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8.31.2005

A history of losers

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A while ago, I learned that New Orleans, where the post-hurricane looting is going on, was the recipient of convicts and other "winners...
8.30.2005

He seemed annoying

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When I saw a PBS special about Mark Twain a while ago, I thought, "Mark Twain was annoying." I don't know if it was his writ...
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8.29.2005

Harsh, but true?

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Someone lent me the book The Chinese Have a Word for It: The Complete Guide to Chinese Thought and Culture . It takes you through a few hund...
8.27.2005

Marina's accent

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Because I was either in school or out of the country, I never watched Startrek: The Next Generation when it originally aired. I also wasn...
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8.25.2005

Kleptocracy

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I'm still reading The Right Nation . It's not exactly a light read, and there's so much information in there, I need to consume ...
8.23.2005

Compare

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In yesterday's Giongo Gitaigo post , Language Hat offered a link to a list called "Japanese sound effects and what they mean....
8.22.2005

National Punctuation Day

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Language Hat announced that it is National Punctuation Day on August 22, which means in the Central Time Zone, where I'm located, the...
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Giongo Gitaigo

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The "sound words" in Japanese take a while to learn because they're numerous and unique, and lately I've been focusing on ...
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8.21.2005

Are you neddy?

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After speaking with a U.S.-dwelling Brit who doesn't know what a chav is (!), I decided to pay the Chavscum site a visit, and found a ...
8.20.2005

Escaped

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I just finished the novel ( chick lit , actually) The Year of Living Famously by Laura Caldwell , and I must say that it successfully lifte...
8.18.2005

Vowel rules

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Since I teach English (ESL/EFL), I need to help the students with pronunciation. I have to do a lot of research in this area in order to tea...
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8.17.2005

James is getting honest

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Back in December, I wrote that James Patterson should be honest and say that his books are penned by James Patterson Inc. because he uses...

Who it is

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The mystery woman in the middle of yesterday's picture ? Kes from Voyager (played by Jennifer Lien ). The guy who was in yesterday'...
8.16.2005

Guess who?

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I am trying to remain calm, but I'm finding it difficult to because of this picture that was sent to me. Guess who these people are? Who...
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8.15.2005

Nice couple

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I met a nice couple yesterday at Rick Kogan's radio show : Ben Benedict and Naomi Ashley . Ben is a musician and seems to keep himself ...
8.13.2005

The Great Raid

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Yesterday I said I was going to see the movie The Great Raid (the official site may not be working right now, but you can see a trailer he...
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8.12.2005

Changes II

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I must've been way too tired last night because I thought nothing of accosting everyone's senses with pink, including my own. I'...

Changes

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As you can see, I've chosen a template that's more girly--I had the previous one for about a year. I've spent several hours goin...
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8.11.2005

Gone

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Last week, I complained that Stargate SG-1 was over because the quality of the program had taken a nosedive. Well, now I won't have to...
8.10.2005

Hypocrites

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Green Day is coming to Chicago and everyone is so excited about it, I thought I'd put in my two cents. That group always disparages the...
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