Entries from January 2008

January 25, 2008

Word of the Day:Natto

When the mail came today, there were letters from the two Japanese middle school students who will be staying with us in April. This is the third year that we have hosted Japanese students. I’m not sure why we do it. Yeah, sure, I want to expose my kids to another culture. Yeah, [...]

January 24, 2008

Word of the Day: Nube

Call me a mad nube. I don’t know, maybe it’s spelled noob (rhymes with boob). From what I have gleaned from driving my son, Lewis, and his friends around, a nube is someone who doesn’t have a clue. A newbie, if you will. Mad, as I understand it, describes anything in the extreme [...]