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Author of WICKER PARK WISHES, a novel, published by Eckhartz Press "It's like 'Hi Fidelity' from a woman's perspective. A 90s book about relationships." - John Siuntres, WordBalloon. Language discussion and expression, a view from the city: "A fascinating and enlightening look at language and other important matters" - Rick Kogan, Chicago Tribune "...definitely an interesting voice!" - Languagehat.com "...a great site!" - Mary Beard, Times Literary Supplement

10.30.2011

Why is this baby crying?

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I saw this picture on One Inch Punch (an East Asian site), and I'm wondering if the baby is crying because he's scared or hungry, o...
10.24.2011

If you want to practice your Spanish and learn about manga

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I came upon a Spanish manga site called Manga Spain ("Todo sobre el increíble mundo del manga, comics, anime y más") while doing ...
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10.20.2011

Bonnie Koloc: an incredible singer I never knew about

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Bonnie Koloc was a very popular singer in Chicago over 30 years ago, but I've never heard of her, and never heard her music until tonig...
10.17.2011

Weird English from Europe

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You'd think that Europe wouldn't exhibit any bad English since a lot of people have studied it, and they've been interacting wit...
10.16.2011

If you want to support Balinese

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Alissa Stern from BasaBali , a site "encouraging the use of Balinese," contacted me after seeing my post about Tim Brookes' En...
10.14.2011

Facebook confusion update

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This summer, I discovered that I confused Facebook when I changed the display language to Japanese and my residence to non-American places....
10.13.2011

What English sounds like to non-English speakers

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A short fake English film made to sound like what non-English speakers hear. It's funny to see how others perceive the language. Th...
10.10.2011

Happy Thanksgiving, Canada!

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I forgot to post such a greeting earlier to our neighbors to the North. Hope everyone pigged out like we Americans do every year!
10.09.2011

Simon & Schuster is ripping ebook readers off

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I was looking at the forthcoming Steve Jobs biography on the Barnes & Noble site, and I thought "great, another B&N ripoff...
10.06.2011

Exercise is important, but...

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"Everybody tells me that I have to exercise. That it is good for my health. But I never heard anyone telling a sportsman that he has t...
10.02.2011

Cristina met Kevin Whately!

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One of my favorite TV shows is Inspector Lewis , which is way better than what you can find in the US (it's a British show). Well, Crist...
9.28.2011

Let's bon dancing!

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I saw this sign this summer when I stumbled upon a Japanese festival at Mitsuwa, a large Japanese store in Arlington Heights. It's humor...
9.26.2011

He surpassed his goal

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Professor Tim Brookes contacted me a while ago about his Endangered Alphabets Project , and I was planning on posting information about it ...
9.18.2011

Why are ebooks so expensive?

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The other day, I wrote that I got a Nook . One of the perks I thought I'd get was access to cheaper books in e-form, but it doesn't ...
9.16.2011

Mary ended up in a Japanese blog

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Mary O'Regan , one of the writers featured in my anthology (read it for free: she's on page 13), has a really good fashion blog an...
9.15.2011

I got a Nook

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I usually don't care about gadgets, but a teacher coworker of mine was showing me his Nook , and I was intrigued. I went to Barnes &...
9.09.2011

This guy was a genius

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A lot of people throw the word "genius" around. I often hear that word overused in the radio biz, just because someone came up wit...
9.06.2011

Japanese signs

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A guy who lives in Japan has taken hundreds of pictures of Japanese signs and even has a text file with the transcriptions of those signs (...
9.05.2011

I figured out how to download my Facebook album

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I've been posting pictures of signs on Facebook, but realized that I should also post them on Flickr because it will allow me to share t...
9.02.2011

Seven years! and my Mac is still alive

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I just realized that I've kept this blog going for SEVEN years! There was a period of time when I was posting a lot, then as I became mo...
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