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Earthsea: “Not-so-uppity” version
From a young age, I always found solace in science fiction and fantasy writing. I read The Hobbit for the first time in 4th grade, and never looked back. So…
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Business E-mail Format in Japanese
I was just issued this “staff support book” which outlines employee duties, good work practices, and various other goodies which are causing me great joy, because they are the best…
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Should I stay or should I go?
Two words: WORK. BUSY. Oh, hell, one more can’t hurt: FUCK! But this is not a Work post. This is about whether I will be overhauling this site during winter…
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Charcoal Fire Burn
Yakiniku is perhaps the most beautiful word in the Japanese language.
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LET’S ENGLISH !!!
Reading this article about a study that found early English education in Japan to be useless (link found on Nippon Goro Goro) reminded me of the story of a Japanese…
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Sona
The Cunningham’s new, unnamed baby girl.
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Japanese HOVA
Mr. R.O.C., we runnin’ this rap shit Memphis Bleek, we runnin’ this rap shit B. Mac, we runnin’ this rap shit Freeway, we run this rap shit… Clear lenses and…
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Notice: My readers can kick your ass
Some of you who follow the comments closely here know that I’ve been subjected to various death threats, etc., over the past year, but I want you all to know…
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The War Book
I found another great archive of posts from Iraq by one of our soldiers (now back home): Citizen Frank: The War Book
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Ben Gay, Astro-Glide, etc.
To the Big Ho: I agree that neither Ben Gay nor Tiger Balm is good for the “Nardic Sack” in winter, but there’s no need to have it sent from…
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Infamy
Many Japanese remember Pearl Harbor differently: Pearl Harbor Part 1 Pearl Harbor Part 2 Then again, I remember a walk in the park back in high school. December 7th. Fountain…
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Insomniatique
Sometimes, late at night, I swear the internet is speaking to itself.
