tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-77071552090058983982012-01-01T02:02:31.805+09:00Jamie's Internet home. I have nothing cute to add.Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02471462689212001027noreply@blogger.comBlogger601100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7707155209005898398.post-91550387169126632932012-01-01T02:00:00.002+09:002012-01-01T02:01:35.292+09:00

It's been a while. I almost forgot I had this blog going. Happy New Year to everyone. Will finish the Obstacles to Space Travel posts by spring.

Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01837413543564503968noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7707155209005898398.post-14943198089301639702009-04-19T22:04:00.003+09:002009-04-19T22:09:56.661+09:00

Okay, this is my new favourite game. Nike Plus with iPod. And yes, they do offer clothes for the little avatar. I chose not to wear any.

Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01837413543564503968noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7707155209005898398.post-16955803824647537212009-02-18T22:48:00.001+09:002009-02-18T22:49:50.978+09:00

I'm going to pretend to post again. Meaning that I'm going to pretend to have the drive to make more space-like posts in the near future. I'm even going to put a little alarm on my mobile reminding to make a post. I haven't even finished a chapter of my planned series on the obstacles to space propulsion, after all. I have at least three books, a comic tie-in, a movie trilogy, and an ill-thought

Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01837413543564503968noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7707155209005898398.post-20561134567561493182008-11-21T15:22:00.002+09:002008-11-21T15:44:38.477+09:00

See? I'm only a procrastinating son, not a bad one.

Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01837413543564503968noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7707155209005898398.post-7570160287769340602008-11-01T22:08:00.001+09:002008-11-01T22:09:35.474+09:00

I'll eventually get around to posting more on here, I've just been busy with babies and bustling work schedules. Trying to find the balance.

Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01837413543564503968noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7707155209005898398.post-82950569778725778382008-09-22T10:02:00.001+09:002008-09-22T10:03:57.717+09:00

Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02471462689212001027noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7707155209005898398.post-83889344174927787532008-04-16T15:36:00.013+09:002008-04-16T16:36:46.740+09:00

Well, Douglas and Owen are off, and now the house is nice and quiet, though it's not as nice as I thought it would be.It seems that Doug and Owen brought a bunch of extra space with them from Canada, and then they forgot to take it home when they left. The apartment seems a lot bigger and emptier than it was when they got here.Dad wrote a song (or stole it, I can't remember) called the

Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01837413543564503968noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7707155209005898398.post-91785914211896605922008-04-14T12:11:00.016+09:002008-04-14T12:29:10.341+09:00

We had a few people over last night, and took lots of pictures.

Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01837413543564503968noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7707155209005898398.post-13412380136379916522008-03-12T18:20:00.005+09:002008-03-12T21:14:13.711+09:00

There are a few more pictures of Carina up at our flickr account.新しい写真はここをクリック！

Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01837413543564503968noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7707155209005898398.post-17126950283972166062008-01-29T18:19:00.001+09:002008-01-29T18:21:34.532+09:00

Torture picture. For future use.

Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01837413543564503968noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7707155209005898398.post-14296480983462326942008-01-25T12:07:00.000+09:002008-01-25T12:15:28.363+09:00

This week's Carnival of Space is awesome. You get space stuff, bad puns (read: great puns), and 30's pulp detective fiction all rolled into one.Best one yet. Visit the Sorting Out Science blog today.

Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01837413543564503968noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7707155209005898398.post-41356274895176595962008-01-19T18:15:00.000+09:002008-01-19T18:18:13.313+09:00

So, this is another picture. Her name is Carina (歌鈴奈 - カリナ), and we think she's cute.

Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01837413543564503968noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7707155209005898398.post-48630493334623498382008-01-15T16:02:00.000+09:002008-01-15T16:12:58.522+09:00

Here's some photos of the kid and the mum.　Jun was amazing.純子は本当に頑張ってた。彼女はすごかった。Winnie the Pooh!Doesn't look like she just went through labour, does she?Just ｐretending to be quiet to trick you people into thinking she's a good kid.

Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01837413543564503968noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7707155209005898398.post-25121545696982138282008-01-15T09:49:00.000+09:002008-01-15T14:27:41.140+09:00

10:00am: And we're off!13:17pm: And the baby has been born! Carina, baby girl, 3.3kg, loud, noisy, and looks like Winston Churchill. I'll post a picture when I can take one.Edited because I spelled the kids name wrong.

Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01837413543564503968noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7707155209005898398.post-18327281796488303862008-01-14T12:47:00.000+09:002008-01-14T12:50:31.029+09:00

Looks like Jun is going to drop soon. I'll let you guys know what's going on before we go to the Gyno clinic (where she's having the baby - it's like a hotel with a birthing room).

Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01837413543564503968noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7707155209005898398.post-13628742166006632962008-01-11T23:40:00.000+09:002008-01-11T23:41:17.874+09:00

Here you go. Space bloggers unite!

Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01837413543564503968noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7707155209005898398.post-87346685415288919462008-01-03T01:23:00.000+09:002008-01-03T01:39:00.257+09:00

It's faster than Firefox by a long shot. I have 6 tabs open, and I'm using the same amount of memory that Firefox uses to keep one open. While my laptop is sleek, sexy, and has an almost unlimited battery life, it has about the same amount of RAM as a digital watch.If your computer is slow, go read about Opera now. 

Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01837413543564503968noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7707155209005898398.post-18961191898367552752007-12-25T18:29:00.000+09:002007-12-25T19:52:28.426+09:00

Click on the title - or if you're too lazy to move your mouse upwards, click right here - for my last internet article for Asahi Weekly. It was great fun, but now I don't know what to do with this site now. Since Surfin' English no longer exists, I'd like to change it to something a bit more applicable to myself.I'll change it as soon as I get up the energy (I'm assuming blogger.com has a way for

Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02471462689212001027noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7707155209005898398.post-71184101940687772232007-12-06T18:59:00.000+09:002007-12-06T19:05:51.930+09:00

As the title so subtly suggests, the newest Carnival of Space is up at Robot Guy's blog.Go check it out and learn about energy, moon photo-fakery, inter-planetary travel, verbalizification of nouns, and the dramatic loss to the spam filter of a few entries to the carnival.

Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02471462689212001027noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7707155209005898398.post-23288529274439635972007-11-25T11:00:00.000+09:002007-11-25T11:02:42.225+09:00

Have a look at the new Carnival. Eventually I'll get down to writing something again, I'm just getting used to doing everything on my PS3 now that my laptop is at the shop getting re-pixelated.

Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02471462689212001027noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7707155209005898398.post-91965015734518621412007-11-19T13:21:00.000+09:002007-11-19T13:23:24.359+09:00

I talk about viruses, anti-spyware software, and Robert Heinlein. All in the same paragraph.Check it out here.

Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02471462689212001027noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7707155209005898398.post-17991044078459239882007-11-16T21:01:00.000+09:002007-11-16T21:03:18.647+09:00

There's a great picture from Japan's floaty-roboty-thing that's orbiting the Moon right now.

Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02471462689212001027noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7707155209005898398.post-82049044313787365662007-11-09T07:00:00.000+09:002007-11-09T07:04:13.320+09:00

New Carnival of Space-ificationarying up at the Planetary Blog. Go read about comets, the new planet orbiting 55 Cancri, and private exploration of Space. It's all there! Except cake!

Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02471462689212001027noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7707155209005898398.post-4527649320091359352007-11-08T07:07:00.001+09:002007-11-08T07:35:55.823+09:00

And only 36,499.907km to go!I've wanted to write an entry on NASA's Centennial Challenge program for a while now, but haven't had the chance because of silly unimportant things like work and family. Here's the original idea for a piece for Toronto's Globe and Mail. It's written with the average person in mind, so bear with the over-explanation.Five groups of Canadian university students will be

Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02471462689212001027noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7707155209005898398.post-8159858509403375132007-11-03T18:49:00.000+09:002007-11-03T18:50:46.061+09:00

Check out the Carnival of Space this week. There are a couple of really interesting posts up.

Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02471462689212001027noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7707155209005898398.post-41327481868123291302007-10-28T19:12:00.000+09:002007-10-28T21:22:08.127+09:00

As is usual after a heavy storm, the skies were crystal clear last night. In a 4am-induced flash of brilliance, I decided it would be a good idea to get the tripod and camera out and take some photos of the sky.Not this kind of tripod.Here's the thing. Taking awesome pictures of the sky is really easy. You don't need a telescope, you don't need millions of local monetary units in camera gear,

Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02471462689212001027noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7707155209005898398.post-66245736605728849422007-10-16T21:59:00.000+09:002007-10-16T22:03:08.840+09:00

