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Archive for February, 2007

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Ryan and the Shoeshine Boy

Monday, February 26th, 2007

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Music by Song Flight

In this episode, my mission was to “bring joy to a child laborer”, suggested by Paul “PG-13″ Graham. I found Surj, the shoeshine boy up in Dharmshala
I thought I had the whole bringing joy thing figured out. Whenever kids used to come up begging or selling […]

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Ryan and the Saddam Hussain Gang

Friday, February 23rd, 2007

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In this episode, I solve seven missions in Bikaner with the help of my new research assistant, Saddam Hussain.
Saddam’s group of friends/family runs a handicraft store that helps the poor people in the surrounding villages earn money, and they each took turns during the day to […]

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Welton vs the 2007 WCCAs

Monday, February 19th, 2007

The 2007 WCCA ceremony is now online!

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Ryan and the 7 Wonders of Bikaner

Friday, February 16th, 2007

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Todays episode is part of a 2-episode arc about the mission-solving mayhem in Bikaner. In this episode, I was helped by my new research assistant Saddam Hussain, and a fellow quasi-world-record holder, Shiv Swami of Bikaner Miniature Arts.

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Balentine

Tuesday, February 13th, 2007

Yeah, 99.99% of you won’t get this joke. Maybe Wikipedia can help?
Let’s just say if any members of this dude’s political party
caught me passing these out tomorrow……
I’d be ‘made an example of’.

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Ryan and the Rat Temple

Sunday, February 11th, 2007

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In this episode, I kill two missions with one stone. Zach Collins challenged me to “kiss a rat”, but didn’t realize how easy it would be when paired with Seth Melton’s mission, to visit Karni Mata in Deshnok, Rajasthan.
I’ve never seen a religious site so positively […]

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Ryan and the Big Kickoff

Friday, February 9th, 2007

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“Let’s Go to India” appears courtesy of Harry and the Bandits

For the premiere of The Ryan Estrada Expeditions, I decided to improvise a massive 2 week trek across India armed only with a few changes of clothes, a camera, and a long list of missions submitted […]