Thursday, November 29, 2007
Kent Ninomiya - make one
Kent Ninomiya. Today my son asked me to make him a little brother. He asked like he was asking me to make him a sandwich. I laughed aloud as he looked at me puzzled. I didn't know where to start explaining it to him. So I didn't. We just had a good laugh about it. He thinks he's funny and did something good by making his Dad laugh. It doesn't matter if he doesn't know why he's funny. Kent Ninomiya
Tuesday, November 27, 2007
Kent Ninomiya trains
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From before my son could walk or even speak he loved trains. He loved toy trains, train shows, trains he saw rolling down tracks. If it had wheels and rails he loved it. Of course he was obsessed with Thomas the Tank Engine and all his friends. We had all the trains and accessories and tracks and two train tables. He was so passionate about trains I was convinced it would become his life. I envisioned my boy as an engineer one day. Then his interest suddenly stopped. He stopped playing with his trains, he stopped watching Thomas, he stopped screaming with excitement every time he saw a train cross the road. I guess I need to accept that my boy is growing up and this is the first of many passions that he will abandon for others. He seems content and unscathed by his evolution. It is I who am shaken. I must accept that like trains, I wont be the center of my son's world someday.
Kent Ninomiya
From before my son could walk or even speak he loved trains. He loved toy trains, train shows, trains he saw rolling down tracks. If it had wheels and rails he loved it. Of course he was obsessed with Thomas the Tank Engine and all his friends. We had all the trains and accessories and tracks and two train tables. He was so passionate about trains I was convinced it would become his life. I envisioned my boy as an engineer one day. Then his interest suddenly stopped. He stopped playing with his trains, he stopped watching Thomas, he stopped screaming with excitement every time he saw a train cross the road. I guess I need to accept that my boy is growing up and this is the first of many passions that he will abandon for others. He seems content and unscathed by his evolution. It is I who am shaken. I must accept that like trains, I wont be the center of my son's world someday.
Kent Ninomiya
Sunday, November 25, 2007
Kent Ninomiya light vs heavy sleepers
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My son is a heavy sleeper. I mean coma heavy. When he's sleeping I can pick him up, toss him into bed, turn the light on... he never wakes up once he's out. My daughter is an increadibly light sleeper. When she's asleep I need to tip toe into her room. If I so much as touch a hair on her head she will sit up and ask me what i'm doing. At first I attributed this difference to just the way they are. I considered them individual traits. Then I heard an interesting theory. Could it be because evolution prepares girls to be mothers someday. They need to be light sleepers so they can hear their babies crying in the middle of the night. Hmmm... it's an interesting hypothosis. What then is evolution preparing little boys for? Do our genes want them to grow up to be lazy bums who ignore their baby's cries because they know their light sleeping wives will get up and tend to the baby? Hmmm... they may be on to something here.
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My son is a heavy sleeper. I mean coma heavy. When he's sleeping I can pick him up, toss him into bed, turn the light on... he never wakes up once he's out. My daughter is an increadibly light sleeper. When she's asleep I need to tip toe into her room. If I so much as touch a hair on her head she will sit up and ask me what i'm doing. At first I attributed this difference to just the way they are. I considered them individual traits. Then I heard an interesting theory. Could it be because evolution prepares girls to be mothers someday. They need to be light sleepers so they can hear their babies crying in the middle of the night. Hmmm... it's an interesting hypothosis. What then is evolution preparing little boys for? Do our genes want them to grow up to be lazy bums who ignore their baby's cries because they know their light sleeping wives will get up and tend to the baby? Hmmm... they may be on to something here.
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Friday, November 23, 2007
Kent Ninomiya sleepy
Kent Ninomiya. Just like every year, I had my fill of turkey, stuffing and pie then moved over to the couch where I promptly passed out while pretending to watch the football game. Everyone likes to blame the turkey for their Thanksgiving nap but Rich Maloof of MSN Health & Fitness begs to differ. He writes... Tired? Don’t blame the turkey. There can be many reasons to drift off on Thanksgiving Day, but eating turkey isn’t really one of them. The amino acid L-tryptophan in turkey is popularly cited as a kind of dietary sedative, but nutritionist Samantha Heller lays bare the urban myth.“L-tryptophan is the chemical precursor to the neurotransmitter serotonin, a calming agent in the brain,” says Heller. “Eating foods that contain tryptophan therefore can increase serotonin and, in some instances, make you sleepy. But tryptophan only has a noticeable ‘sleepy’ effect if it is taken on an empty stomach [unlikely at Thanksgiving!] with no other protein in the meal. Post-dinner lethargy is more likely due to too much food, alcohol or Uncle George’s 400th telling of the time he almost fell in a sink hole.”