Of course, I have no proof that it's my article because my name ain't on it. That's what happens when one's writing experience is limited to ESL newspapers and sporadic blog posts. Hopefully they'll become less sporadic now, but I've lied about that a million times so far so I wouldn't trust me on this if I were you.Click on the title, let me know what you think. (I can't log in to G&M right now

Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02471462689212001027noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7707155209005898398.post-39302020414212925432007-09-19T22:00:00.000+09:002007-09-19T22:08:26.423+09:00

So there's a new Asahi Weekly article, but it's not up on the site. Why is the Internet Column not posted on the Internet? Don't ask me, I just freelance.Anyway, things have been hectic and I've been out of the space sphere for a bit, I will be getting back as soon as the Tokyo Game Show is finished and I get a few articles written for it. I'll be continuing the Obstacles to Space Exploration

Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02471462689212001027noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7707155209005898398.post-53953216851300173692007-08-24T21:47:00.000+09:002007-08-24T21:49:12.072+09:00

One of the Asahi readers got caught up in a scam last month after clicking through a few ads coming from one of the sites I talked about. So, I wrote this article.

Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02471462689212001027noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7707155209005898398.post-12350563400063813152007-07-11T21:22:00.000+09:002007-07-11T22:45:41.537+09:00

Space pirates have been a popular meme in science fiction and fantasy since we've had literary genres called science fiction and fantasy. They have appeared in Dr. Who, numerous Japanese anime and manga, Adams' Hitchhiker's Guide, and pretty much every other book, television series, or movie that featured people living in space.Why are they prevalent? Well, people still have the funny idea that

Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02471462689212001027noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7707155209005898398.post-46259374324055729442007-07-05T16:13:00.000+09:002007-07-05T16:14:12.441+09:00

And it's got so many rocket entries, I was late for work. Go check it out at Why Homeschool.

Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02471462689212001027noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7707155209005898398.post-68763696416486405542007-07-05T00:10:00.001+09:002007-07-05T15:00:41.722+09:00

[updated: 0550UTC]In last week’s poorly organized and hastily written article we discussed the dangers of foreign objects hitting our beautiful spaceship during launch, orbit, and landing.Jennifer M has a nice backyardBut as any 7 year old knows, there’s only so much exploration you can do from your backyard. Not including live action role-players and 7 year olds, for most of us, imagining our

Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02471462689212001027noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7707155209005898398.post-38340318394047393122007-06-30T00:46:00.000+09:002007-06-30T00:48:56.339+09:00

I forgot to put this up yesterday, but here goes. Carnival of Space #9 is here, just click on the link and enjoy a whole bunch of space stuff. Most of it went completely over my head, but man there are some pretty pictures.

Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02471462689212001027noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7707155209005898398.post-1918366439761650832007-06-27T19:57:00.003+09:002010-06-17T13:22:20.106+09:00

From Air and Space. Why? I have no ideaSpace travel is dangerous. And not just because of loneliness, muscle loss, bone shrink, and poor foot hygiene. There are a bunch of things out there that we have to watch out for, and this week and next we will look at a couple of them. This week: impacts! Impacts The chances of our beautiful extra-solar-traveling rocket ship ever being hit by something are

Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02471462689212001027noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7707155209005898398.post-88980517606906249092007-06-22T07:13:00.000+09:002007-06-22T07:17:16.949+09:00

Fraser over at Universe Today has the newest Carnival of Space posted. Lots of stuff about exploding stars, space colonists who don't think we need to bother going to space, and...black holes consuming the Earth?It's wierd. It's wonderful. Get over there.

Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02471462689212001027noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7707155209005898398.post-66253626839056114552007-06-18T11:09:00.000+09:002007-06-18T11:13:26.370+09:00

The June Surf 'n' English article is up at Asahi's website. This month I talked about Japanese bloggers, or rather foreign bloggers who talk about Japan. Check out the article if you feel like it, and then head over to www.japanprobe.com, www.gaijinsmash.net, and ampontan.wordpress.com to see the blogs.

Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02471462689212001027noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7707155209005898398.post-77220231938039130692007-06-14T17:18:00.000+09:002007-06-14T17:24:00.164+09:00

There's a new carnival of space up, and it continues to remind me why it's fun to waste time on the net reading stuff about space written by other space nerds.Carnival of Space #7

Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02471462689212001027noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7707155209005898398.post-62125661061752914212007-06-13T23:08:00.000+09:002007-06-30T14:54:54.770+09:00

Source darrscleaning.comWaste disposal in space stinks. This week, we look at one way to get the stink out.The International Space Station, the American, and the Russian space fleets dispose of garbage in similar ways. Russian and American manned orbital missions are pretty short, so their waste can be stored and disposed off after landing. The astronauts on the ISS pack their waste into a

Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02471462689212001027noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7707155209005898398.post-56629115651191953392007-06-06T22:19:00.000+09:002007-06-06T22:20:32.175+09:00

Will be back shortly to finish the Obstacles to Space Exploration series. I'm just trying to finish up a couple of articles that might make me some money.And I pulled my groin in Karate class. But I'm not sure anyone cares about that.

Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02471462689212001027noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7707155209005898398.post-68130461174165722722007-05-24T17:04:00.000+09:002007-05-24T17:17:44.086+09:00

Have a look at this week's Carnival of Space by clicking on the post title. There are some great posts in it this week, and some fantastic pictures.

Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02471462689212001027noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7707155209005898398.post-31551328072154542892007-05-23T22:02:00.001+09:002007-06-06T16:25:36.170+09:00

Thus far we've talked about how we get into space, what we eat, and how we keep from choking.Today we're going to look at how astronauts stay physically healthy when travelling around the universe. (This is a relatively short and unadorned entry. I just found out my wife is pregnant and I keep drawing pictures of what my bank balance is going to look like in two years. Think of space, and take

Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02471462689212001027noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7707155209005898398.post-3000502020047357152007-05-21T22:46:00.000+09:002007-05-22T20:46:26.651+09:00

I actually planned on having an extra for this month's Asahi article with hundreds of links to ex-patriate clubs, meeting places and times, and maybe some pictures of elephants, but it turns out there aren't any ex-patriate clubs in Japan with websites.If anyone knows different, please send me an email. In the meantime, you can read the article at the Asahi Weekly site.

Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02471462689212001027noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7707155209005898398.post-8246392111486626012007-05-18T07:02:00.000+09:002007-05-18T07:04:18.182+09:00

Have a look at the next carnival of space by clicking on the post title. There are quite a few big astronomy bloggers involved, and there are some great posts.

Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02471462689212001027noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7707155209005898398.post-46907529024408922072007-05-14T01:29:00.000+09:002007-05-19T00:26:57.173+09:00

Obstacles to Space Exploration Part III: Air[Note: If you can't see any images in this post, please let me know. Something broke in the blogger server. Maybe they just didn't expect me to get so many hits in one day.]All unattributed pics either courtesy ESA/NASA, or I drew them in MSPaint.So where does air come from? This is an easy one. On Earth, our air is made up of a bunch of different gases

Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02471462689212001027noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7707155209005898398.post-4584324487873987652007-05-12T15:37:00.000+09:002007-05-12T16:22:32.845+09:00

A few weeks ago popular news aggregator Fark.com had a makeover, and in the wake of the change, members hijacked pretty much every thread to talk about the new look. Some hated it, some loved it, and some were indifferent to anything other than how to avoid doing work that day (and wanted to tell everyone else about their indifference).Then someone – perhaps in a fit of ire at the unwanted font

Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02471462689212001027noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7707155209005898398.post-62797061019717104362007-05-04T21:55:00.000+09:002007-05-04T22:25:28.645+09:00

This is an article I did for Asahi Weekly in December 2006. It was the most fun to research because we ate a gross of brand new dishes for the next two months. It was freaking great.--I stole this from Gastronomy Domine. Don't steal it.My wife and I have a problem; we are addicted to change. We move to new apartments in order to have a change of scenery, we buy new curtains TOO often, but most

Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02471462689212001027noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7707155209005898398.post-81586706256679980152007-04-27T13:56:00.000+09:002007-04-27T13:59:03.695+09:00

So apparently I was right. I read this story on fark last night, and then tried to find info on it in the Japanese media. I found nothing but a 2chan entry about it. This is the only thing I dislike about the internet. Pretty much everyone believes everything they read, just because it's about "insert nation X here".

Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02471462689212001027noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7707155209005898398.post-14943468890139854352007-04-26T15:14:00.000+09:002007-04-26T15:16:24.455+09:00

Why Homeschool: The first Carnival of SpaceHere's a cool thing to take a look at if you've got a few minutes. The Carnival of Space puts a bunch of space bloggers in one spot, making it easier to get your daily space-geek fix. Some of them talk about NASA, some about propulsion and its associated engineering problems, and all of them are space geeks. I've read through all the linked blogs, and

Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02471462689212001027noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7707155209005898398.post-80300164359755932082007-04-22T23:06:00.000+09:002007-04-25T18:08:37.937+09:00

Artist's rendering of the Nuclear Pulse Drive Spacecraft courtesy of NASAI love rocketships! I am the author of the article below. The original can be found at http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A3708669. I’m basically rewriting it to make it easier to understand, and to make it suck less. I think the first time I wrote it, I was trying too hard to be funny, and not hard enough to get across the

Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02471462689212001027noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7707155209005898398.post-52928071132865023382007-04-20T02:06:00.000+09:002007-04-22T23:06:11.348+09:00

I'm trying to fix the layout of the site and am running into some HTML problems. The biggest problem being that I suck at HTML. If it looks wierd for you, please let me know by sending me an email. I'll fix it right away.

Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02471462689212001027noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7707155209005898398.post-92084328770156281932007-04-18T14:40:00.000+09:002007-05-09T19:55:29.626+09:00

Image courtesy NASA and archives.govA couple of years ago I wrote a couple of articles for the BBC's Hitch-hiker's Guide to the Galaxy, a website based on the encyclopedia in the book of the same name by Douglas Adams. I wrote them a few weeks after getting to Japan, when I was desperate for any English interaction whatsoever, and they were pretty fun to research. I was soon waylaid by Fark and

Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02471462689212001027noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7707155209005898398.post-41059143058357852732007-04-13T00:57:00.000+09:002007-04-20T17:08:00.210+09:00

picture ©2006 Paul Devlin Productions. I borrowed it, but you can't.This post isn't exactly for English learners, but it's cool anyway. Blast was the project that I was lucky enough to get a chance to work on when I was doing my undergraduate work in Toronto. And now they have a movie! Take a look at the trailer for it by clicking on the picture above. It's an interesting look at how science is

Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02471462689212001027noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7707155209005898398.post-4793405027036810832007-04-02T19:42:00.000+09:002007-04-16T23:57:38.385+09:00

I'm going to write updates for the previous articles I have written. This is a quick update of one from May 2006.Comics are a big part of Japanese literature, more so than in English-speaking countries, and they can be a great way to learn how people really speak English. Some of the comics below are difficult, but use the dictionaries on the right hand side of this page to help you out. A big

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Howdy, folks. Sorry this update is a bit late, but I was busy writing two other articles and completely forgot.Don't forget! We are here to find different ways to practice our English online. If you are interested in a topic, and you'd like me to research it for you, please let me know by sending an email to surfin.english@gmail.com. It's always better to read about something you are interested

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I received an email last night asking, "what's the difference between almost and most?"There is one difference between "almost" and "most". If you can remember it, you will never make an "almost" mistake again.Almost is an adverb and most is an adjective. Adverbs can modify pretty much anything you like. They can modify verbs, adjectives, and other adverbs. Adjectives can only modify nouns.

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Sorry, I got your email, but when I tried to answer your server said your email was incorrect. (I don't understand why either). If you want, I can just answer your email on this site, or you can ask any questions you have by commenting here. Click on "comments" just below this, and you will be able to post. I have to confirm the post, so it won't show up right away.James

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This image comes from GaijinSmash.net, so don't steal it, it ain't mine.One of the most difficult things to learn in a new language is humour. This doesn't mean that humour itself is different - Manzai would be popular everywhere because it's so silly, and people love Jackie Chan in every language he has been translated into (if not, they should). Physical humour is the same everywhere, and

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Image copyright Al-Jazeera, taken from BrandChannel.comAs I mention in the paper article this month, a big part of learning a new language is learning about all of the different people who speak it.And one of the greatest things about the internet - sometimes one of the most annoying - is the number of different points of view we can find. So, here are some of the sites I researched that I

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COMET MCNAUGHT, photographed after sunset on January 7 from Bad Mergentheim, Germany.This picture is copyright Jens Hackmann and I found it on the Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD) website. Click on the picture to see a larger version.Here is our first supplemental Surfin' English blog. Remember, this blog will sometimes be a little harder to read than the article in the Asahi Weekly. I will

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Starting in the new year, this blog will host extra features that complement the Surfin' English column in the Asahi Weekly newspaper. It will be separated into Basic, Intermediate, and Advanced links, when available.While researching each month's column I usually come across a lot of great sites that can't be included in the article because of difficulty, space, or just because I don't think it

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