait.  Who am I kidding here?  I love “stuff”.  I love accumulating stuff, I love opening new stuff, and I love having it sit around when I lose interest in it two days later.  Here is my latest stuff desire: Pretty sweet, right?  It’s a mini picnic [...]
    Posted: August 19, 2009, 11:08am EDT
    by Brian J. Leung
  • Nashville Rocks My Socks

    I visited Katy in Nashville this past weekend. I basically had the greatest time in the world, which included endless BBQ, live music at every turn, pancakes, the Parthenon, the Country Music Hall of Fame, and professional bull riding! Oh, and BOJANGLES. If you know me at all, you know [...]
    Posted: August 18, 2009, 1:30pm EDT
    by Brian J. Leung
  • What is wrong with AT&T?

    The iPhone is a real piece of work. It truly is a revolutionizing machine and I can’t even remember what my life was like before this device. Sad and lonely is my guess. Now it’s just lonely. But I digress! How is it possible that I live in what many consider to be [...]
    Posted: August 14, 2009, 4:36pm EDT
    by Brian J. Leung
  • Chef Leung

    I’ve noticed that I’ve gotten into the terrible habit of ordering out even on my nights off.  In an attempt to thwart this, I spent all day today (a) grocery shopping (which I haven’t done in over a month!) and (b) cooking.  So now for the week I’ve got lined [...]
    Posted: August 10, 2009, 12:03am EDT
    by Brian J. Leung
  • Virginia Leather Couch

    Number of comments: 3
    How is it humanly possible that I don’t own this yet?  I don’t understand. Answer:  I don’t know.  I’m just wondering who is going to be the first to buy this for me.  Ready….GO! [...]
    Posted: August 05, 2009, 12:58pm EDT
    by Brian J. Leung
  • Addicted

    Number of comments: 1
    I don’t think I’m addicted to much in life (no seriously, I could stop whenever I want…I just don’t want to right now), but man let me tell you, I love my DVR. I spent an entire evening with it last night and caught up on Top Chef (great show? Or greatest show [...]
    Posted: August 04, 2009, 12:27pm EDT
    by Brian J. Leung
  • Buy me this.

    Number of comments: 1
    Buy me this today.  Thank you. [...]
    Posted: August 03, 2009, 12:19am EDT
    by Brian J. Leung
  • Trippin’

    Number of comments: 1
    I know my website is trippin’ right now and looks retarded.  I’m trying to get it fixed, alright? In other news, I watched Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince.  Meh.  I just don’t think I can get into the whole HP thing.  Also, was it just me or were there [...]
    Posted: August 02, 2009, 11:13pm EDT
    by Brian J. Leung
  • E to the X to the P-L-O!

    Explo Explo here we go! I can’t believe I just said that.  I went on a run in Central Park and I saw someone wearing an Exploration shirt, complete with lanyard!  For those who don’t know, I used to work as a camp counselor for Explo for a couple summers.  It [...]
    Posted: August 01, 2009, 3:38pm EDT
    by Brian J. Leung
  • Things I should have learned

    Number of comments: 2
    Just found this online: Classes My Top-Tier Law School Should Have Offered as Warnings About the Profession. Cutting and Pasting Legal Lingo Explaining Business Associations to the People Who Are Running Them 4 A.M. Word Processing and the Law Ethics of Conspicuous Consumption Forwarding E-mails: Theory and Practice: Seminar Arbitrary-Deadline Negotiation Strategies Crying Quietly: Clinic Jeans-Friday Advocacy Workshop Cutting [...]
    Posted: July 30, 2009, 11:24pm EDT
    by Brian J. Leung
  • I have some thoughts

    Number of comments: 3
    I apologize for what a terrible job I’ve done over the past several weeks of updating this bad boy, but things have been pretty busy on my  end and I yet I don’t really have much to say. So here are a string of thoughts I’ve been collecting for a [...]
    Posted: July 19, 2009, 5:47pm EDT
    by Brian J. Leung
  • Hat Tip

    Number of comments: 4
    Roger gets today’s hat tip for pointing out that my site was apparently not working in Internet Explorer.  Thanks!  How come you other chumps didn’t say anything?  Oh, because no one uses Internet Explorer anymore?  Yeah. [...]
    Posted: July 06, 2009, 8:33pm EDT
    by Brian J. Leung
  • A True Friend

    Number of comments: 1
    Every now and then I have these epiphany moments where I realize why I’m friends with some of my friends.  Today I had such a conversation with Katy. me: am sending you Katy: as I hit refresh refresh refresh me: hahahha Katy: refresh me: it is still sitting in my outbox sitting sitting sitting Katy: refresh me: sitting Katy: refresh me: sitting Katy: refresh me: [...]
    Posted: July 03, 2009, 10:37pm EDT
    by Brian J. Leung
  • BILLY MAYS FOUND DEAD!