Thursday, November 22, 2007
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Kent Ninomiya is a seasoned professional writer, journalist and on-air talent with a proven record of thinking on his feet and effectively handling high pressure deadline situations. 20 years of on-camera experience communicating to a live audience both with and without a script. Management experience supervising a newsroom staff producing multiple daily newscasts and long term complex projects simultaneously. Strong motivator helping colleagues develop and implement result oriented strategies for success. Finely tuned ability to take complex scenarios and quickly break them down into a format easily understood by the general public. In essence Kent Ninomiya takes a lion of a challenge and make it purr.
Wednesday, November 21, 2007
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Over the past 20 years Kent Ninomiya has worked for television stations across the country as a news anchor, reporter and news executive. His career covers the West Coast, East Coast and places in between. Besides his work in broadcast journalism, Kent Ninomiya is also an avid traveler and writer. He has visited 90 countries and regions on all 7 continents as well as all 50 states. Kent Ninomiya is also a devout family man and father to two young children.Kent Ninomiya was born and raised in California. He was graduated from the University of California at Berkeley where he received a BA in Social Sciences with an emphasis on History, Political Science and Mass Communications.Ninomiya's television career started behind the scenes working and interning for KTVU in Oakland, KGO in San Francisco, and the Washington D.C. bureau of CNN.Kent Ninomiya's first on air job was as an assignment editor-reporter for WGGB, the ABC television station in Springfield, Massachusetts. He then moved on anchor morning cut-ins and report for KIEM, the NBC television station in Eureka, California.Ninomiya later reported and was a fill-in anchor for KJEO the CBS television station in Fresno, KFSN the ABC television station in Frenso, KGTV the ABC television station in San Diego, and WLS the ABC television station in Chicago.Kent Ninomiya returned to KGO in San Francisco as the weekday 5am - 7am anchor. He later anchored weekend evenings for KCOP in Los Angeles. While there, KCOP became part of a duopoly with LA's FOX station KTTV. Ninomiya filed reports for both stations.Kent Ninomiya was named primary news anchor for KSTP in Minneapolis-St Paul in 2003. Ninomiya was the first full blooded Asian American male to be a primary news anchor in the United States. His pairing with Harris Faulkner, an African American female, was heralded as a bold step forward by journalist organizations.
Monday, November 19, 2007
Kent Ninomiya vitamin C
Kent Ninomiya. Before you cram your kids full of vitamine C to fend off winter colds, read this by Sarah Kliff Newsweek Web Exclusive
Nov 15, 2007 Updated: 4:59 p.m. ET Nov 15, 2007
Oranges, grapefruits and other vitamin C-loaded foods have many health benefits. But study after study has shown that the vitamin does little—if anything—to cure, prevent or even shorten the duration of the common cold.
The most recent roundup of vitamin C research, published this spring in the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, evaluated several decades of studies that included more than 11,000 subjects taking 200 or more milligrams of vitamin C each day. (The government's recommended daily allowance is 60 milligrams.) The research found that vitamin C did little to reduce either the length or severity of colds among the general population. However, studies have found that it may lower the risk of catching a cold among people whose bodies are under high physical stress—think marathon runners or soldiers on subarctic exercises. They were 50 percent less likely to catch a cold if they took a daily dose of vitamin C.
For the rest of us, however, that extra glass of orange juice is not going to do much. "The presumption of the millions of people who are taking vast amounts of vitamin C that they're preventing a cold has no foundation," says Robert Douglas, lead author of the study and former president of the Public Health Association of Australia. So where did the vitamin C-cold connection start? It all stems from Linus Pauling, a Nobel Prize-winning chemist who lived from 1901 to 1994. In 1970 he wrote the book "Vitamin C and the Common Cold," which popularized the notion that this particular vitamin could prevent one of the most common ailments on earth. But the book came with little scientific backing and was largely devoid of evidence, says Pauling biographer Thomas Hager. "He published this very influential health book without writing a single scientific paper on the subject," he says. "He seemed to be prescribing a major change in dietary habits without much evidence." Nonetheless, the book's message stuck.
