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ell, that time of the year is here again. The first session is over and my students will take there final later today. You know what that means: Grading! But I have a small class so I will not be gone long.
Procrastinator with a capital “P”
I am–once again–in crunch-time mode regarding a paper I [...]
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es, I saw two movies–count ‘em, TWO–last weekend. Okay, vor most of you whipper snappers,, two on a weekend is no biggy. Thirty years ago, I woulda been right with you guys. But today, in my old and pennilessly decrepit state, two movies in one weekend is somewhat of a marvel. So besides Batman, I [...]
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need to get serious about losing weight. Work has gotten so hectic that I have become physically sedentary and the pounds just keep on adding on. If I was careful with my eating habits, this would not be an issue, of course. But I am not. I love potato chips, cookies, chocolate, et al.
Of course, [...]
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oogle, in all its infinite wisdom, decided to include the above div marker to every post. By adding this, it forces all entries to appear beneath any “floating div”. Since my previous layout was designed so my posts would appear between two floating tables, the above div tag “clear:both” forced the post below the shorter [...]
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oogle, in all its infinite wisdom, decided to include the above div marker to every post. By adding this, it forces all entries to appear beneath any “floating div”. Since my previous layout was designed so my posts would appear between two floating tables, the above div tag “clear:both” forced the post below the shorter [...]
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n the tradition of ESPN’s Stuart Scott, I have to give a nice big “Booyah” to Booyahman for hookin’ the O-man up with the theme song to “Winter Sonata”. I can sleep well now that M can hear the song. The next challenge for me is to try to learn the lyrics… in Korean. Hahahahaha. [...]
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borrowed some video tapes from a friend of a Korean drama called Winter Sonata (Fuyu no sonata). It was dubbed into Japanese and shown on the national braodcast station, NHK. Okay, I know that a few of you will begin to hack and choke just from the title. I have talked to one who could [...]
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eeping my promise, I am avoiding work as much as possible at home. So yesterday, I went with M to see Batman Begins. We went to the matinee because… well that’s all I can afford on my lowly teacher’s salary. We went to the Cinema de Luxe in Fairfax and I was rather impressed. It [...]
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was discussing a matter of time with another teacher yesterday. Students in her class were learning how to express time in Japanese. They were comparing different time zones and practicing new adjectives like “early” and “late”. One student apparently gave a wrong answer and she asked me what I thought. I gave her an answer [...]
I’ll be in LA for two nights for a class reunion. July 29 and 30…