    Number of comments: 1
    i know it’s wrong of me to make this post when I made no reference when the King of Pop left us a couple days ago.  But this is also huge news, people.  TMZ is reporting that Billy Mays was found dead!  Details here.  I will be hosting a separate [...]
    Posted: June 28, 2009, 12:21pm EDT
    by Brian J. Leung
  • Miami Social — I’m intrigued

    Number of comments: 1
    I just saw an ad on TV for Miami Social (Look, I watch Bravo because I’m hooked on all things Top Chef, ok??).  I am definitely intrigued.  I have no interest in Real Housewives or The Hills or all that crap.  But this one’s definitely got me interested — I [...]
    Posted: June 28, 2009, 2:10am EDT
    by Brian J. Leung
  • New Harry Potter

    A new Harry Potter poster was up in the subway today, I guess for the upcoming movie. I’ve seen a couple of the movies and thought they were just fine. Nothing terribly special (I wouldn’t buy the DVDs, much less the box set). I’ve also never read any of the books. With all this [...]
    Posted: June 26, 2009, 7:37am EDT
    by Brian J. Leung
  • This is Not a BarBri Blog

    I appreciate how many of you people are landing on this site by Googling some version of the phrases “BarBri Blog” and “BarBri Sucks”.  I concur that the latter is definitely true (albeit only to the extent that it is so painful to sit through it, because let me tell [...]
    Posted: June 19, 2009, 11:53pm EDT
    by Brian J. Leung
  • Virginia College World Series Update

    Number of comments: 1
    Unfortunate, this is a sad update.  We’re out.  Dunzo.  End of the season.  We lost last night to Arkansas 4-3 in what was undoubtedly one of the most stressful games I have ever watched. But we can’t be too upset.  A scrappy young team came together this year and became the [...]
    Posted: June 18, 2009, 12:21pm EDT
    by Brian J. Leung
  • Overheard on the Subway

    A man and woman are talking about the economy, and apparently the guy says something very interesting. The woman replies, “Oh snap.” Man: snap? Woman: no, OH snap. M: what are we snapping? W: we’re not. I said “OH snap” M: I still don’t get it. This conversation goes on for about a solid minute, and [...]
    Posted: June 18, 2009, 9:12am EDT
    by Brian J. Leung
  • OH and about the CWS

    Number of comments: 1
    Virginia just got our first CWS victory EVER by beating early favorite Cal State Fullerton in what is the first of hopefully four straight elimination games!  I completely forgot to post this up here because I had been so busy twittering it!  Laura, you should check out The UVA Fool’s [...]
    Posted: June 17, 2009, 1:47pm EDT
    by Brian J. Leung
  • Oh what, you want an update?

    Number of comments: 3
    Sorry again for the delay in updating, folks. I had been doing such a good job about daily updates up until recently! Anywho, things have been getting busy on my front, and it’s kind of glroious. I’ve decided that I really really enjoy my job, and I definitelt picked the right practice group. Now [...]
    Posted: June 17, 2009, 9:49am EDT
    by Brian J. Leung
  • Delay in posting!

    Man, sorry about my recent delinquency — I know you guys are always on the edge of your seats waiting for more updates!  Things have been kind of crazy lately, but here are two gems I wanted to point out. Virginia is ON THE ROAD TO OMAHA!  Our Baseball team for [...]
    Posted: June 11, 2009, 2:52am EDT
    by Brian J. Leung
  • Weekend at the Cape

    I spent this past weekend in Cape Cod, as you know, for Ericka and Kevin’s wedding.  It was pretty much the picture-perfect wedding (and I typed that without meaning to play a pun on Ericka’s obsession).  The lighting was perfect for the photographers before the wedding, and just as the [...]
    Posted: June 07, 2009, 8:39pm EDT
    by Brian J. Leung
  • I am a moron

    So much for early flights generally not getting delayed or cancelled. My flight was just cancelled. Ericka is going to kill me if I don’t make it to the rehearsal on time. Alternatively, kill US Airways. I also hope I don’t miss UVA-Ole Miss Game 1! – Sent from my mobile device [...]
    Posted: June 05, 2009, 7:25am EDT
    by Brian J. Leung
  • Yep, Another Self-Jinx