While the cold-killing effect may not exist, doctors have little incentive to correct the notion that it does, since consumption of vitamin C is not considered a public threat. (In fact, some studies have associated vitamin C's antioxidant properties with a decreased incidence of some cancers.) "Is it worth trying to dissuade people?" asks Arnold Monto, a professor of epidemiology at the University of Michigan's School of Public Health. "You've got to choose your battles in public health. Having an extra glass of orange juice may do some good, and it certainly isn't going to do a lot of harm."
In short, if you like the taste of orange juice, then drink up. But keep the tissues handy.
Nov 15, 2007 Updated: 4:59 p.m. ET Nov 15, 2007
Oranges, grapefruits and other vitamin C-loaded foods have many health benefits. But study after study has shown that the vitamin does little—if anything—to cure, prevent or even shorten the duration of the common cold.
The most recent roundup of vitamin C research, published this spring in the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, evaluated several decades of studies that included more than 11,000 subjects taking 200 or more milligrams of vitamin C each day. (The government's recommended daily allowance is 60 milligrams.) The research found that vitamin C did little to reduce either the length or severity of colds among the general population. However, studies have found that it may lower the risk of catching a cold among people whose bodies are under high physical stress—think marathon runners or soldiers on subarctic exercises. They were 50 percent less likely to catch a cold if they took a daily dose of vitamin C.
For the rest of us, however, that extra glass of orange juice is not going to do much. "The presumption of the millions of people who are taking vast amounts of vitamin C that they're preventing a cold has no foundation," says Robert Douglas, lead author of the study and former president of the Public Health Association of Australia. So where did the vitamin C-cold connection start? It all stems from Linus Pauling, a Nobel Prize-winning chemist who lived from 1901 to 1994. In 1970 he wrote the book "Vitamin C and the Common Cold," which popularized the notion that this particular vitamin could prevent one of the most common ailments on earth. But the book came with little scientific backing and was largely devoid of evidence, says Pauling biographer Thomas Hager. "He published this very influential health book without writing a single scientific paper on the subject," he says. "He seemed to be prescribing a major change in dietary habits without much evidence." Nonetheless, the book's message stuck.
While the cold-killing effect may not exist, doctors have little incentive to correct the notion that it does, since consumption of vitamin C is not considered a public threat. (In fact, some studies have associated vitamin C's antioxidant properties with a decreased incidence of some cancers.) "Is it worth trying to dissuade people?" asks Arnold Monto, a professor of epidemiology at the University of Michigan's School of Public Health. "You've got to choose your battles in public health. Having an extra glass of orange juice may do some good, and it certainly isn't going to do a lot of harm."
In short, if you like the taste of orange juice, then drink up. But keep the tissues handy.
Kent Ninomiya asks... what about chicken soup?
Saturday, November 17, 2007
Kent Ninomiya gender roles
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My daughter loves princesses. I mean she really loves princesses! Disney, Barbie, etc... if they're spoiled, rich and dress in pink she adores them. From before she was born I was acutely aware of the nature versus nurture argument. Do little girls play with dolls because they want to grow up to be mothers or because we give them dolls to play with? I made a conscious effort throughout her life to offer her a wide array of gender neutral choices in toys and entertainment. Besides, she has an older brother so the house was already full of trains and cars. (by the way same argument in reverse) Despite all my efforts, my little girl made it clear to me that she loved princesses from the moment she could communicate. I therefore come to the conclusion that her love of princesses is genetic. That's right genetic. Let the experts say what they want. I did not subconsciously nudge my daughter toward girl toys. She shoved me toward buying them for her. Believe me, I would much prefer her to have different role models than spoiled women waiting for men to fight over them. I have little choice. You try offering her a toy car to play with. It wouldn't be pretty.
Kent Ninomiya
My daughter loves princesses. I mean she really loves princesses! Disney, Barbie, etc... if they're spoiled, rich and dress in pink she adores them. From before she was born I was acutely aware of the nature versus nurture argument. Do little girls play with dolls because they want to grow up to be mothers or because we give them dolls to play with? I made a conscious effort throughout her life to offer her a wide array of gender neutral choices in toys and entertainment. Besides, she has an older brother so the house was already full of trains and cars. (by the way same argument in reverse) Despite all my efforts, my little girl made it clear to me that she loved princesses from the moment she could communicate. I therefore come to the conclusion that her love of princesses is genetic. That's right genetic. Let the experts say what they want. I did not subconsciously nudge my daughter toward girl toys. She shoved me toward buying them for her. Believe me, I would much prefer her to have different role models than spoiled women waiting for men to fight over them. I have little choice. You try offering her a toy car to play with. It wouldn't be pretty.
