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Jan.18.2013 Worlds Are Colliding I thought I had unearthed something radical. As I worked on essay 1799 on 峰 (peak, mountaintop; ridge), I realized that this kanji had both a kun-yomi of ぶ and an on-yomi of ブ, both non-Joyo. Can one kanji really have a kun-yomi and on-yomi that match? In the words of George...	Mar.20.2012 Junk mail? Worth every penny. Since my mother-in-law died last year, the vertical post that shoulders our mailbox here in Lincoln has been getting a serious workout. My wife is the executor for her mother’s estate, and so she now receives her mother’s mail. And my mother-in-law, though dead ten months, still gets a lot of mail...
Dec.26.2011 Geriatric Batman I am a superhero. When I was little I wore my coolest pajamas and a towel cape pinned around my neck and run around the house taking on the evil villains who threatened my family and the human race at large. I did a pretty good job. No one was killed or maimed under my watch. As I grew older, I...	Jun.01.2010 WHY THE SEINFELD FINALE WAS SOOOOOO DISAPPOINTING The Seinfeld finale and why putting your lead character on trial can backfire "Basically, it was an excuse for Larry David to bring back every memorable character the show created, and give them a few seconds of airtime. Occasionally there were a few clips of their first appearance tossed in...
Mar.18.2010 "Seinfeld" and Postmodern Literature Girl With Curious Hair, by David Foster Wallace Remember "Seinfeld"? The TV series that billed itself as a show about nothing? No? Then let me introduce you to its literary equivalent-and its author. Wallace, author of the acclaimed book, Infinite Jest, died little more than a year...	Nov.04.2008 It's all about hope, a non-election story It’s happening again and, I swear like I’ve done a thousand times before, this is the last time it’s going to happen. This is the last time I’m going to let some prospective employer or publisher toy with my hopes about a brighter future or a short-term gain. We’ve heard a lot of shimmering talk...
Oct.29.2008 An Epitaph for my Blog I did say in my first post that I shouldn't be writing the last will and testament yet for my blog. But always a boyscout at heart, I want to be prepared. Maybe it's because I can see the end coming and would want to be the one who said,"I told you so". Show of hands please, if anyone...