    I’m fairly stupid, as it turns out. I mean, I thought it when I made the last post, but seriously, why would I jinx myself like that? Now I am delayed at least half an hour. Oops. – Sent from my mobile device [...]
    Posted: June 05, 2009, 6:50am EDT
    by Brian J. Leung
  • Oh LaGuardia

    I’ve actually forgotten how much I love airports. I mean, don’t get me wrong, it’s frustrating to sit here all day long for a delayed, delayed, and eventually cancelled flight. But there’s something awesome to me about everyone here en route to some place better (and I don’t just say that beacuase of my [...]
    Posted: June 05, 2009, 6:02am EDT
    by Brian J. Leung
  • And on the Seventh Day…

    “If the good Lord had, instead of resting on the 7th day, given us a definition of “material”, our lives as attorneys would be a lot easier. Oh and the other thing is “reasonable” — so maybe He could have done “material” in the morning and “reasonable” in the afternoon, [...]
    Posted: June 04, 2009, 1:10pm EDT
    by Brian J. Leung
  • Today is National Running Day

    What are you doing to celebrate this great day? I woke up at 6:30 to do a morning run.  Unfortunately, I was back in bed by 6:32.  Sigh.  I go to sleep with the best intentions.  If only my body didn’t love sleep so much. But then I thought, oh it’s fine [...]
    Posted: June 03, 2009, 11:58am EDT
    by Brian J. Leung
  • UVA to Raze Balz, Dobie, Watson!

    Number of comments: 1
    “I don’t want to say that [Balz, Dobie and Watson] are decrepit, but they’re aging,” said Don Sundgren, UVa’s chief facilities officer. And there marks the end of an era.  It’s interesting to see that apparently these dorms (namely, Watson) were fine when I lived there, but now that I’ve left [...]
    Posted: June 01, 2009, 12:52pm EDT
    by Brian J. Leung
  • Tony Bennett ACC Interview

    UVA Basketball Head Coach Tony Bennett recently sat down with David Glenn for an interview.  Now, you all know that I’m pretty sold on Bennett, or at the very least, very excited about what he’s bringing to the table next year.  So forgive me if this post is entirely too [...]
    Posted: May 31, 2009, 11:19am EDT
    by Brian J. Leung
  • UVA gets new frat house

    In news that has nothing to do with me whatsoever, but I find it fascinating anyway, Delta Upsilon is building a brand spanking new fraternity house, shown to the left.  I won’t bore you to death, but basically DU is moving to their new house, and Beta will get DU’s [...]
    Posted: May 30, 2009, 1:57am EDT
    by Brian J. Leung
  • Charlottesville - Kiplinger’s #4 Best City

    Kiplinger Magazine recently listed Charlottesville as the number four best city in 2009.  I shouldn’t even need to post things like this anymore, since C’ville, or as the over-enunciating host in the video says, Chaville (pronounced Sha-ville).  You can watch the video here. [...]
    Posted: May 28, 2009, 12:02am EDT
    by Brian J. Leung
  • Four Day Twitter Review

    Well here we are, four days after I first joined Twitter.  If you’ve talked to me at all over the past four days, you know that I’ve been absolutely addicted.  My site, TheUVAFool, is all about UVA sports.  This works out pretty well, since I’m pretty much obsessed about UVA [...]
    Posted: May 27, 2009, 11:25pm EDT
    by Brian J. Leung
  • What I could never achieve

    In what could only be described as hair-raising (har har), the dude on the right, David Traver of Anchorage, Alaska took the crown for the best beard at the World Beard and Mustache Competition.  Apparently it took him two and a half years to grow it, measures over 20 inches [...]
    Posted: May 26, 2009, 8:19am EDT
    by Brian J. Leung
  • The Weekend Sports Roundup

    First off, Happy Memorial Day!  Secondly, and certainly more interestingly, what a HUGE sports weekend for UVA, full of ups, downs, and endless expletives coming from my mouth. I guess the first big piece of news is the glaring one: the huge disappointment all of us fans had on Saturday, [...]
    Posted: May 25, 2009, 8:55pm EDT
    by Brian J. Leung
  • Minor Hiatus

    I’m on a little bit of an updating hiatus as I try to tweak and update a few things on the site.  I’ve also fallen to the trap that is twitter.  I know, absurd.  I am pretty sure I had recently also posted that I find Twitter utterly useless.  Well, [...]
    Posted: May 24, 2009, 2:08pm EDT
    by Brian J. Leung
  • Gummy Bear Massacre