Kent Ninomiya
Thursday, November 15, 2007
Kent Ninomiya baby sister
Kent Ninomiya.
Today my daughter asked me "when I grow up can I have a baby sister?" I started laughing which confused her quite a bit. I told her sure. She's very cute.
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Today my daughter asked me "when I grow up can I have a baby sister?" I started laughing which confused her quite a bit. I told her sure. She's very cute.
Kent Ninomiya
Tuesday, November 13, 2007
Kent Ninomiya pokemon
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Can someone explain Pokemon to me? My son is obsessed with it and has my daughter singing its praises as well. It's Japanese animation on steroids. There seem to be an infinite number of characters fighting for no good reason. Humans "train" these mutated warriors but don't "own" them because that would be wrong. The cartoon stems from the card game that doesn't make much sense either. My kids collect and trade the cards with their friends but as far as I can tell they don't actually play the game. They just exchange the cards and watch the cartoon. It's violent and I would much rather my children watch Dora or something at least pretending to be educational, but just try changing the channel at my house. They would scream bloody murder and suffer trauma so deep I would have them in therapy past college. So I just shrug my shoulders and let them watch. It keeps them happy and busy so I get to write this on my blog. Does that make me a bad parent?
Can someone explain Pokemon to me? My son is obsessed with it and has my daughter singing its praises as well. It's Japanese animation on steroids. There seem to be an infinite number of characters fighting for no good reason. Humans "train" these mutated warriors but don't "own" them because that would be wrong. The cartoon stems from the card game that doesn't make much sense either. My kids collect and trade the cards with their friends but as far as I can tell they don't actually play the game. They just exchange the cards and watch the cartoon. It's violent and I would much rather my children watch Dora or something at least pretending to be educational, but just try changing the channel at my house. They would scream bloody murder and suffer trauma so deep I would have them in therapy past college. So I just shrug my shoulders and let them watch. It keeps them happy and busy so I get to write this on my blog. Does that make me a bad parent?
Monday, November 12, 2007
Kent Ninomiya Cal baby bears
Kent Ninomiya. Look for matching Cal sweatshirts and hats coming Christmas. Cute. Stay tuned. At least the family can be unified behind the bears even as they unravel. Kent Ninomiya is loyal if nothing else. Go Bears!
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Saturday, November 10, 2007
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Wednesday, November 7, 2007
Kent Ninomiya cyber
Kent Ninomiya. Interesting article about cyber parenting from Yahoo.
Parenting Online
By Parry Aftab
What do we do when our eight-year-old knows more than we do about cyberspace? How do we guide our children safely through this new world? How do we set the rules when we don't even understand the risks? The childproof locks, seatbelts and helmets we use to help keep them safe in everyday life won't protect them in cyberspace. There we need new and different gadgets and safety tips.
Welcome to the new world of parenting online! It's your newest challenge. But don't worry...it's not as hard as you think and it's well worth the effort.
Parenthood is never easy and the ground rules are always changing. We go from playing the role of confidante, to co-conspirator, to police chief, to teacher, to playmate and back...all in the same day. We barely have the chance to catch our breath!
The things we do to make sure our children stay safe are constantly changing too. When they crawl, we learn how to keep things off the floor. Then, they pull themselves upright, we have to keep them safe from the new dangers at eye level. Training wheels have to be removed, and we have to watch while they pedal away (generally into the nearest tree). We watch their sugar intake, make sure they take their vitamins and keep small items out of their mouths.
That's our job, as parents. So the tried and true warnings, passed down from generation to generation, are repeated... "don't talk to strangers...," "come straight home from school...," "don't provoke fights...," "don't tell anyone personal information about yourself..." and "we need to meet your friends..." This is familiar territory after all. We know the dangers our kids face in the street or at the mall or in the school yard, because we faced them.
As in any large community, there are dangers our children encounter in cyberspace, too. But, since our children know more than we do about cyberspace, we worry about how we can teach them to avoid those dangers. Don't panic... those dangers can be managed using the same old warnings we've always used.
We just need to translate them into cyberspace terms...
