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Sumimasen! Crosswalk Music!
I can't recommend the movie Lost in Translation to anyone I know. It's an R-rated film with an uninspiring story and scenes you'd...
sursumcorda, 25 July 2006 |
Swing Girls
If you live in the United States, you may never have a chance to see the movie, Swing Girls . It is presently unavailable in this...
Weekend July 22nd-23rd (adventure with exchange students...
Saturday morning I did my best to do productive work even though I was still sad and unmotivated from having said goodbye to Shirane....
Coping Strategies for RETHINKers
Home Education Magazine has a great article by Deborah Markus called Being a Cheerful Rebel . Sometimes being a nonconformist...
The Resistance - Neil Postman
[R]esistance entails conceiving of parenting as an act of rebellion against American culture. For example, for parents merely to...
The Resistance - Cal Thomas
True power remains with individuals. Ultimately we have the power to shape and even change lives. It is unleashed when...
RETHINK - I Never Expected to Be a Revolutionary, but Our...
We always expected our children to surpass their parents; after all, they have the advantage of standing on our shoulders, and of...
Update July 18th-21st Last Week of School
Time is flying by and I only have two more weeks in Japan . I’m finding it so hard to believe I’m not living like it’s...
Hippo Family Club Homestay #2 (July 15th-17th)
On the long weekend (Sat.-Mon.) I went with two families from Hippo to a condo in Nagano . Biki and Piccolo (Hippo nicknames) and...
Last Day of School
Today I smiled a lot and said "matta ne" to the students and teachers at Shirane high school. Many people waved goodbye...
To Shirane Students!
Hello! Thanks for looking at my homepage! Four students have E-mailed me! I'm so happy! You can write, too! I will miss Shirane...
Jonathan Quote of the Day
We brought Noah to church, but he's still nice. Jonathan loves going to church, so I'm not at all sure what he meant...
Jonathan and Aunt Janet
I've mentioned before that Jonathan is highly verbal, especially for a two year old boy. I hate stereotypes and the judgement of...
What Hath Postmodernism Wrought?
While doing a Google search for a friend's blog, I came upon this exchange on someone else's blog. To be fair, I know nothing about...
Unwarranted Sex Discrimination Is Alive and Well
When Larry Summers, then President of Harvard, dared suggest that genetic differences between men and women might, in general,...
Janet Stars in Kabuki (July 11, 2006)
Miwako invited me to go to a kabuki concert a long time ago and I’d never seen it so I accepted even though the ticket was like...
Overview Update June 27-July14
Gomen ne! Sorry I haven’t written in ages! Life has been a bit stressful here in Japan as I’m trying to get ready to leave...
The Visitation
The Visitation , by Frank Peretti (W Publishing Group, Nashville, Tennessee, 2003) I believe it was Samuel Goldwyn who said,...
"Breast Is Best" -- But We're Telling the Wrong People
From what I read, people are getting tired of hearing about the benefits of human milk for human babies. Let's stop making mothers who...
Big Dig Collapse
The sad thing is, I'm not surprised. During the 18 months we lived near Boston we heard a lot about the Big Dig, experienced...
Am I My Brother's Jailor?
The State of Florida has seized a woman's assets and imprisoned her because they think they can make better decisions for her than she...
Sauce for the Gander
A 62-year-old British woman is being called selfish, ridiculous, irresponsible, and unnatural because of the recent birth of her son ,...
Noah: The Babymoon
"Babymoon" is a term that didn't exist when I was having babies. I'm not too clear on the definition even now. To some it...
Noah: On the Eighth Day
At his one-week appointment today, Noah weighed in at 10 pounds 15 ounces! That's a 12-ounce gain from birth. Jonathan had gained 11...
My Kind of Fireworks
Congratulations, Discovery! A shuttle launch is my favorite kind of fireworks, and makes a great Independence Day show as far as...