    I didn’t take this picture, but I saw the same yesterday as I was walking through the city.   It was truly a travesty.  I was coming up the subway stairs and I saw the explosion of little gummy bears, sprawled across the city streets, helpless to save themselves.  Those [...]
    Posted: May 22, 2009, 9:39am EDT
    by Brian J. Leung
  • Google Values Colonel Sanders’s Privacy

    Number of comments: 1
    With the integration of its email, advertising, and search features, just to name a few, Google is constantly running into privacy concerns.  Sure, it crosses my mind, and it’s crossed the minds of plenty others — how safe is it really to be using Google for everything?  I personally had [...]
    Posted: May 21, 2009, 8:06am EDT
    by Brian J. Leung
  • Season Finale of 24

    Alright, I forgot to post this yesterday.  But was anyone else left extremely disappointed in the finale of 24?  And really, in the entire season?  For the first time, I think, 24 left everything unresolved — Tony’s fate, Jack’s life, everything.  Now there was the first season, I think, where [...]
    Posted: May 20, 2009, 8:19am EDT
    by Brian J. Leung
  • Memorial Day!

    Who is excited about the upcoming Memorial Day weekend??  Summer is finally here (though, what ever happened to spring anyway?)!  Grilling, lacrosse national championships, flip flops, summer associates…Memorial Day is a day for all to enjoy.  Plus, I’ll be serving Firefly Sweet Tea Vodka at my cook-in (an indoors cook-out…clever, [...]
    Posted: May 19, 2009, 6:07pm EDT
    by Brian J. Leung
  • Disjointed Thoughts

    Here are a few disjointed thoughts I have this evening, that individually aren’t really enough to make up a full post. First, I had dinner with David Lat tonight, founding editor of Above the Law, a legal tabloid.  It was an enjoyable, albeit generally uneventful, dinner.  Unfortunately, I have no new [...]
    Posted: May 18, 2009, 11:26pm EDT
    by Brian J. Leung
  • Virginia Law 2009 Graduation

    Congratulations to Virginia Law’s newest graduating class.  Enjoy your day today, and best of luck in your future endeavors! [...]
    Posted: May 17, 2009, 8:34am EDT
    by Brian J. Leung
  • Happy Armed Forces Day

    Everyone loves a picture of the bald eagle and the American flag!  Happy Armed Forces Day, and thank you to the men and women in uniform who have sacrificed so much of their lives to let us live ours. [...]
    Posted: May 16, 2009, 2:08pm EDT
    by Brian J. Leung
  • Get off Facebook, Dad

    So Facebook has really been creeping me out lately.  Not only did it have an advertisement on the side the other day specifically tailored to this sabbatical offer that my law firm recently announced, but I recently came across this, as you see.  For those who don’t know Yanwing is [...]
    Posted: May 15, 2009, 11:46pm EDT
    by Brian J. Leung
  • Isn’t the Love Fest over yet?!

    It’s been months since there’s been a college football game on tv, which means that it’s been months since the media has proclaimed its love for Florida’s Tim Tebow.  That, in turn, means it’s been months of relaxation and solitude for me. So can someone please explain to me why my [...]
    Posted: May 14, 2009, 6:58am EDT
    by Brian J. Leung
  • I am low on material

    I have nothing new to write about.  So instead, I just ask this one question.  Bakon Vodka:  why haven’t you come to New York yet?  Please call me.  Thanks. Firefly — you are still my elixir of choice.  I am anxiously awaiting your response to my proposal of throwing a rooftop [...]
    Posted: May 12, 2009, 11:04pm EDT
    by Brian J. Leung
  • Fastest Seamless Delivery Award

    Number of comments: 2
    …goes to Tang Pavilion.  I placed an order at 8:11 p.m.  It arrived at my door at 8:17 p.m.  Everything was fresh and hot and well packaged.  I am shocked.  I give their delivery service 6 stars.  That is all. [...]
    Posted: May 11, 2009, 11:12pm EDT
    by Brian J. Leung
  • Top Chef meets Hilton Hotels?

    Can someone please tell me why I just saw Tom Collichio (and I realize I’ll need to spell check that when I get back) come on my little taxi screen doing an ad for Hilton Hotels? Thanks. – Sent from my mobile device [...]
    Posted: May 10, 2009, 9:32am EDT
    by Brian J. Leung
  • Star Trek Earns Two Thumbs Up

    Number of comments: 1
    I’m certainly not admitting anything here that you didn’t already know about me, but I thought the new Star Trek movie was a raging success.  Admittedly, I spent most of the movie just thinking how awesome the whole Star Trek series are, and getting inexplicably giddy every time a character [...]
    Posted: May 09, 2009, 11:53pm EDT
    by Brian J. Leung
  • A-Rod Memorabilia … Socks?!

