<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" version="2.0"><channel><title>Joe Yang @ obsidianpotency.blog-city.com</title><link>http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/</link><description>(Joe Yang) </description><copyright>Copyright 2008 obsidianpotency.blog-city.com</copyright><generator></generator><lastBuildDate>Thu, 17 Jul 2008 20:51:00 GMT</lastBuildDate><image><title>Joe Yang @ obsidianpotency.blog-city.com</title><url>http://server1.blog-city.com/images/bc_v5_logo_small.gif</url><link>http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/</link></image><ttl>360</ttl><docs>http://backend.userland.com/rss</docs><item><title>Restaurant Week</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/restaurant_week.htm</guid><link>http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/restaurant_week.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 17 Jan 2008 16:31:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=restaurant%5Fweek</comments><dc:creator>jcabana</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[I am participating in DC&#39;s Restaurant Week at the moment -- an annual event where the area&#39;s best restaurants offer either specific dishes or their entire menu at a special blanket rate for a multiple-course meal.&nbsp; In DC&#39;s case, that]]></description></item><item><title>Escape To New York</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/escape_to_new_york.htm</guid><link>http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/escape_to_new_york.htm</link><pubDate>Sun, 18 Nov 2007 05:12:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=escape%5Fto%5Fnew%5Fyork</comments><dc:creator>jcabana</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[I just got back from an alternately relaxing and rushed weekend in New York City, the city in which I attended grad school.&nbsp; Joe had FedExed me the keys to his apartment earlier in the week, and I had his place to myself for a chunk of the time]]></description></item><item><title>AC Weekend</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/ac_weekend.htm</guid><link>http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/ac_weekend.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 06 Aug 2007 15:21:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=ac%5Fweekend</comments><dc:creator>jcabana</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[So I went to Atlantic City for the second time in my life this weekend, and stayed with Ed&#39;s brother Ryan and Joe Yang at two different hotels.&nbsp; It was a last-minute trip, but it had been quite some time since I got away without work being i]]></description></item><item><title>Next on the RIAA hit list: Cover bands.</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/next_on_the_riaa_hit_list_cover_bands.htm</guid><link>http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/next_on_the_riaa_hit_list_cover_bands.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 09 Jul 2007 19:29:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=next%5Fon%5Fthe%5Friaa%5Fhit%5Flist%5Fcover%5Fbands</comments><dc:creator>jcabana</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[My last post  has been trumped by this article,  I suppose.&nbsp; It&#39;s the next step in the RIAA&#39;s attempt to get profits back to the obscenely high levels they became accustomed to over the decades.&nbsp;&nbsp; To me, this shows that the RIA]]></description></item><item><title>New York State Of Mind</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/new_york_state_of_mind.htm</guid><link>http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/new_york_state_of_mind.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2007 22:16:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=new%5Fyork%5Fstate%5Fof%5Fmind</comments><dc:creator>jcabana</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[I went to NYC for my second SIOP  Annual Conference last weekend, which was a good time.&nbsp; In a time-honored tradition, I blew off chunks of the conference knowing that I&#39;d be able to contact certain presenters and purchase an audio version i]]></description></item><item><title>In NYC Next Weekend (Business)</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/in_nyc_next_weekend_business.htm</guid><link>http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/in_nyc_next_weekend_business.htm</link><pubDate>Sun, 22 Apr 2007 05:06:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=in%5Fnyc%5Fnext%5Fweekend%5Fbusiness</comments><dc:creator>jcabana</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[I&#39;ll be going up to New York next weekend for the SIOP Annual Conference (Society of Industrial/Organizational Psychology) at the Marriott Marquis in Times Square. The conference runs all day Friday and Saturday, and a half-day on Sun]]></description></item><item><title>Worried about my friend.</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/worried_about_my_friend.htm</guid><link>http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/worried_about_my_friend.htm</link><pubDate>Tue, 20 Mar 2007 03:29:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=worried%5Fabout%5Fmy%5Ffriend</comments><dc:creator>jcabana</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[A very good friend of mine has got some serious problems. &nbsp; And there&#39;s not a damn thing I can do about it.&nbsp; Except maybe continue to be there for him.That entry I linked alarmed me to the point that I called him up.&nbsp; What was even]]></description></item><item><title>What I&apos;ve been doing lately.</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/what_ive_been_doing_lately.htm</guid><link>http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/what_ive_been_doing_lately.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 08 Jan 2007 07:05:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=what%5Five%5Fbeen%5Fdoing%5Flately</comments><dc:creator>jcabana</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[New Years is my favorite holiday, simply because almost everyone in the world is celebrating at the saem time on the same day.  For New Year's Eve, I went to two parties: one thrown by Russ in Arlington, and another in College Park/Berwyn Height]]></description></item><item><title>2006</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/2006.htm</guid><link>http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/2006.htm</link><pubDate>Sun, 31 Dec 2006 23:41:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=2006</comments><dc:creator>jcabana</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[I last had an entry with this title in 2004, so I thought I'd revisit the year a bit from my point of view.

