September 2009
7 posts
Tour guide with megaphone says, “This is 3rd street, which is one down from 4th street.” I’ll admit, the man knows his stuff.
I’m in Jena, Germany, the home of Karl Zeiss and Ernst Abbe. The meeting lasts 2 more days, then it’s off to Leipzig.
If I take a moment’s pause at any airport, a guy always comes to sweep right where I’m sitting.
Emails from congresspeople all say the same thing.
“Thanks for the money. Can I have some more money now?”
Handheld CCD Microscope →
これ欲しいな
August 2009
6 posts
Weirdness in reporting: →
From the article:
Hatoyama — whose surname consists of two Chinese characters that mean “dove” and “mountain” — is the scion of a storied Japanese political family
Why mention this thing about his surname? I mean, yes, it’s technically true. But just imagine seeing this:
“Ms. Archer, whose surname consists of a word meaning ‘archer’...