Kent Ninomiya
Parenting Online
By Parry Aftab
What do we do when our eight-year-old knows more than we do about cyberspace? How do we guide our children safely through this new world? How do we set the rules when we don't even understand the risks? The childproof locks, seatbelts and helmets we use to help keep them safe in everyday life won't protect them in cyberspace. There we need new and different gadgets and safety tips.
Welcome to the new world of parenting online! It's your newest challenge. But don't worry...it's not as hard as you think and it's well worth the effort.
Parenthood is never easy and the ground rules are always changing. We go from playing the role of confidante, to co-conspirator, to police chief, to teacher, to playmate and back...all in the same day. We barely have the chance to catch our breath!
The things we do to make sure our children stay safe are constantly changing too. When they crawl, we learn how to keep things off the floor. Then, they pull themselves upright, we have to keep them safe from the new dangers at eye level. Training wheels have to be removed, and we have to watch while they pedal away (generally into the nearest tree). We watch their sugar intake, make sure they take their vitamins and keep small items out of their mouths.
That's our job, as parents. So the tried and true warnings, passed down from generation to generation, are repeated... "don't talk to strangers...," "come straight home from school...," "don't provoke fights...," "don't tell anyone personal information about yourself..." and "we need to meet your friends..." This is familiar territory after all. We know the dangers our kids face in the street or at the mall or in the school yard, because we faced them.
As in any large community, there are dangers our children encounter in cyberspace, too. But, since our children know more than we do about cyberspace, we worry about how we can teach them to avoid those dangers. Don't panic... those dangers can be managed using the same old warnings we've always used.
We just need to translate them into cyberspace terms...
Kent Ninomiya
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Kent Ninomiya. I always tell my children that there is nothing more important than family. Individual needs come second to the family. Societal needs come after the family. Friends are a far lower priority than the family. Kent Ninomiya says nothing is more important than family.
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Kent Ninomiya always found wisdom in this essay that was later made into a popular song. It is life tips from a mother to a daughter. Here is the text as found on the internet.
Wear sunscreen.If I could offer you only one tip for the future, sunscreen would be it. The long-term benefits of sunscreen have been proved by scientists, whereas the rest of my advice has no basis more reliable than my own meandering experience. I will dispense this advice now.
Enjoy the power and beauty of your youth. Oh, never mind. You will not understand the power and beauty of your youth until they've faded. But trust me, in 20 years, you'll look back at photos of yourself and recall in a way you can't grasp now how much possibility lay before you and how fabulous you really looked. You are not as fat as you imagine.
Don't worry about the future. Or worry, but know that worrying is as effective as trying to solve an algebra equation by chewing bubble gum. The real troubles in your life are apt to be things that never crossed your worried mind, the kind that blindside you at 4 p.m. on some idle Tuesday.
Do one thing every day that scares you.
Sing.
Don't be reckless with other people's hearts. Don't put up with people who are reckless with yours.
Floss.
Don't waste your time on jealousy. Sometimes you're ahead, sometimes you're behind. The race is long and, in the end, it's only with yourself.
Remember compliments you receive. Forget the insults. If you succeed in doing this, tell me how.
Keep your old love letters. Throw away your old bank statements.
Stretch.
Don't feel guilty if you don't know what you want to do with your life. The most interesting people I know didn't know at 22 what they wanted to do with their lives. Some of the most interesting 40-year-olds I know still don't.
Get plenty of calcium. Be kind to your knees. You'll miss them when they're gone.
Maybe you'll marry, maybe you won't. Maybe you'll have children, maybe you won't. Maybe you'll divorce at 40, maybe you'll dance the funky chicken on your 75th wedding anniversary. Whatever you do, don't congratulate yourself too much, or berate yourself either. Your choices are half chance. So are everybody else's.
Enjoy your body. Use it every way you can. Don't be afraid of it or of what other people think of it. It's the greatest instrument you'll ever own.
Dance, even if you have nowhere to do it but your living room.
Read the directions, even if you don't follow them.
Do not read beauty magazines. They will only make you feel ugly.
Get to know your parents. You never know when they'll be gone for good. Be nice to your siblings. They're your best link to your past and the people most likely to stick with you in the future.
Understand that friends come and go, but with a precious few you should hold on. Work hard to bridge the gaps in geography and lifestyle, because the older you get, the more you need the people who knew you when you were young.
Live in New York City once, but leave before it makes you hard. Live in Northern California once, but leave before it makes you soft.
Travel.