    I understand that these days, it’s all the rage to own authentic memorabilia from your favorite sports superstars.  I myself have been known to hang out after a UVA basketball game and get signatures of the players (I now have a white UVA t-shirt that has the entire 2004-05?  2005-06?  [...]
    Posted: May 08, 2009, 1:00am EDT
    by Brian J. Leung
  • Landesberg on Charlottesville

    ACC Rookie of the Year Sylven Landesberg should be arrested.  In a recent interview with TheSabre, this conversation transpired: TheSabre:  Charlottesville isn’t exactly Flushing, New York, is it? Landesberg: It’s a huge difference. The first thing I noticed was that back home in New York, pedestrians don’t have patience so they just [...]
    Posted: May 07, 2009, 10:40pm EDT
    by Brian J. Leung
  • Howie Long and Chevrolet Part II

    A while back, I wrote a post on how annoyed I was getting at Howie Long and the Chevrolet commercials.  Basically, Chevy took the position that, shockingly, its features were better than Honda, Ford, etc.  That’s fine.  But the approach they took was just so condescending that it made me [...]
    Posted: May 06, 2009, 2:00am EDT
    by Brian J. Leung
  • Djokovic flaunts new, speedy, Head racquet

    Wilson’s got Roger Federer.  Babolat’s got Rafa Nadal.  With the number one and two players in the world taken already, who does Head turn to?  Number three Novak Djokovic, of course. Unlike any commercial I’ve seen for Babolat or Wilson, Head took their sponsorship to a whole new level.  Apparently this [...]
    Posted: May 05, 2009, 2:00am EDT
    by Brian J. Leung
  • Firefly Sweet Tea Vodka vs. Bakon / Bacon Vodka

    I think my world was just rocked.  I don’t know what to do.  Obviously, in my mind, Firefly’s Sweet Tea Vodka reigns supreme in the world of spirits and basically all things refreshing.  But anything that has a tag line of “Pure.  Refreshing.  Bacon.” you know is going to grab [...]
    Posted: May 04, 2009, 2:00am EDT
    by Brian J. Leung
  • J.J. Redick doesn’t realize just how bad he is

    Number of comments: 2
    J.J. Redick recently had the first playoff start of his career.  He made 5 buckets all from beyond the arc to finish with 15 points.  To date, this is the only game he’s had where he’s had a remote impact on the game.  But he apparently has not come to [...]
    Posted: May 03, 2009, 6:43pm EDT
    by Brian J. Leung
  • Deep Thoughts by BLOTUS

    Number of comments: 1
    I got my hair cut today.  It’s entirely too short, and I think I noticed the beginnings of a receding hairline. How is that for the most boring update ever? Happy Birthday, Josh.  You get big points if you point out that you read this post on your birthday today. Um, yeah.  That’s [...]
    Posted: May 02, 2009, 3:09pm EDT
    by Brian J. Leung
  • Asian Pacific American Heritage Month

    Number of comments: 2
    It’s May, which means it’s time to celebrate APAHM! APAHM started off in 1978 as Asian American Heritage Week during the first 10 days of May.  This week was chosen to coincide with the arrival of the first Japanese immigrants (May 7, 1843) and the completion of the transcontinental railroad by [...]
    Posted: May 01, 2009, 9:15am EDT
    by Brian J. Leung
  • Swine Flu Affects Children’s Books

    Hat tip to Julia for this one, but as this pandemic sweeps the globe, we see that it’s also affecting children’s literature.  Swine flu is no joking matter, people.  But this made me chuckle at least. [...]
    Posted: April 30, 2009, 11:18am EDT
    by Brian J. Leung
  • To the Makers of Firefly Sweet Tea Vodka

    Number of comments: 4
    Dear Firefly, Good morning.  For a while now, my journal has done nothing but praise the concoction of goodness you call sweet tea vodka.  I know that my blog has popped up on your news reader, as you have previously commented here.  You must certainly know, then, that I would like [...]
    Posted: April 29, 2009, 8:13am EDT
    by Brian J. Leung
  • Top Chef: VEGAS

    A writer for the LA Times tweets (Man, I never expected to be citing to Tweeter!) that Top Chef Season 6 is going to start filming next week — in Sin City!  That’s Las Vegas, for those who have been living under a rock.  I’m pretty stoked about that — [...]
    Posted: April 28, 2009, 8:39am EDT
    by Brian J. Leung
  • Bacon Mobile

