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Dec.07.2012 Hidden by Hiragana On someone's kanji blog this week, a commenter (purportedly a Japanese man) sneered at the way kanji learners "overuse" the characters. In his view, enthusiasts tend to use kanji for words that the Japanese would render in hiragana. This distressed me on several levels. First, why squash...	Sep.07.2012 Censorship Sadly, I have discovered I am a victim of censorship. I suspect the government but it may be others. Maybe it's Red Room's masters. Sure, you laugh, but I have proof. Three times in the last twenty-four hours, my computer shut down on me as I was posting an entry to my Red Room blog. Coincidence?...
Aug.07.2009 Tawdry, Tinny America It's not meant to be funny but BBC Correspondent Justin Webb's disgust with us sends me into fits of laughter. Download the Podcast for full effect. It's a cup of venom taken with a sugar cube. Justin Webb says, "On the last day we spent in our home in north-east Washington, they were holding...	May.13.2009 About Insufficient Mating Material INSUFFICIENT MATING MATERIAL Just because the high handed hero of FORCED MATE decreed that his sharp-tongued, scandalous, fashionista sister (the one who made a film of herself having sex with an unsuitable stranger) should be married did not mean that the Royal shotgun wedding would go off without...
Mar.05.2009 Desperately Seeking Snark I'm not talking about the original Ms. Snark. The stiletto wearing super hero agent of yore whose blog helped thousands of hapless writers improve their queries. You should check out her blog now if you haven't already. I am seeking a Snarky co-blogger to analyze music-lyrics in a sarcastic manner...	Jul.16.2008 What I've Learned from the Election -- So Far (or, "I Only Know What I Read on the Internets") I've given up on cable news channels. Oh, sure, they're great for the important stuff, like the fact that Brangelina gave birth to human babies the other day. But if you want to know what's going on in the election campaigns, you gotta fire up the modem, crank up the computer, dial up that old...
Jan.10.2008 John Kerry endorses Barack Obama A little while ago Sen. John Kerry announced his endorsement of Sen. Barack Obama for the Democratic nomination. "What you have to understand," said the failed 2004 candidate, "is that I was FOR John Edwards before I was AGAINST him."