Archive for February, 2007

Golden Gate Bridge

Feb 20 2007 Published by under Uncategorized

For some dang reason, they transliterated “gift shop” into Japanese syllables, then Romanized it back, resulting in “GIFUTO SHOPPU”, which they put next to the perfectly-fine Japanese “omiyageya”. I really don’t know who they wrote it for… Japanese speakers who know the alphabet but not any Japanese characters?

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Golden Gate Bridge

Feb 20 2007 Published by under Uncategorized

Looking up, the towers seemed horizontal, and I felt like I could step onto one and sprint out to the end of it.

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Golden Gate Bridge

Feb 20 2007 Published by under Uncategorized

Andrew, hachi and I visited the Golden Gate Bridge. The marriage of apparent human sympathy and pragmatic metal signage impressed me almost as much as all the mighty engineering. I really can’t even imagine the state of mind someone would have to be in to consider jumping off a bridge, and I wonder how often this phone gets used. I have also recently wondered how many people regret their decision in mid-air. I think that’s probably one of the worst feelings you could ever have.

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Andrew

Feb 08 2007 Published by under Uncategorized

Andrew likes to take photographs. He and I wandered around the San Francisco area together for a couple of days after the conference. We found some fine views, like this one near the elevator in our hotel.

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