    Quite possibly the best license plate ever to be made, this was recently spotted in Nolita.  This is why New York is such a great place.  My only question is, why didn’t they order a bacon frame?  Rookie mistake. [...]
    Posted: April 27, 2009, 8:27am EDT
    by Brian J. Leung
  • Virginia Lands Four in the NFL

    I generally don’t like crediting him with much, but credit Al Groh for landing four UVA guys in the NFL this year: 8.  Eugene Monroe — Jacksonville 34.  Clint Sintim — New York Giants 185.  Cedric Peerman — Baltimore 208.  John Phillips — Dallas Unfortunately Kevin Ogletree, among others, did not make it this year, [...]
    Posted: April 26, 2009, 9:17pm EDT
    by Brian J. Leung
  • Interview with Tony Bennett

    No, I did not get (yet) an exclusive interview with Virginia Head Coach Tony Bennett.  But the Daily Progress did, and I just had a few gems I wanted to point out, none of which are basketball related. When comparing Charlottesville, VA with Pullman, WA, Bennett found C’ville to be bigger, [...]
    Posted: April 24, 2009, 11:28am EDT
    by Brian J. Leung
  • Jessica Beil and Justin Timberlake: Hands Check!

    So Jessica Beil and Justin Timberlake were apparently busy cuddling it up at Tuesday’s Lakers game in the Staple Center.  On came the kiss cam, and good ol’ Justin decides to put on a little show.  Har har, he’s mounting Jessica.  Funny stuff, right?  But MAN do things escalate very [...]
    Posted: April 23, 2009, 10:19am EDT
    by Brian J. Leung
  • Spring Ahead

    Well here we are, nearing the end of April, and finally, at long last, I see some sign of consistency in the weather.  It looks like spring has finally arrived here in the city!  This makes me happy beyond words. [...]
    Posted: April 22, 2009, 9:03am EDT
    by Brian J. Leung
  • Editor of the Year Goes to. . .

    Roger!  Roger has been crowned 2009 Editor of the Year for this site.  While my posts are entirely of my own wit, humor, and sarcasm, I have been known — at rare times — to make a typographical error or two. Thanks, Roger, for all of your hard work and diligence [...]
    Posted: April 21, 2009, 8:16am EDT
    by Brian J. Leung
  • Happy Patriots’ Day?

    I might be blaspheming here.  But Happy Patriots’ Day!  And, unrelatedly, did you know it’s Adolf Hitler’s 120th birthday?  You’d think someone would have planned this better, haha.  Anyway.  I wish I were in Boston today. [...]
    Posted: April 20, 2009, 10:24pm EDT
    by Brian J. Leung
  • UVA Football…here we go again

    Alright, March Madness is over, which means that for the college world, all eyes are on spring football practice.  Virginia had its open practice this past Saturday, and, unlike Beamer, who apparently got pissed when his open practice was put up on YouTube, UVA actually went ahead and broadcast their [...]
    Posted: April 19, 2009, 11:52pm EDT
    by Brian J. Leung
  • Nothing Makes Me Happier

    …than having perfect weather.  New York City was pretty darn close to achieving that today.  I spent pretty much all day outside, and I couldn’t be happier.  And yes, of course I finished my day off with a little Firefly Sweet Tea Vodka on the rocks. [...]
    Posted: April 18, 2009, 11:59pm EDT
    by Brian J. Leung
  • Rest in Peace, Benjamin Franklin

    Today marks the 219th anniversary of the death of one of our great founding fathers, Mr. Ben Franklin.  One of the founders of the University of Pennsylvania, the founder of electricity (is that a fair statement?), and inventor of the bifocal, we should all take a moment to recognize this [...]
    Posted: April 17, 2009, 11:05pm EDT
    by Brian J. Leung
  • Dear NYC: Please take your pee elsewhere

    It’s a pretty common complaint for folks in New York to make, that various parts of the city, mostly in subways, but sometimes above ground, smell like someone just peed there.  I mean seriously JUST peed two seconds before I got there. For the most part, I was kidding when I [...]
    Posted: April 17, 2009, 9:09pm EDT
    by Brian J. Leung
  • Greg Paulus Prepared to be Tea Bagged by NFL

    So the big news yesterday was that Duke’s Greg Paulus is apparently getting serious about his football career.  Despite completing four years of eligibility in basketball, he has one year left, which means he can take his teabagging show on the road for another year.  Or, since he’s apparently worked [...]
    Posted: April 16, 2009, 8:04am EDT
    by Brian J. Leung
  • Bulgarian Idol Ken Lee

    I’ve already shown this to a lot of my friends, but I can’t stop laughing here. The background here is that this woman is on the Bulgarian equivalent of American Idol, and does not actually speak English. Fortunately for all of us, this does not stop her from trying to [...]
    Posted: April 16, 2009, 7:28am EDT
    by Brian J. Leung
  • Cookie Monster Visits New York … with a Xylophone?

