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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

11.27.2011

A bilingual sign I haven't seen

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I've seen this sign at only one drugstore (or "chemist", as Brits say) in Chicago, and it's probably there because it'...
11.23.2011

Lyrics to the WKRP closing song

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Interesting timing: just after I did my last post about putting a dream to the side, I ended up having a series of intense work days, inclu...
11.17.2011

Some good advice I can't find

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I've been searching for an article that gives advice to creative people (artists really) about pursuing their dream vs working at a regu...
11.15.2011

What I wanted to tell T Bone Burnett

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I was in St. Louis this past weekend (a *great* place to visit) and ended up staying in the same hotel as T Bone Burnett , who's done a ...
11.11.2011

An interesting tattoo

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There's a guy who I often see working at Trader Joe's, and he has this tattoo on his arm: it's the Russian word for "capita...
11.08.2011

In conversation with

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I often see the phrase "in conversation with" at all kinds of literary and cultural events , and even in some places in the media....
11.04.2011

Why wouldn't anyone like the Wizard of Oz

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I've had a long week, and I still have a long work day tomorrow, so I've been relaxing tonight by watching The Wizard of Oz on TV. ...
11.03.2011

Jordan writes about China

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A couple weeks ago, I was walking down the street and fell. Immediately, a couple of people ran up to me to see how I was doing. I was bruis...
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...
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