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Japan, Baby: Winding Down
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Wednesday, 26 November 2008. We're heading back on December the 13th. The tickets are booked but it's getting iffy with the company, pay-wise and expense-wise, lately. They haven't managed to pay for our apartment for this month, for example. Luckily we won't be kicked out on the street because we have a cute, helpless daughter. 1 December 2008 at 3:10 pm. Thanks Bryan. All bars should have an escape hatch, I think. Nice to see you again too. Don't be shy if you ever make it over to Australia.
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Reflection at the End of the Day: If You Can't Say Something Nice ...
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Reflection at the End of the Day. Random thoughts often coalesce at the end of long days . here you will find my random thoughts, whenever the mood strikes me. Tuesday, November 30, 2010. If You Can't Say Something Nice . I got a better feel, today, for the content of some of the Wikileaks documents. Reuters has a nice review:. Http:/ www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE6AT1I720101130. There were numerous examples of authors inserting personal opinion in the technical analysis that often bordered on slander&#...
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Reflection at the End of the Day: October 2010
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Reflection at the End of the Day. Random thoughts often coalesce at the end of long days . here you will find my random thoughts, whenever the mood strikes me. Wednesday, October 13, 2010. The Government and Me. There is clearly an important role for federal government; anarchy is not an option. The federal government should do the following:. Uphold the Constitution of the United States. Defend the country from attack (but not by stripping its citizens of their rights). Withhold the funding of schools t...
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Reflection at the End of the Day: Budapest
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Reflection at the End of the Day. Random thoughts often coalesce at the end of long days . here you will find my random thoughts, whenever the mood strikes me. Tuesday, November 23, 2010. About 8 weeks ago, I was at a conference in Budapest, Hungary. Each day, there was a two-hour time frame for lunch and one evening there was a group activity. These small windows allowed me to get out for walks and see a bit of this charming city (cities? I was chuckling when I found the obelisk just outside the church.
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Reflection at the End of the Day: The death of English has been exaggerated greatly
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Reflection at the End of the Day. Random thoughts often coalesce at the end of long days . here you will find my random thoughts, whenever the mood strikes me. Sunday, September 26, 2010. The death of English has been exaggerated greatly. I have had a sneaking suspicion that, over the next 10 years, as the Chinese emerge as the number one global economy, that English will disappear as the language of business and travel. After this week, I have had second thoughts. Which dialect should you learn? So, I c...
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Reflection at the End of the Day: November 2009
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Reflection at the End of the Day. Random thoughts often coalesce at the end of long days . here you will find my random thoughts, whenever the mood strikes me. Tuesday, November 10, 2009. I have gotten quite fed up with most of the media outlets, especially the visual ones. Points:. It seems that most of the time the news media gets it wrong in the first several days of covering any story. Each outlet has its own group of talking heads that it pays to give opinions. Many experts are just wrong. The train...
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Mark's China Blog: Texas-Style Xenophobia
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Monday, April 13, 2009. Last week, a Texas State Representative made herself look pretty damn stupid. From United Press International:. TERRELL, Texas, April 9 (UPI) - A Texas legislator defended her comment that Asian-descent voters should adopt names that are "easier for Americans to deal with.". Said Brown, whose comments were posted on YouTube Thursday. Over the weekend, Ms. Brown rethought her comments, or at least her political future, and apologized. While it's easy to say that Ms. Brown is an...
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Reflection at the End of the Day: February 2010
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Reflection at the End of the Day. Random thoughts often coalesce at the end of long days . here you will find my random thoughts, whenever the mood strikes me. Thursday, February 25, 2010. The perfect example of the lack of any true understanding of science by the rank and file in America . Is it really worth the risk to listen to non-scientists on this one? Tuesday, February 16, 2010. Let me get this right . The state will keep money from people who overpaid taxes. They will keep someone else's mone...
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Reflection at the End of the Day: The Strange English Language
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Reflection at the End of the Day. Random thoughts often coalesce at the end of long days . here you will find my random thoughts, whenever the mood strikes me. Wednesday, March 30, 2011. The Strange English Language. After a long absence . Pronounce "Christmas" - short i. Pronounce "Crist", a surname - short i. Pronounce "Christian" - short i. Pronounce "Christ" - . long i? What gives (short i)? Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Inlaid Waterfall at Budapest Castle. Separated by a common language. Home ...
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Reflection at the End of the Day: September 2009
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Reflection at the End of the Day. Random thoughts often coalesce at the end of long days . here you will find my random thoughts, whenever the mood strikes me. Saturday, September 26, 2009. Vindication of the Knights of St. John. Or com or the like. Malta turned out very nice. The locals are friendly (the tourists are not) and very helpful and so polite. Tuesday, September 22, 2009. Catacombs from the time of St. Paul:. As I turned one corner, there was a very modern shopping mall, not of the type we see...
