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My oodness, I actually find myself agreeing with you on something, Aniar. Kids shos are getting dumber and dumber. Whatever happened to Mr. Dress-up and shows like his? Well, Mr. ...

Seeing how long some of these lists are, I'm wondering how anyone really can choose a favourite. I read too much to pick just one, or even a short list ...

No, you confused me because kyoukai mean church. Kyokai is something comepletely different. Remember, chizu and chiizu. You don't want to be asking a the clerk at the travel shop ...

Yes, that's true. They don't usually use it unless speaking to a person whose name they don't know. I actually haven't been studying it for a long time, though I ...

Oh yeah, that happened to me with an author I used to read all the time. I regret to say that I bought many of her books at the time. ...

I totally agree with you, mouse. The whole world isn't all one identical culture, as much as some people would like it to be, and language is an integral part ...

Here's another one I just thought of from Japanese. Chizu means map, but if you hold the I a bit longer, it means cheese.

I have a new favourite. Zel, by Donna Jo Napoli When I first heard about it, I didn't think anyone would be able to do it, but she managed to ...

Who the heck is this? (I think too many people were posting at the same time. I'm asking my question again.) What were you thinking right before the last time ...

I wonder what I should ask. What were you think right before the last time you read something you had written in front of a group of people.

Not influencing people to believe what you believe, whether forceful or not, has nothing to do with "the one true religion." I don't believe there is any true religion. To ...

Too true. Too true. I was thoroughly annoyed when I found out about all the Christian symbolism in the Narnia books. I could have easily figured it out on my ...

There's no need to feel bad about crying in a movie theatre, or while reading a book. All that means is that the filmmakers and writers did their job when ...

I'm not necessarily anti-religion. I'm against using religion to claim superiority, to harm other people, as an excuse to take people's rights away, or to make certain people seem less ...

Today I was watching a show called "The Writing Life." It's a show that profiles Canadian authors. I watch it to get a glimps of the professional world I will ...