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Caganerwatch 2013: What Is A Caganer?
Every year, I am asked this question whenever I launch Caganerwatch: What, pray tell, is a caganer anyway?
A Caganer (Catalan pronunciation: [kəɣəˈne], Western Catalan: [kaɣaˈne]) is a figurine depicted in the act of defecation appearing in nativity scenes in Catalonia and neighbouring areas with Catalan culture such as Andorra, Valencia, Northern ( Read more... ) -
保護 (ほご) - "Protection"
My name translates as "protection" in 漢字. The reading of 保護 is ほご hogo.
I converted 漢字 into a seal. Here.
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Caganerwatch 2013 Begins
Every year, there is always someone who puts up an amusing Yuletide decoration somewhere. This year, it's the turn of this fan of Calvin and Hobbes.
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Happy Birthday Owlkeeper!
Many Happy Returns, owlkeeper! -
Rika Ohara's Carmilla
Just a reminder about Rika Ohara's movie, Carmilla.
Carmilla by J. Sheridan Le Fanu (1872) preceded Bram Stoker’s Dracula by 25 years and inspired the latter. My new film, Carmilla, places Le Fanu’s female vampire against the backdrop of historical conflict between the East and the West, and finds the origin of the popular myth in racial and ( Read more... ) -
The Great Hiatus
It is time for me to sign off for a time.
Tomorrow, it's off to the hospital for me for some much-needed gall bladder surgery. When I get back after the op, I'll post here to let people know I've returned. And at that point, I'm off for a time until I feel human enough to rejoin the world.
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NaNoWriMo 2013
NaNoWriMo 2013 has begun. -
Twitter
Following complaints from some of my friends, I've suspended posts from my Twitter account.
