I decided to translate some Swedish this morning for practice- met my 2nd removed Swedish cousins the other day so planning on visiting at some time- and knowing (at least some of) the language always makes visiting a richer experience. Anyways, I’m translating away (a post about refugees from Iraq, “Irak” in Swedish criticizing Tobias [...]
On a total lark, drove up to Sausalito with Tink and met up with some college alum for full moon paddle. I only knew one guy - Paul Anderson who is a brilliant songwriter - and ended up having a great time and (hopefully) making good friendships. What stuck with me all night, through dreams [...]
Bought the Larousse Advanced French-English English-French Dictionary yesterday. God those things are expensive. I have a very troubled past with the French language. Love/hate. But I’ve gotten to a point where I need to have a French dictionary.
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Who doesn’t love the expats in the 1920s? I mean, I adore those guys. F Scott Fitzgerald, Ernest [...]
PinYin Combo Chart- amazing grid. From Yellow Bridge.
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Just a snippet of what my instructor wrote on the board that fateful day of 101 Chinese.
In chat this morning with my brother-in-law, we got in a protracted conversation about learning Chinese. He goes to China about once a quarter, and his daughter is learning Chinese.
“Huan xie [...]
Yes, it’s a blog chain mail- meme- but also it’s short and sweet, really. This one is “5 things that you may not know about me”… and since the audience runs the spectrum, from new friends to old friends, friends in Turkey (Merhaba!) and France, (Salut!)- so it’s quite hard to find things that I [...]
Things I appreciate about Baltimore, at least what I’ve seen of it, which isn’t a lot. These great deciduous woods. And how there’s a reason to look like someone from an LL Bean catalog- I mean, it’s cold there. Really cold. Burn the tip of your nose with freezing wind, cold. The interesting accent: “Li-uh-ih-uh-lee” [...]
So I get YouTube “top most viewed” RSS feed in my Bloglines- it’s very entertaining, and keeps you up on the latest silly amateur videos. I am reading this Russian thread “Кто мог бы быть президентом?” - “ktoh- mog boy boyt prezedentum” “who should be (more like can) president” on a movie with Putin quoting [...]
金縷玉衣- Jin lu yu yi - Jade burial suit, with silk thread
I love jade. I just gave my oldest of my niece the name “xiao yu” little Jade. Sounds like a hooker name, but hey, maybe it’s not. I think “silver willow” or “soft ostrich” would be more hooker-sounding.
Last night this guy from Taiwan said [...]
I don’t like sarcasm. I think it is a very easy form of humor, like slapstick. You just need to invert meaning, and voila! You have made a (quasi-humorous) joke. People who are very sarcastic, seem to me that they have a difficulty expressing how they feel. I realize I use it wrong. I tend [...]
reason snot. Originally intended on typing: “reasons not”. Real Freudian subtextual meaning: the mucusy after product of making a (probably bad) decision.
abou tit. Originally intended on typing: “about it”. Real Freudian meaning: your father’s breast, in Muslim worlds. The “abu” or father figure, has a caring, female, nurturing side. But it’s a kind of put-down, [...]
retweet- @jowyang great article on the bozo feature http://tinyurl.com/5ua2no
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Shared an image: Car rolling downhill
Wednesday at 16:33
doing research on SD beaches and getting some new-to-town errands done, like, Home Depot! w00t
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