How did I not hear about this? Do we not say Ohtani Shohei? I need more information. www.reuters.com/article/life...
Family comes first: Japan to switch order of names in victory for tradition
Japan aims to change the way Japanese names are written in English by putting the family name first, the same way they are written in Japanese, in a triumph for conservatives keen to preserve traditional ways in a fast-changing world.
www.reuters.com
June 28, 2024 at 12:48 AM
How did I not hear about this? Do we not say Ohtani Shohei? I need more information. www.reuters.com/article/life...
They say he’s got the magic touch
May 29, 2024 at 3:43 PM
They say he’s got the magic touch
Bookstore employee 1: Does Garcia Marquez go under G or M?
Bookstore employee 2: Is it hyphenated?
B.E. 1: No.
B.E. 2: Then it’s M.
B.E. 1: Thank you.
Overhearing this and not doing anything about it is going to haunt me for the rest of my life.
Bookstore employee 2: Is it hyphenated?
B.E. 1: No.
B.E. 2: Then it’s M.
B.E. 1: Thank you.
Overhearing this and not doing anything about it is going to haunt me for the rest of my life.
May 26, 2024 at 1:46 AM
Bookstore employee 1: Does Garcia Marquez go under G or M?
Bookstore employee 2: Is it hyphenated?
B.E. 1: No.
B.E. 2: Then it’s M.
B.E. 1: Thank you.
Overhearing this and not doing anything about it is going to haunt me for the rest of my life.
Bookstore employee 2: Is it hyphenated?
B.E. 1: No.
B.E. 2: Then it’s M.
B.E. 1: Thank you.
Overhearing this and not doing anything about it is going to haunt me for the rest of my life.
Totality. Wabash River, Terre Haute, IN
April 8, 2024 at 8:23 PM
Totality. Wabash River, Terre Haute, IN
Bring back marble busts of writers.
(Laurence Sterne and Mary Shelley.)
(Laurence Sterne and Mary Shelley.)
March 27, 2024 at 10:45 PM
Bring back marble busts of writers.
(Laurence Sterne and Mary Shelley.)
(Laurence Sterne and Mary Shelley.)
But I’ve only seen about 16 of these
February 20, 2024 at 4:47 AM
But I’ve only seen about 16 of these
How many years should you spend trying to get a book published before you just give up on the idea altogether
February 19, 2024 at 3:29 AM
How many years should you spend trying to get a book published before you just give up on the idea altogether
Trying to name my top 10 favorite novels, I could only think of 7. (Shows you what kind of recall I have.) Weirdly, some of my top 10 favorite novelists don’t have any books I would list among my top 10 favorite novels.
February 6, 2024 at 3:14 AM
Trying to name my top 10 favorite novels, I could only think of 7. (Shows you what kind of recall I have.) Weirdly, some of my top 10 favorite novelists don’t have any books I would list among my top 10 favorite novels.
Not a bad month for movies, only one real clunker. Best was probably Songs from the Second Floor. But I got the most pure pleasure out of Alan Partridge (which I could have sworn I hadn’t seen before, though I kept recognizing scenes…maybe I was remembering the trailer…)
February 1, 2024 at 4:37 AM
Not a bad month for movies, only one real clunker. Best was probably Songs from the Second Floor. But I got the most pure pleasure out of Alan Partridge (which I could have sworn I hadn’t seen before, though I kept recognizing scenes…maybe I was remembering the trailer…)
Great. In other words, the world gains a nebulous scatter of… something, and NYC loses a really cool museum, no doubt to be replaced by condos or some bullshit store. “Museum without walls” makes as much sense as a sandwich without bread.
January 31, 2024 at 8:29 PM
Great. In other words, the world gains a nebulous scatter of… something, and NYC loses a really cool museum, no doubt to be replaced by condos or some bullshit store. “Museum without walls” makes as much sense as a sandwich without bread.
Saturday night in Chelsea a fancy SUV slows down as I’m walking past. The driver beckons me over, says he has a question. Figure he wants directions. I can tell he’s a chauffeur, he’s got a passenger in the back. “I am from Dubai…” he says, then something I can’t make out.
January 9, 2024 at 7:10 PM
Saturday night in Chelsea a fancy SUV slows down as I’m walking past. The driver beckons me over, says he has a question. Figure he wants directions. I can tell he’s a chauffeur, he’s got a passenger in the back. “I am from Dubai…” he says, then something I can’t make out.
Tonight I had the pleasant surprise to discover an apparently independent movie theater in Queens. Kew Gardens Cinema, a real neighborhood theater. And just $12 tickets! Recommended if you’re in Kew Gardens and want to see a movie.
January 8, 2024 at 1:40 AM
Tonight I had the pleasant surprise to discover an apparently independent movie theater in Queens. Kew Gardens Cinema, a real neighborhood theater. And just $12 tickets! Recommended if you’re in Kew Gardens and want to see a movie.
boxd.it/8dgEb I just signed up for this
January 5, 2024 at 12:02 AM
boxd.it/8dgEb I just signed up for this