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29
Jan
And Now These Messages
I am such a party animal. Or something.
Work has been getting progressively busier and busier. The number of students we have has shot up sharply in the last month and a half, and this leaves me with little time to do anything other than work. And drink, but that’s part of work. Where to begin…
The [...]
23
Jan
Ennui, Taxation, Cholera, Debt
I’ve been getting quite a bit more spam here lately. Thanks to a couple of plugins, it never gets to the actual posts, but as of a few moments ago
Akismet has caught 173 spam for you since you first installed it.
Bad Behavior has blocked 60 access attempts in the last 7 days.
For the record, roughly [...]
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18
Jan
At Long Last: New Years
At long last, I have uploaded New Years pictures! Still working on the Hakodate set, but I finally updated Lazy-K Gallery and should have embedded the pics in this post (click more!). You can also find them in the Photo Gallery to your right. Enjoy!
If you’re going to leave a comment, though, I would prefer [...]
16
Jan
Learning: English and Japanese
Long, rambling and rather pointless post ahead. Just as a warning. Flow of consciousness style stuff here. Seriously, don’t read this.
While I was, rather painfully, trying to explain some of the more painful points of English grammar to a couple of junior high students today (How, exactly, do you explain that you double the last [...]
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15
Jan
The Gallows in My Garden
I suppose I did forget one piece of news in my last mega-update. I finally got word, after (having someone) fighting with administrators (for me), that I’m all graduated. So as soon as my diploma gets here I’ll be all work visaed and secure in my life and all that for a while. I should [...]
14
Jan
Catching Up
Is this thing still on? So it’s been a while since I updated with anything. In my defense, I’ve been busy. Work, travel, more work, even more travel… it’s enough to keep a guy away from the computer for a while! But today I’m resting and watching NFL playoff games, and what goes better with [...]
7
Jan
Hard the Wind Blows
I always have the best weather to look forward to when I take a vacation.