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Fall of the Ota-king
The king is dead, long live the king.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/26/magazine/26FOB-2DLove-t.html?_r=3&pagewanted=1
* Credit to Ferricide for the link. -
There's a Light That (Almost) Never Goes Out...
22,000 word translation in two and half days.
The lights are OUT. X.X -
Shooting Blanks
I really want to use the word "ejaculate" in one of my translations at work. The word fits the context snugly, in which I'm talking about the sudden release or emission of a fluid from a body. However, it's not sperm I'm talking about, but hot, white, sticky venom ( Read more... ) -
The Near Departed
posted w/o permission, read at your (and my) own risk ( Read more... ) -
(Untitled)
I found this post on alyshahazzard's now defunct, livejournal page. It did, as any truly good poem does, manage to strike a chord within with me and give me that "aha!" feeling that I do so love. I hope that it does the same for you ( Read more... ) -
(Untitled)
I'm so sorry, please forgive me
Who do I pray to to straighten out this problem?
Straighten out this problem, straighten out my mind.
Straighten out this crooked toungue...
My mind has wandered, from the straight and narrow.
My mind has wandered from the flock, you see?
My mind has wandered, the man just said so.
My mind has wandered, I heard it on ( Read more... ) -
Who Let the Cat Out of the Bag?
Nothing new if you're a cat owner, but pretty interesting otherwise!
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/odd_missing_cat -
やっぱ、すごいっす！
Just in case you WERE wondering, the water cooler is as popular a place in the Japanese office as it is in the U.S ( Read more... ) -
Out with the old...
Saturday saw my last day of teaching ( Read more... )
