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  • First Day of Class T oday, classes officially started... As is my custom, I wear a dress shirt and neck tie. It is, afterall, the day I have to impress my students, many of which I will meet for the first time.…

  • Wireless W ireless is so cool. I'm at a Language Center meeting where the language lab administrator is explaining the use of the equipment. Since our Chair said she'd come, I thought it important to show my fa…

  • Is it Sunday Already? II O h my God. I can't believe I went a WHOLE week without even looking at Xanga! Me! The prototypical Xangaholic, not even checking my comments for... a WEEK! Okay, so where do I turn in …

  • Is it Sunday Already? W ith the end of the summer session, I have been trying to catch up on all the things I have neglected: family, cleaning around my desk, gardening, etc. I can't believe I've haven't update…

  • Quick Question I have a question for all you computer and Internet experts. Verizon Fios optical Internet lines are now available in my area. In terms of speed, they are basically the same as my current cable s…

  • A Bright Light 4 A s Yoshiko stifled her cry, she noticed that she could move her body a bit more, and began to wonder if the moving ruble affected anyone else beneath it. If she could move more, maybe others i…

  • Summer Session Ends M onday was the last day of class, and I gave my kiddies a final. I guess it wasn't as hard as I thought. They just wizzed through it. Of course, this could simply mean they were fast. It do…

  • Lactose Intolerant S o yesterday, for forgetting the ACTUAL date of M birthday, we went shopping. We went to a place called Dick's Sporting Goods, which is pretty high end in Virginia. There we bought her a cou…

  • Hiroshima Responses T he other day, I posted a comment that reflected something I had recently read. I was surprised at the number of comments I received. I was just expressing my feelings and commenting on the…

  • Feeling the Love A h, to be bitch slapped. Thanks to Avidevi, Marie, and especially the Fongster--you really know how to bitch slap. I can just feel the love. Ooo! Ow! Oh yes, slap me one more time! Hahahhaahh…

  • A Bright Light 3 I s someone there?" Yoshiko recognized the voice. It was Mr. Shimizu. For a moment, she was excited and relieved to hear someone familiar. Even in the dark, she struggled to turn in the directi…

  • Birthday T oday's M's birthday.... and I don't have a birthday gift for her! Ack! I hate it when I forget things like this. Will someone shake some sense into me? Update I love it when I geet bitch slapped...…

  • A Note on "A Bright Light" A s some of you probably already know, my mother is an atom bomb victim, which makes me a second generation atom bomb victim 原爆二世. Interstingly enough, this is an actual stat…

  • A Bright Light 2 S lowly, Y regained her consciousness, although there was nothing to suggest that she was actually conscious. She opened her eyes to look around, but it was pitch black. Dazed and disoriented, …

  • A Bright Light Y woke up as she had every morning for the past six months. Tired but optomistic, she looked forward to another bleak day at the city office. As a fourteen-year-old and as a young girl, she had l…

  • Toshiba I don't know what I was thinking. But I ended up buying a computer on Friday. Yesterday, I had psyched myslef out to buy an Acer, but a tech savvy student came to see me to talk me out of getting one. W…

  • Hiroshima Legacy I am lucky to be at an age where I never had to go to war. I was born in the last year of the draft for the Vietnam war, but my number was low enough that I never had to go, even though I had t…

  • Help! Need New Computer O kay, I know I've asked for your advice before about getting a new laptop computer, but I have yet to buy one. The money situation is tight at our house. But yesterday, my computer basi…

  • Class Reunion A s I mentioned in a previous post, I went to LA for a class reunion. It was the 35th anniversary of our graduating class at Maryknoll. I guess it would be the equivalent to a middle school reunio…

  • Meeting a Professional M eeting someone you know but don't know filled me with anticipation. When that guy is an NBA All-Star, well, the anticipation increases manifold. I mean, how often do you get the chance …

  • Meetin' Up H ave you ever wondered who leaves comments on your site? I'm sure that all of you have friends who leave comments, but there are also those whom you have never met, right? Now, don't you wonder from…

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