Worldwide, Saddam Hussein was executed in dubious circumstances (again, The Rob does a good job of elucidating how potentially harmful and]]></description></item><item><title>NY, NY</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/ny_ny.htm</guid><link>http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/ny_ny.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 18 Dec 2006 19:25:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=ny%5Fny</comments><dc:creator>jcabana</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[I just got back from NYC early this morning, which was a good time.  I ate barbecue twice in the weekend to try new restaurants (Blue Smoke and Dinosaur).  Dinosaur has now taken the crown long held by Brother Jimmy's as the best barbecue p]]></description></item><item><title>Review - Ok Go: Oh No [edit]</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/ok_go_oh_no.htm</guid><link>http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/ok_go_oh_no.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 07 Dec 2006 16:25:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=ok%5Fgo%5Foh%5Fno</comments><dc:creator>jcabana</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Review of Ok Go: Oh No]]></description></item><item><title>Giving Thanks, and New York Trip</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/giving_thanks_and_new_york_trip.htm</guid><link>http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/giving_thanks_and_new_york_trip.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 27 Nov 2006 20:48:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=giving%5Fthanks%5Fand%5Fnew%5Fyork%5Ftrip</comments><dc:creator>jcabana</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[This past weekend was pretty calm in that no travelling was involved.&nbsp; I had my customary dual Thanksgiving dinners, hung out with Dave, Joe, Laura and Ina, snuck in a trip to Chief Ike's Mambo Room, did some shopping for house stuff for my new]]></description></item><item><title>What ails the Redskins</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/what_ails_the_redskins.htm</guid><link>http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/what_ails_the_redskins.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 27 Nov 2006 20:29:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=what%5Fails%5Fthe%5Fredskins</comments><dc:creator>jcabana</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[This is one of the most scathing midseason articles I've ever seen written about a mediocre team.&nbsp; The truly frightening thing is, a lot of the opinions make sense.&nbsp;&nbsp; Joe sent it to me, and the scrutiny and dirty laundry is borderline]]></description></item><item><title>Moved in...</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/moved_in.htm</guid><link>http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/moved_in.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 22 Nov 2006 19:53:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=moved%5Fin</comments><dc:creator>jcabana</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The cause for my recent posting slump is that I finished moving into my new place last Wednesday.   Shockingly, I still don't have internet - and it won't be turned on until November 27.  In the meantime, I'll have to settle for piggybacking on wirel]]></description></item><item><title>New Job! (in an old place)</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/new_job_in_an_old_place.htm</guid><link>http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/new_job_in_an_old_place.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 26 Jul 2006 17:20:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=new%5Fjob%5Fin%5Fan%5Fold%5Fplace</comments><dc:creator>jcabana</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[I got a full-time job offer July 7, and I just found out that all the checks that needed to happen are finished and good!  It's a job in my field, doing similar work to what I did in South Africa.  And it's in D.C.  And it gives me a c]]></description></item><item><title>Joe Learns Firsthand about S.F. vs. NYC Rents</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/joe_learns_firsthand_about_sf_vs_nyc_rents.htm</guid><link>http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/joe_learns_firsthand_about_sf_vs_nyc_rents.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 20 Jul 2006 19:38:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=joe%5Flearns%5Ffirsthand%5Fabout%5Fsf%5Fvs%5Fnyc%5Frents</comments><dc:creator>jcabana</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Joe&nbsp;recently posted about the difference between New York City rent and San Francisco rent.&nbsp; Now he knows first hand what I've been trying to get across to my friends for years: San Francisco doesn't even come CLOSE to being as expensive to]]></description></item><item><title>A Real American Hero</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/a_real_american_hero.htm</guid><link>http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/a_real_american_hero.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 05 Jul 2006 05:25:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=a%5Freal%5Famerican%5Fhero</comments><dc:creator>jcabana</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Joe has a weblog now, and it's about damn time!&nbsp; For some background, Joe is one of my closest friends in the universe.&nbsp; I have known him since middle school, but we weren't really friends until after high school ended.&nbsp; When I moved o]]></description></item><item><title>Inconvenient Truths</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/inconvenient_truths.htm</guid><link>http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/inconvenient_truths.htm</link><pubDate>Sun, 02 Jul 2006 16:06:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=inconvenient%5Ftruths</comments><dc:creator>jcabana</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Recently, a friend of mine broke up with his girlfriend for...well, for reasons that just didn't make any sense on the surface.  Basically, she didn't trust him -- even though she had no reason not to trust him.  She also didn't feel like h]]></description></item><item><title>My Shoe-Whoring</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/my_shoewhoring.htm</guid><link>http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/my_shoewhoring.htm</link><pubDate>Tue, 16 May 2006 17:09:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=my%5Fshoewhoring</comments><dc:creator>jcabana</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[So in case you didn't know already, I'm a guy.  But in a lot of ways, I'm kind of a girl.  I like girly drinks, even though I almost never order them in public.  I care about my clothes, and spend a lot of time choosing them...]]></description></item><item><title>What I Love The Most</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/what_i_love_the_most.htm</guid><link>http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/what_i_love_the_most.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 12 Apr 2006 03:54:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=what%5Fi%5Flove%5Fthe%5Fmost</comments><dc:creator>jcabana</dc:creator><description><![CDATA["Well any man with a microphone can tell you what he loves the most."-- The White Stripes, "Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground"As you can tell by the above quote, I'm going to write about what I love the most.And what I love the mos]]></description></item></channel></rss>