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6.29.2008

Go to Milwaukee

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I went to Milwaukee on Friday to see Rush at Summerfest , and I highly recommend taking a trip there. Even though I live a couple hours awa...
6.27.2008

Translation problem

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Here's my translation crisis: I have to finish French and Japanese translations, but I also have to be at work in the middle of the nigh...
6.24.2008

What's the difference between a nerd and geek?

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Sometimes at work I stop and think, "This is so nerdy" and share that observation with some coworkers who also do nerdy work, and ...
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6.22.2008

A British email

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I got an email from a guy who created My Language Notebook , which is a free program "to keep and organise your notes when you are lear...
6.19.2008

Japanese with Mexican

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I just did something quite nerdy: after my Japanese class, I went to a Mexican restaurant with a couple of very smart fellow students, and o...
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6.17.2008

Writing that seems hard

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I've been watching Inspector Lewis , and it's such good quality (in addition to other Mystery shows), I can't help but wonder: ...
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6.15.2008

Could the stereotypes be true?

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Here's a revealing blog post by a successful Asian guy: The abused has become the Abuser . Here's an excerpt (the English is in its ...
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6.12.2008

The type of show I wouldn't mind doing

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This was on a while ago, but I only saw one episode, and I'm catching the rest of it now: Do You Speak American . It's a documentary...
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6.10.2008

I should've seen this

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Last week, when part one of The Murder Room was on, I didn't pay attention because I was doing other stuff. But tonight I got a chance ...
6.08.2008

Too many books

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I went to the Printers Row Book Fair today, which unfortunately was initially rained out, and by the time it cleared up, many of the exhibit...
6.06.2008

Coming this summer

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I've been working on compiling some bloggers' and emerging writers' stuff to create an anthology...so stay tuned (and I've c...
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6.03.2008

This Japanese guy pimped his roomba

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(A bit of Japanese entertainment I saw at Mad Minerva )
6.01.2008

An overused phrase

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It seems that commercial copy (advertising, marketing, etc) seems to often include the phrase "We work hard to ensure..." I think ...
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5.30.2008

Japanese government internet TV

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The concept is cool: the Japanese government posted a bunch of videos at a government "TV" site though they're not the most i...
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5.28.2008

Impact is a verb

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According to the American Heritage Dictionary , "Impact has been used as a verb since 1601, when it meant 'to fix or pack in,' ...
5.26.2008

I think I'm gonna be sick

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I was just reading Mary Beard's blog and saw that she mentioned mine, which is unbelievable, not only because not many people link to m...
5.24.2008

Precious and cold

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I thought I hadn't seen The Last Emperor , so I just sat through the whole thing, then realized that I saw it a while ago. I know it won...
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5.21.2008

Who's buying fiction

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The PIC (Publishing Industrial Complex) has become so consolidated (like radio), that they need to churn out blockbusters to make the profit...
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5.19.2008

The office in Japanese

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I work with some folks who watch "The Office" (the American version), but I don't usually watch it because it doesn't see...
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5.18.2008

It still sounds negative

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There's a billboard in my area that advertises an airline, and it says that people will leave "disgruntled" but arrive "g...
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