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4.30.2010

I OD'd on Real Housewives of NYC

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I'm going to admit this in public: yesterday I spent *way* too much time watching several episodes of The Real Housewives of New York Ci...
4.27.2010

Translate the Chinese bios

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Sometimes I watch Taiwan Outlook , which is in English. I've never been to Taiwan, and unfortunately didn't take advantage of its cl...
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4.23.2010

Resuming fiction

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Since the beginning of this blog, I've been talking about writing , including fiction writing, because I've written a couple of nove...
4.20.2010

You can show off your jogging at the bowling if it's on your planning, but never play baby-foot in the pipi-room

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French is beautiful, rich, and highly influential and has a reputation as one of the world's most romantic languages. However, there...
4.18.2010

A successful, interesting nerd

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I met a very cool, interesting, passionate guy who's definitely made the most out of his nerdiness to the point where he has an incredib...
4.16.2010

Slag off

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I found a really good relationship advice site that is obviously written by a Brit, because there are various phrases that I never hear in ...
4.13.2010

Good music to chill out to

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When I want to unwind, like I do now, I listen to Groovera.com . There are three channels: Jet City Lounge , "A fine mix of chilled i...
4.10.2010

My condolences to Poland today

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I would like to offer my condolences to the people of Poland for the unbelievable tragedy that happened today: the tragic plane crash that ...
4.07.2010

Read some issues of Penny Magazine online

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This is really cool: you can read some issues of Britain's Penny Magazine online ! The first edition was published in 1832, where they s...
4.05.2010

When Right is Right

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As many left-handed people can verify, this is predominantly a right-handers' world, with the prejudice ranging from lefties who were en...
4.02.2010

Weird Al cares about grammar

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3.31.2010

Another Japanese book I'm trying to read

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I have a few Japanese books that I've been reading over a long period of time, but one day I thought, "I need something else"...
3.28.2010

Death Note: I met one of the producers

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I met an incredibly interesting Japanese guy who spent years working in Japanese TV and movies before doing media stuff for the Consulate. H...
3.25.2010

Got paid to do this

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I'm very excited because I've been posting stuff here and at Gapersblock , which is a site about Chicago, but now I've actually ...
3.22.2010

Linguistic Mondegreens

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Musical "mondegreens" have long been a source of amusement and laughter, perhaps because many of us have experienced them. A ...
3.19.2010

Japanese guilt

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Ugh--I was consistently studying Japanese since the new year began (since it was my New Year's resolution), and this week I dropped the ...
3.16.2010

Interview with successful newspaper columnist

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I've been in the blogging world for over five years, and until recently, I hardly knew any professional journalists, though it wasn'...
3.12.2010

Live Music and Painting

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I usually post here more frequently, but I've been quite busy this week, and by the time I got home yesterday, I'd been gone all day...
3.08.2010

Why can't you understand me?

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It is said that it is possible for a Spanish-speaker to ask a Portuguese speaker for directions in Spanish and be fully understood. However,...
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3.05.2010

Chat with Silas

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Language fan and friend Silas McCracken , who's a guest poster here, said that he would do a chat (IM/text chat) with readers of this b...
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