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そうであろう。英語では “casting pearls before swine”ということわざがあるが、そのとうりでもけっこうだ。観念論者, ç©ºè«–å®¶ã‚‚ä¸­ã«ã„ã‚‹ã€‚ç§ã‚‚ãã†ã‹ï¼Ÿã€€ã„ã„ã€‚æ€ã†ã“ã¨ã‚’ã¡ã‚ƒã‚“ã¨ã„ã†ã€‚éš ã™ã®ãŒå˜˜ã‚’ã¤ãã¨ã©ã†é•ã†ï¼Ÿã€€
　鏡をみる適時がいつでも？　みて喜ぶ人が多い？　みたらどうか？　満足？　その質問をする私は悪い？　
　私の他に、その疑問をする人はたくさんいる？　そうであれば幸いであろう。

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I’ve been looking for a word that describes an unhealthy degree of interest in blood-n-guts things, or person-harms-person things that one might typically see, and some might sometimes applaud, during prime-time on the idiot box.
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On the Day we Die
Space and Time will Matter Less
And so will Matter

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When I was at St. George’s Academy, the kindly, aged Nurse administered a hearing test to the students. It was obvious that she had calibrated the machine herself, because from the moment I put the earphones on, I plainly heard the tone, which was not supposed to be audible until she turned the dial.

From a recent correspondence:
> Heh heh… Someone Googled up the following:
> 30 pieces of silver 501c3
>
> Your blog comes up #3
As I wrote in my essay on ethics, I’m doing JRPottery no favors by blogging. That’s OK, I don’t mind continuing to live frugally. I do truly fear what this country is becoming, a […]

Actually, Sensei said to me, “O-meh no kimochi kankeh neeh, yo!”, which is Okayama Dialect for the title of this essay.
At the time, I was a misty-eyed liberal, just graduated from college. The statement was shocking to me, I (for once) was at a loss for words! Thank Goodness, I surely would have […]

My “Senpai”, ‘elder apprentice’, and I built a kiln while I was in Japan.
Not long into the process, we ran into a big rock, right where the kiln was to go. We tried to move it with a backhoe, it was too big; we tried to dig it out, but it seemed to be […]