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Chivalry doesn’t always work as planned

Erg. Is there anything worse than waking up 10 stupid minutes before your alarm goes off? No... no, I didn't think there was. So, as I'm coming out of the grocery store the other day, I notice a little old lady right behind me. I figure she's leaving too, so I hold...

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The Inspirational Death of a Leaf

I'm busy and tired today (and tired of being busy. Ba-dum-bum!), so instead of exerting any kind of creative effort, I'll just regurgitate a few morsels of unlikely interest for you. You may remember a few months ago when I offered a horrific excerpt one of my...

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Mystery Kanji Contest Winners

Congratulations to Albert who correctly interpreted the Mystery Kanji as:   He and our only other contestant, Aaron, also offered that the meaning might also carry the nuance of Temple of Morning Light, something which hadn't occurred to me. Apparently it hasn't...

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Hairdos for everyone

BTW, I updated my picture in the About Me section to reflect my new hair color and black mood lately. I wasn't sure about it the other day, but upon a second look a day later, I think the lightsaber actually came out pretty well. Speaking of new hairdos, Nicole over...

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Seldom Raining, Often Pouring

Seldom Raining, Often Pouring

Right so the trip with the Board of Education... do I really need to go into any more explanation than the photo to the right? No, didn't think so. I spent Saturday, from 10am to 9pm in a drunken stupor. Lordy, the things I do in the name of Internationalizationェ....

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Sans Title

Right, so I'm off for the weekend to someplace in the middle of nowhere for the yearly trip with the Fukuma Board of Education. I'm sure you all remember what happened last year? I'll probably be too hung over to even write about it until next Thursday. 😛 Recently...

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Farewell, Columbia

Farewell, Columbia

But why?" Korolev shook his head, deeply confused. "Why have you come?" "We told you. To live here. We can enlarge this thing, maybe build more. They said we'd never make it [...] It was our once chance to get out here on our own. Who'd want to live out here for...

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I forgot to update

Yes, I'm here. I forgot to finish the update this evening when I got home before jumping into Jedi Outcast until all hours of the night. I promise I'll have it up tomorrow.

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There’s an exciting world of Abacuses out there

There’s an exciting world of Abacuses out there

I'm sitting at my desk today studying Japanese when all of a sudden, Shimamura-sensei whips out, of all things, an abacus and starts flinging little beads this way and that as he calculated a student's grade. We had this conversation:  When did you learn how to use an...

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