    Color me perplexed.  I can’t say that they’re particularly any good at what they’re doing, but Cookie Monster and Giant Pink Gorilla have apparently been hitting the streets of New York City with a traveling, and likely illegal, show.  With Cookie Monster on the xylophone and GPG plucking away at [...]
    Posted: April 15, 2009, 5:25pm EDT
    by Brian J. Leung
  • National Be Kind to Lawyers Day

    Number of comments: 5
    I know that sounds like a giant farce.  It’s not.  It’s legit.  Too legit, one might even say.  Too legit to quit.  But I digress. Today is National Be Kind to Lawyers Day, founded by non-lawyer Steve Hughes.  Not that you really need to question why or how this great day [...]
    Posted: April 14, 2009, 1:17pm EDT
    by Brian J. Leung
  • Happy 266th Birthday, Thomas Jefferson!

    Number of comments: 2
    Happy Birthday to our third President of the United States of America, Mr. Thomas Jefferson.  He is AUTHOR OF THE DECLARATION OF AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE OF THE STATUTE OF VIRGINIA FOR RELIGIOUS FREEDOM AND FATHER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA Go forth and celebrate the birth of this great man. [...]
    Posted: April 13, 2009, 8:23am EDT
    by Brian J. Leung
  • Duke Sucks — Tide Proves It

    In case there was any doubt still lingering in your mind, please see the image below (click to zoom, if necessary).  This scientific procedure proves that Duke still sucks. [...]
    Posted: April 13, 2009, 12:02am EDT
    by Brian J. Leung
  • A Firefly-Worthy Day

    Happy Easter, everyone! Today was a downright swell day.  The sun was out, and although it was still chilly and definitely windy, it was nice to walk down Fifth Ave., closed to traffic today, in the sunlight.  The day started off with a tennis lesson, which, as you know, is one [...]
    Posted: April 12, 2009, 11:38pm EDT
    by Brian J. Leung
  • My Metro Saturday

    According to a friend, New York has “metrofied” me.  While I’m pretty sure this isn’t a compliment at all — and dare I say, it’s may be a straight up insult — it seemed very true this Saturday. My day started off with a little bit of intro to yoga at [...]
    Posted: April 11, 2009, 10:58pm EDT
    by Brian J. Leung
  • John Ashcroft …in Porn Form?

    A topic I rarely approach, today I discuss politics.  Well, not exactly.  Today’s post takes no positions, though it does apparently show tons of positions, so to speak.  But apparently someone took the effort of making a collage of former U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft…completely out of porn.  First, see [...]
    Posted: April 10, 2009, 3:17pm EDT
    by Brian J. Leung
  • Fifth Third Burger: Delightful or Disgusting?

    Detroit minor league affiliate West Michigan Whitecaps recently received a great honor.  Well, the team itself didn’t receive any honor.  But its stadium was recognized by CNBC as serving the Concession Item of the Year. Apparently this colossal four pound burger (1.66 pounds of which are just pure beef (5/3 of [...]
    Posted: April 09, 2009, 11:27pm EDT
    by Brian J. Leung
  • NYC Subway Update

    Not really an update — just finding myself bored once again while waiting for my train. What I love about my train station is that I actually receive service in down here in the subterranean. Anywho, today for the first time, I swiped my Metro card and it said “Too fast swipe again”. I [...]
    Posted: April 08, 2009, 9:34am EDT
    by Brian J. Leung
  • Bud Light Loses BLOTUS Sponsorship to Firefly

    Number of comments: 2
    In the interest of full disclosure:  no.  No one has sponsored this fine piece of internet real estate.  Yet. With the advent of a new coach at Virginia, I have decided to abandon my quest for a Bud Light sponsorship.  I just don’t believe that we’re a right fit.  However, I [...]
    Posted: April 08, 2009, 1:05am EDT
    by Brian J. Leung
  • Golden Oreos are my Downfall

    I got to the subway station just in time to see the train doors close on me today, and I can’t help but to think that had I not stopped to eat a Golden Oreo before leaving the apartment, I would have made it in time. Oops. – Sent from my mobile device [...]
    Posted: April 07, 2009, 9:24am EDT
    by Brian J. Leung
  • 2009 UNC One Shining Moment

    Number of comments: 2
    North Carolina

    Easily the best three minutes of the tournament, here is CBS’s “One Shining Moment”, as North Carolina is crowned NATIONAL CHAMPIONS! Sing it, Luther Vandross!


