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12.31.2005

Glad it's over

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Well, today is the last day of 2005 (at least in my time zone), and I'm glad this year is over. It wasn't a horrible year, just sort...
12.29.2005

Empty storehouse

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I've been taping Star Trek: The Next Generation since the summer because I had no interest in it when it first came out in the 80's...
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12.28.2005

simple Mandarin audio sites

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Speaking of Mandarin, I found a couple of sites with audio files: Basic phrases and vocabulary and Simple and compound tones .

ee ba ba

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In an ESL class I teach, we were talking about shopping at an outlet mall in a Chicago suburb, and when the class ended, I heard someone say...
12.27.2005

Online Gaelic lessons

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Okay, here's something obscure which people should know about nevertheless: Gaelic Lessons On-line , which proclaims "B' fheàrr...
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12.26.2005

International holidays

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I have had an international holiday weekend. First, I went to a Christmas Eve party where I was surrounded by several Chinese Mandarin speak...
12.25.2005

Jesus and Chanukah

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It's interesting that Christmas and Chanukah (or Hanukkah--who knows what the correct transliteration is) are on the same day. Actually,...
12.23.2005

Snow in Bethlehem

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I was going to do a smart-aleck post about the fact that we see a lot of manger scenes with snow, but since Bethlehem is in the Middle East,...
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12.22.2005

Hyper

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I'm feeling quite hyper because the new year is going to be different (in a good way). I got a cool behind-the-scenes gig at a radio sta...
12.21.2005

Another brain

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I'm becoming overwhelmed by the brain power online. I discovered a very smart guy via Language Hat : Joel at Far Outliers . He has a lot...
12.20.2005

Orny in Chicago

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I just found out that Orny Adams is going to come to Chicago, but we'll have to wait a while. He's coming in October of next year. ...

House of bread

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It didn't hit me until much later, even though I studied Hebrew when I was growing up: Bethlehem is "beit lechem" (בית לחם), w...
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12.19.2005

Holiday cheer

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I don't know who created it, but there's a funny seasonal greeting floating around out there that should not offend anyone: From us...
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12.18.2005

"Nationally known"

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I was listening to an interview recently, and the interviewee was introduced as "Nationally known author and speaker...". I don...
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12.16.2005

Separate them!

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I was at the Christkindlmarket at the Daley Plaza downtown and saw a booth that was advertising "Glassornaments" from Germany. No...
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12.15.2005

About the name

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Some people might be wondering what happened to my signature name. The new one is actually a name I use at a couple of message boards, so it...
12.14.2005

German dictionaries and advent

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Stop the presses! Someone sent me a link to what may be the best online German dictionary from TU Chemnitz (Technische Universität Chemnit...
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12.12.2005

Deaver survives

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Last night I went to see John Deaver in A Christmas Story at the Steel Beam Theater (which is in St. Charles, one of my favorite towns in...

When the grass is greener

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It's funny: when I don't have much downtime, I want to write (fiction), but when I *do* have time, I don't want to start writing...
12.10.2005

It's true!

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Snopes has confirmed that the cool Christmas lights display is true. (I first saw the video via Mad Minerva .) Carson Williams, the homeow...
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