So, I'm playing around with Google Translate, and then out of nowhere, this happens.
Really? "Lorem ipsum..."? That's how it's gonna be?
Well, caveat emptor I guess. (That's Latin for "Seriously, you guys?")
dec 22
If you sent me an email some time this month, chances are pretty good that I didn't get it. There's been a bit of a snag there and I'll probably have to start a new email address, in fact. Sorry about that.
nov 6
Jeopardy! Online tests are coming! Two or three years ago, I took the tests and never heard a thing after that. I must have done pretty terribly! Let's see how it goes this time...
oct 2
Tonight is Andy Rooney's final segment on 60 Minutes. In case they're looking for someone to replace him, I think I'm up to the job. Here's what I would say during my first segment, but for full effect, wait until next Sunday to read it (right before The Amazing Race, if possible).
sep 17
I found this to be kind of weird. I was looking up the manga released in America as "Japan, Inc.", which I read twelve years ago and wanted to see if it was available to buy on Amazon. This image is from the book's Amazon page.
What's the pattern of logic for grouping these three books together? The first is "Japan, Inc.", which is a comic book. Next is "China, Inc.", which is a tract that seems to make a case for why America needs to take China's growth as an economic power more seriously. It's not a comic book, nor is it about Japan. The third book is a novel about a Chinese woman sentenced to re-education entitled "Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress".
It seems highly unlikely that any two of these three books are "Frequently Bought Together". Either these books are being grouped by their titles, or Amazon believes "Chinese = Japanese".
sep 13
A friend of mine suffered a rather nasty injury a few months ago, and he pretty much had to miss out on the entire summer. He just started getting up and around again recently, and that really gave me a good feeling.
I only lost electricity for a day and a half when the hurricane hit a couple weeks back. A few areas in the next town over had no power for a full week. The pump in the cellar wouldn't work, so we had to bail out the rain with buckets.
It's getting so a person can't just lie back and enjoy a storm anymore.
