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1.30.2008

The baby sun

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This is going to sound weird, but I sometimes like to watch Teletubbies . I don't have kids, so I don't "have" to have it ...
1.27.2008

Online katakana dictionary!

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I have a katakana dictionary in book form, but I couldn't find a word in it, so I looked online to do the usual "what does this wor...
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1.25.2008

still here!

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I guess it's been so extremely freezing in Chicago (ie, 4 degrees Fahrenheit, which is -16 Celsius) and my schedule has been full with r...
1.21.2008

Davy Crockett's autobiography

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I was looking for information on a small Tennessee town, and saw that Davy Crockett lived around there. So I did a search, and found his aut...
1.19.2008

Have you?

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Here's something that Americans never say: "Have you any plans?" It's a British expression, which seems to be derived from...
1.17.2008

Flammable or inflammable?

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Sometimes I have to translate a word that means "flammable" from another language, but when I look in a dictionary, the word can ...
1.15.2008

Deluded people

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Millions of people watch "American Idol," but honestly, I've never watched it for more than a few minutes. But I had to watch ...
1.13.2008

County of Orange

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Every time I see this image of the Orange County sign, I think it's so cute. "County of Orange" sounds so formal and even Fren...
1.10.2008

I need mnemonics

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I was at Japanese class tonight, and saw a kanji that I should have known. So I used a mnemonic to remember it, and when I saw it again, I r...
1.08.2008

Tarmac

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I've been helping someone with English and American culture (shameless plug), and we read an article about a plane accident, which had t...
1.06.2008

Streaming rice

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I was at a tiny Thai restaurant today, which would probably be characterized as a "hole in the wall," and on the grease-stained pa...
1.04.2008

Star Trek Rhapsody

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This is funny, though I'm not a fan of the original Star Trek series. It's based on Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody .
1.02.2008

Jive translator!

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This is totally weird and funny: Gizoogle , which translates webpages and text to jive! You can paste in a URL to transform it to jive, or y...
12.31.2007

Another year!

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I can't believe we're almost into 2008! This past year started out sort of lame, but ended up great, and I think 2008 will be even b...
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12.28.2007

French break

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I just had a very packed week, and I still have translating to do. If I had a bunch of Japanese, I'd be worried about the condition of m...
12.26.2007

Time for bed

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I've been on the go since 3:30 this morning, and I just got home. I think this is one of the longest, most productive days I've had ...
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12.24.2007

It's a Wonderful Life online!

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This is great news: according to Mad Minerva , one of my favorite movies has been posted online: It's a Wonderful Life . You can watch i...
12.22.2007

Happy Hello Kitty Christmas!

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The brainy and seemingly high-energy Mad Minerva posted this picture, which is one of many in her Hello Kitty Monstrosity collection (which...
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12.20.2007

Great site!

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Here's a really great website that Language Hat , aka The Great One, mentioned at his blog: Digital Dialects , which has "interacti...
12.17.2007

Chicagopedia

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The Chicago Sun-Times is such a cool paper. Actually, their print edition isn't that exciting, but their website is easy to navigate an...
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