Monthly Archives: August 2007

P.D.Q. Bach

Posted on August 30, 2007 by Clay

Way back in college a friend introduced me to P.D.Q. Bach. For those who haven’t heard of this particular son of Johann Sebastian Bach, allow me to explain.* Professor Peter Schickele has made it his life’s work (four decades) to … Continue reading →

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ひさしぶり！

Posted on August 29, 2007 by Clay

It has been a while, but I just completed a new video. I’ve spent much of my free time recently working on the new TJP, but I really love making videos. I am far from good at it (yet), but … Continue reading →

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週末はどうだった？

Posted on August 28, 2007 by Clay

Just wasted (half empty) – invested (half full) – seven minutes and fifty-two seconds watching a video on Youtube. The video editing was well done; the Japanese pronunciation… not as well done, but five stars for giving it the ole … Continue reading →

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Mahalo

Posted on August 27, 2007 by Clay

First, sorry for not posting so far this week. I could tell you all about how I was kidnapped by aliens and forced to eat natto whilest, and at the same time, listening to rap music, but the truth is … Continue reading →

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Adobe CS3

Posted on August 23, 2007 by Clay

Problems installing Adobe Illustrator CS3 on Windows XP Pro I’ll try to stick with Japanese topics, but I thought I’d share this just in case it helps ‘the next feller’. A few months ago I decided I wanted a quality … Continue reading →

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Grammar Point Revision #2

Posted on August 21, 2007 by Clay

Here is another installment from the revised Fast Track Japanese Grammar pages. Again, the goal of the series is simplicity and simplicity. Please leave any comments or questions! Making questions か Making questions in Japanese is easy! — REALLY! Usually … Continue reading →

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Blog Stats Improving

Posted on August 21, 2007 by Clay

Technorati is a site that categorizes and ranks millions of blogs. I’ve been watching this blog’s progress closely. A little over a month ago our ranking (among all other blogs ranked by Technorati, was a whopping 1,357,685. That means 1,357,684 … Continue reading →

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Grammar Pages

Posted on August 20, 2007 by Clay

About a year ago Paul_b did a lot of work on the grammar pages at TJP. (See here) He expanded (and corrected when necessary) my old pages. Thanks to Paul for all the hard work! I hope we will see … Continue reading →

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How NOT to Ask for a Link

Posted on August 20, 2007 by Clay

I get a lot of link requests by email for TheJapanesePage.com. The sad thing is 99% of the email requests are spam – or I consider it spam since they are obviously automated and impersonal. I’ll explain below but here … Continue reading →

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春のワルツ & 大いなる新人

Posted on August 19, 2007 by Clay

Here’s this week’s report on the Sunday Korean drama. – 春のワルツ Finally Philip (poor Philip) tells The Onion the truth about お兄さん. Far from being a cold hearted monster who left her alone after her surgery as a kid, it … Continue reading →

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