

On Advertisements - Ramza
An advertisement that caught my eye recently was a small dialogue box in the corner of a Japanese media player website (like YouTube, but...


On Holy Communion
As accounted in St. Justin Martyr's "First Apology" (circa.155 AD), the Roman Catholic Church celebrates the sacrament of the Eucharist....


Meeting My Idols
I had the honour of meeting Director Arnie Roth and Nobuo Uematsu. I was more than humbled for Uematsu and Roth to introduce me to two...
On My Narrative Weakness
My narrative weakness is my tendency to default to logos in any narrative prose. When I write, it is far easier for me to tackle a topic...
On My Writer's Tool Box
In my writer's toolbox I keep a motley crew of things. In regards to physically writing words, I like to keep a Thesaurus on hand. In...
On Bitzer and Exigency
In regards to Bitzer's "The Rhetorical Situation", a rhetorical situation can easily be defined as a conglomerate of potential exigency...


週有光
Today we honour Zhou Youguang, the "Father of Pinyin". He and his committee developed Pinyin, the romanization of Chinese characters....


Did you know? Japan
Did you know? Japan 你知道吗? 日本 知ってますか?日本 お風呂 means "To Take a Bath" and is pronounced "ofuro". The joke is that "ofuro" sounds like "off"...


Did you know? Chinese
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