@jamesinjapan How did you explain quiddich, strumpling, and jigabord? It'd be darn near impossible to use my employers "method" for Potter.
Tuesday March 2nd 2010 10:42:14 AM

Alrighty ... reports are done for today. Just in time for lesson #1 . Then some website design, and finally a class at a customer's office :)
Tuesday March 2nd 2010 10:40:53 AM

@jamesinjapan I was kidding, of course. I had one student talk for an hour about the 3 kinds of kanji, but it was instigated by him, not me.
Tuesday March 2nd 2010 10:38:47 AM

@jamesinjapan Ah, that's my bad. People come to learn English and French from me, then I use their lesson time to ask them how to read kanji
Tuesday March 2nd 2010 10:26:05 AM

3 hours of German will give me the ability to introduce myself and order a coffee, yet this one guy expects to negotiate in German next week
Tuesday March 2nd 2010 10:19:38 AM

I sometimes wonder why people take 4 lessons in a foreign language and then wonder why their ability hasn't improved any #StrangeCustomer s
Tuesday March 2nd 2010 10:17:23 AM

@jamesinjapan Every morning's a good morning when you've got two scoops of raisins :D
Tuesday March 2nd 2010 10:13:56 AM

@hanekomu ひどい～ ;_;
Tuesday March 2nd 2010 10:12:20 AM

@kenleewrites Hmm ... maybe. Heaven forbid someone learns the fine art of balancing work and home :P
Tuesday March 2nd 2010 10:10:12 AM

@glen_malley Indeed. Surely there have been other workaholics here in the past, though ... no? マイヤー ... time to focus on reports n' stuff :/
Tuesday March 2nd 2010 10:01:16 AM

I should be a little more careful about what I write on here. Co-workers don't read my Tweets, but it's not impossible to see them :/
Tuesday March 2nd 2010 09:53:55 AM

@Paul_Hartrick We have those, already... they're called "books". My wife isn't a technophobe, but she doesn't like spending 円 for it, either
Tuesday March 2nd 2010 09:52:21 AM

Half of the Japanese staff here bitch and moan about how lazy foreigners are. I finish stuff on time, and they don't even pay attention. WTF
Tuesday March 2nd 2010 09:50:13 AM

"$&'"#%$'"%$#"%$#!!!!oneeleven! I put something on someone's desk LAST WEEK and they just noticed it today?!?! Why do I even bother working?
Tuesday March 2nd 2010 09:49:16 AM

Hmm ... can I unfollow myself?
Tuesday March 2nd 2010 09:48:06 AM

@Paul_Hartrick Blasphemy! Apple releases yesteryear's technology when they deem us fool consumers ready to use them and not a moment before!
Tuesday March 2nd 2010 09:46:02 AM

@Paul_Hartrick We have 3 phones (hers, mine, and the mother-in-laws) total about 11,000円 a month. She's a savings master ...
Tuesday March 2nd 2010 09:43:54 AM

Alright ... time for sleep. Early day tomorrow, and lots to accomplish before noon. おやすみなさい...
Monday March 1st 2010 10:32:20 PM

Whoops ... passed 5000 tweets today without even realizing the nice round number! Now to catch up to @shinpuren ... :P
Monday March 1st 2010 10:25:39 PM

Ya know what I love about McAfee? It uses untold CPU cycles for the most useless of activities. Yay, Norton's not the only horrid AV tool!
Monday March 1st 2010 10:21:15 PM

Right now prepping my notebook for a possible take-over attempt tomorrow at the office. Scrubbing it of anything that could raise questions.
Monday March 1st 2010 10:16:08 PM

@jamesinjapan Should have bought a WinMo phone. Instead of playing music, it'd either freeze or reboot. Both are nice and quiet :)
Monday March 1st 2010 10:12:42 PM

@naomiyaki Nice. I wonder if this can be used over a network with multiple computers searching the same collection of photos ...
Monday March 1st 2010 10:05:43 PM

@Paul_Hartrick As it is, she gets a little upset when my bill is over 4200円 ... I dunno how I'd explain the iPhone's monthly fee
Monday March 1st 2010 10:04:17 PM

@Paul_Hartrick I would, but I'd have to conveniently "lose" my relatively new cell phone and simultaneously convince the Mrs. of a data plan
Monday March 1st 2010 10:03:08 PM