Again, I'm finishing my (probably late) cards this weekend. For those who want one, please respond with your mailing address.

All responses to this will be screened.

Here is our address for all sorts of holiday cards:

好熊良謝と鶴川狩
ראג'ר ניסטרם וקארל ינג
Roger Nyström & Carl Young
4010 N. Brandywine
Building 4, Apartment 422
Peoria, IL 61614

Respond with your addy if you'd like cards from us as well.

... no, not that way. Not this time, at least. ^^;;;;

I mentioned looking at old Japanese books, which in turn had me looking at an old Hakunin Isshu card set; I was going to show Carl the game, which is still played to this day, and I found this page, featuring the "Hen-Tsukuri Karuta", and its modern variant Kanji Hakushi. The basic concept is ( Read more... )

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nytemarewulf is sending out the cards tomorrow; if you want a card -- the first in two years -- and HAVEN'T given an address, please respond to this post! All responses are, naturally, screened.

好熊良謝と鶴川狩
ראג'ר ניסטרם וקארל ינג
Roger Nyström & Carl Young
4010 N. Brandywine
Building 4, Apartment 422
Peoria, IL 61614

If you'd like one in return, please respond here; all responses will be screened. And yes, cards will return this year after the last two years of fiascos. I do apologize to all who asked for cards and never got them --

Like I said in an earlier post, the cards will be late, and only a few have given me an address to send them a card. If you're still interested in one of 50 (or 25, if the number remains low like this) cards coming after the holiday which is depicted on the card, please reply with your address. Assume that I don't know your address just to be ( Read more... )

Sorry about no Multilingual Monday post yesterday -- I just got here to Romeoville for the week with my folks, and prior to that visited ( Read more... )