Even in his heart the Devil has to know the water level.

Driving Woes

2007-03-12T17:31:09Z

I got into my first accident today. It wasn't a huge accident by any means. I took my eyes off the road for one moment to retrieve a stew bowl (covered only by a thin layer of aluminum foil) and hit a mailbox. It was over in a minute. My mirror ...

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A Translation of William Carlos Williams' "To a Poor Old Woman"

2006-12-03T08:05:13Z

I typically translate Japanese to English and not the other way around, but I've started to keep a Japanese blog over at mixi to practice my casual Japanese. After writing a paper on William Carlos Williams' cubist poetry, I felt compelled to shar...

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A Review of Glenn Anthony May’s Inventing a Hero: The Posthumous Re-Creation of Andres Bonifacio

2006-11-14T19:34:49Z

The historian writes and educates others about history, but he also has another obligation to the public: to retell the story of history as accurately as possible and to police others into upholding these same standar...

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Booklist 2006 - September Update

2006-10-02T04:30:06Z

Booklist 2006 1. Howl's Moving Castle 2. Shakespeare and Company 3. A Moveable Feast 4. Lockpick Pornography 5. 1 Dead in Attic 6. Why New Orleans Matters 7. Thank You For Smoking 8. Bringing UFOs Down to Earth 9. Bizarre Cases 10. Frauds, Myths,...

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Webmoney!

2006-09-21T22:18:52Z

I'm an online gamer and when I discovered beta testing was over for TokiMemo Online, I immediately felt compelled to play the game. I set up a Konami.jp account and began to enter my payment information when I realized that foreign credit cards we...

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Just when I finally settle things with Bandai...

2006-09-19T23:57:23Z

I'm a poor college student. I'm a hand-to-mouth sort of girl. Any surplus cash I have goes straight to buying books, but lately, I haven't had the money to buy anything recreational. Nearly all of the money in my checking account went to paying fo...

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Booklist 2006 - August Update

2006-09-01T08:11:36Z

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What do I have to do to get a DVD replacement over here? Part III.

2006-09-01T04:09:39Z

And, less than a week after I file a complaint with the BBB, their reply: Dear Trudy, I sincerely apologize for not replying to you sooner. Our policy is, once we have received the defective product from you, we will ship out the replacement p...

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What do I have to do to get a DVD replacement over here? Part II.

2006-08-28T19:49:06Z

After numerous attempts to contact Bandai since my last blog entry, I have filed a Better Business Bureau report against them. Hopefully, this will be enough to incite them to take action.But I'm not going to hold my breath waiting.

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What do I have to do to get a DVD replacement over here?

2006-08-24T06:54:58Z

On August 4th, I bought the Bandai AnimeLegends Escaflowne set at my local Best Buy. On August 7th, I realize that most of the disks have flaws in them. I write Bandai's Customer Service with the following response: To Whom It May Concern: I r...

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