    [...]
    Posted: April 07, 2009, 1:04am EDT
    by Brian J. Leung
  • Greg Paulus Kissed a Boy

    and he liked it.  Duke sucks. “March is here and my team’s a phoney.”


    [...]
    Posted: April 06, 2009, 11:58pm EDT
    by Brian J. Leung
  • [nt]

    Number of comments: 2
    Virginia is for Lovers

    There ends another amazing weekend.  The last two weekends I’ve come down to DC/Charlottesville, the weather has been in the 70s and sunny.  Clearly God wants me to move down to Charlottesville so that I can be with my [...]

    Posted: April 05, 2009, 7:15pm EDT
    by Brian J. Leung
  • Come ON

    I am en route to the promise land, i.e., Charlottesville (by way of
    DC). We are abour an hour behind schedule, and our bus has the nerve
    to take a 20 minute rest stop?

    To make it worse, two people were late in getting back. Who’s
    displeased and has two thumbs? [...]

    Posted: April 03, 2009, 10:29pm EDT
    by Brian J. Leung
  • Twitter Baffles Me

    Number of comments: 1
    Twitter

    I don’t really understand Twitter and the idea of microblogging.  I’m afraid I never will.

    Alright.  I can see why, if you’re a business, microblogging could be a great thing.  It’s a great way to provide updates as to new services, publicize promotional offers, or just [...]

    Posted: April 02, 2009, 11:23pm EDT
    by Brian J. Leung
  • Tony Bennett Press Conference

    Bennett Hoops Banner

    For those of you who missed it, Tony Bennett had his first press conference at UVA today.  Virginia Sports TV has highlights of the video available online.  And if you’re a sucker like me and you want to listen to the entire conference, WINA’s [...]

    Posted: April 01, 2009, 11:01pm EDT
    by Brian J. Leung
  • Tony Bennett to Virginia!

    UVA Basketball Banner

    Well, I successfully wasted the entire day trying to figure out who the new Virginia coach would be.  After many hours of hitting F5 in hopes that something new would pop up, and ultimately being disappointed, it looks like we finally have our answer.  Virginia [...]

    Posted: March 31, 2009, 12:22am EDT
    by Brian J. Leung
  • Weekend Delinquency

    I apologize for my delinquency this past weekend on updating.  I have a friend in town, and as usual, it becomes somewhat difficult to update this bad boy.  So, as my weekend roundup, here are a few bullet points:

    I spent Saturday hanging out in the decent weather down in Battery [...]
    Posted: March 30, 2009, 9:29pm EDT
    by Brian J. Leung
  • Go Virginia! Beat Tech!

    Number of comments: 1
    Beat Tech Shirts

    I would like to take this moment to express my disapproval over the new 2009 Virginia Football shirts.  The front looks fine and all, and is pretty standard.

    But what’s up with the back?   In case you can’t see it (click to enlarge), it [...]

    Posted: March 27, 2009, 11:06am EDT
    by Brian J. Leung
  • The Facebook Aeneid

    Number of comments: 2
    Facebook Aeneid

    Well, if you knew me back in high school or have gotten to be pretty good friends with me (or, apparently, are reading this journal), you know that a looong time ago, I used to be a huge raging nerd.  Obviously, times have changed and I [...]

    Posted: March 26, 2009, 7:20pm EDT
    by Brian J. Leung
  • Virginia Benefits from Broken Economy?

    Number of comments: 3
    Dollar Basketball

    Over the past three years, there has been an average of 56 coaching changes in college basketball per year, and at least 40 in each of the past 15 years.

    This year, I can only think of VIRGINIA, Alabama, Arizona, and Georgia, so far.  And even [...]

    Posted: March 25, 2009, 11:35pm EDT
    by Brian J. Leung
  • Asians and Throat Cancer

    Red Face

    I am so screwed it’s not even funny.  A recent New York Times article reports that the red face that I Asians get from drinking is more serious than I could have imagined.

    So, we all know that the “Asian flush” comes from a deficiency in [...]

    Posted: March 24, 2009, 11:39pm EDT
    by Brian J. Leung
  • Time Warner has failed me

    Number of comments: 3
    24 Banner

    It’s been a while since I’ve used the 24 banner for a post.  Unfortunately I have nothing to say about tonight’s episode because Time Warner’s DVR service failed me.  The audio did not record / was not broadcast properly and keeps going in and out.  I [...]

    Posted: March 23, 2009, 11:20pm EDT
    by Brian J. Leung

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