Accept certain inalienable truths: Prices will rise. Politicians will philander. You, too, will get old. And when you do, you'll fantasize that when you were young, prices were reasonable, politicians were noble and children respected their elders.
Respect your elders.
Don't expect anyone else to support you. Maybe you have a trust fund. Maybe you'll have a wealthy spouse. But you never know when either one might run out.
Don't mess too much with your hair or by the time you're 40 it will look 85.
Be careful whose advice you buy, but be patient with those who supply it. Advice is a form of nostalgia. Dispensing it is a way of fishing the past from the disposal, wiping it off, painting over the ugly parts and recycling it for more than it's worth.
But trust me on the sunscreen.
Wear sunscreen.If I could offer you only one tip for the future, sunscreen would be it. The long-term benefits of sunscreen have been proved by scientists, whereas the rest of my advice has no basis more reliable than my own meandering experience. I will dispense this advice now.
Enjoy the power and beauty of your youth. Oh, never mind. You will not understand the power and beauty of your youth until they've faded. But trust me, in 20 years, you'll look back at photos of yourself and recall in a way you can't grasp now how much possibility lay before you and how fabulous you really looked. You are not as fat as you imagine.
Don't worry about the future. Or worry, but know that worrying is as effective as trying to solve an algebra equation by chewing bubble gum. The real troubles in your life are apt to be things that never crossed your worried mind, the kind that blindside you at 4 p.m. on some idle Tuesday.
Do one thing every day that scares you.
Sing.
Don't be reckless with other people's hearts. Don't put up with people who are reckless with yours.
Floss.
Don't waste your time on jealousy. Sometimes you're ahead, sometimes you're behind. The race is long and, in the end, it's only with yourself.
Remember compliments you receive. Forget the insults. If you succeed in doing this, tell me how.
Keep your old love letters. Throw away your old bank statements.
Stretch.
Don't feel guilty if you don't know what you want to do with your life. The most interesting people I know didn't know at 22 what they wanted to do with their lives. Some of the most interesting 40-year-olds I know still don't.
Get plenty of calcium. Be kind to your knees. You'll miss them when they're gone.
Maybe you'll marry, maybe you won't. Maybe you'll have children, maybe you won't. Maybe you'll divorce at 40, maybe you'll dance the funky chicken on your 75th wedding anniversary. Whatever you do, don't congratulate yourself too much, or berate yourself either. Your choices are half chance. So are everybody else's.
Enjoy your body. Use it every way you can. Don't be afraid of it or of what other people think of it. It's the greatest instrument you'll ever own.
Dance, even if you have nowhere to do it but your living room.
Read the directions, even if you don't follow them.
Do not read beauty magazines. They will only make you feel ugly.
Get to know your parents. You never know when they'll be gone for good. Be nice to your siblings. They're your best link to your past and the people most likely to stick with you in the future.
Understand that friends come and go, but with a precious few you should hold on. Work hard to bridge the gaps in geography and lifestyle, because the older you get, the more you need the people who knew you when you were young.
Live in New York City once, but leave before it makes you hard. Live in Northern California once, but leave before it makes you soft.
Travel.
Accept certain inalienable truths: Prices will rise. Politicians will philander. You, too, will get old. And when you do, you'll fantasize that when you were young, prices were reasonable, politicians were noble and children respected their elders.
Respect your elders.
Don't expect anyone else to support you. Maybe you have a trust fund. Maybe you'll have a wealthy spouse. But you never know when either one might run out.
Don't mess too much with your hair or by the time you're 40 it will look 85.
Be careful whose advice you buy, but be patient with those who supply it. Advice is a form of nostalgia. Dispensing it is a way of fishing the past from the disposal, wiping it off, painting over the ugly parts and recycling it for more than it's worth.
But trust me on the sunscreen.
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Tuesday, November 6, 2007
Kent Ninomiya family
Kent Ninomiya saw these quotes about family.
Many men can make a fortune but very few can build a family.
J. S. Bryan
Heirlooms we don't have in our family. But stories we've got.
Rose Cherin
The family is the country of the heart.
Giuseppe Mazzini
Family isn't about whose blood you have. It's about who you care about.
Trey Parker and Matt Stone
Many men can make a fortune but very few can build a family.
J. S. Bryan
Heirlooms we don't have in our family. But stories we've got.
Rose Cherin
The family is the country of the heart.
Giuseppe Mazzini
Family isn't about whose blood you have. It's about who you care about.
Trey Parker and Matt Stone
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