Comments on: It’s July 4th, repatriate my blog! http://youmadam.com/2008/07/04/its-july-4th-repatriate-my-blog/ It must be time for a meal to be served... Wed, 04 Jan 2012 13:18:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Née Sei Shonagon « You, madam, are no Sei Shonagon http://youmadam.com/2008/07/04/its-july-4th-repatriate-my-blog/#comment-696 Fri, 18 Dec 2009 00:39:14 +0000 http://contemplationrose.wordpress.com/?p=321#comment-696 [...] I embraced the moment and sought a new name for this blog. What fun, I would continue the blog in America, and Ambrose Bierce would be my standard-bearer. [...]

]]> By: RaiulBaztepo http://youmadam.com/2008/07/04/its-july-4th-repatriate-my-blog/#comment-500 Sat, 28 Mar 2009 22:13:54 +0000 http://contemplationrose.wordpress.com/?p=321#comment-500 Hello!
Very Interesting post! Thank you for such interesting resource!
PS: Sorry for my bad English, I’ve just started to learn this language ;)
See you!
Your, Raiul Baztepo

]]> By: Janet http://youmadam.com/2008/07/04/its-july-4th-repatriate-my-blog/#comment-268 Thu, 10 Jul 2008 01:56:34 +0000 http://contemplationrose.wordpress.com/?p=321#comment-268 Oops. Sorry for that oversight. Should have read the “About” before mentioned Bentsen and Qualye. That said, I ran across this today in a search for something completely unrelated to you quest, but wholly apropos to the same:

http://www.kimroberts.org/writerhouse/house.html

A list of DC diarists…

Madam says: I think you just found me my new blog title, I’ll mull it over and do a post shortly, but one name, guess which one, jumped out big time.

]]> By: Janet http://youmadam.com/2008/07/04/its-july-4th-repatriate-my-blog/#comment-267 Mon, 07 Jul 2008 21:32:09 +0000 http://contemplationrose.wordpress.com/?p=321#comment-267 P.S. He wasn’t a Washingtonian, but you could quote Dickens who called Washington “the city of magnificent intentions.”

]]> By: Janet http://youmadam.com/2008/07/04/its-july-4th-repatriate-my-blog/#comment-266 Mon, 07 Jul 2008 21:31:26 +0000 http://contemplationrose.wordpress.com/?p=321#comment-266 Rather than using a diarist, you could go with the famous quote from Lloyd Bentsen when he and Dan Qualye were in a debate as vice-presidential candidates during the 1998 election cycle. Qualye compared himself to John Kennedy and Lloyd Bentsen famously remarked, “I knew John Kennedy and you, sir, are no John Kennedy.”

Madam: Thanks for this, but in fact, that quote is what my blog name currently references (in a twisted sort of way). See the About page. So, I was hoping to twist it again, from Pepys (for when I was in London), to Sei Shonagon (Japan), and find another name for DC.

]]> By: Lisa http://youmadam.com/2008/07/04/its-july-4th-repatriate-my-blog/#comment-265 Mon, 07 Jul 2008 18:30:04 +0000 http://contemplationrose.wordpress.com/?p=321#comment-265 Same as above! I lived in Osaka and Kobe for 5 years, and before that I was in Egypt for 2, before moving to DC (the suburbs, actually) in 2006. Good luck with the move, and I hope the reverse culture shock isn’t too bad. =)

Madam says: People keep warning me about reverse culture shock! Should be interesting.

]]> By: Callie http://youmadam.com/2008/07/04/its-july-4th-repatriate-my-blog/#comment-263 Mon, 07 Jul 2008 13:19:14 +0000 http://contemplationrose.wordpress.com/?p=321#comment-263 Hi there! No suggestions on the blog name, but hope you enjoy DC. I moved here from Japan too, and love it here. Also, you have some fantastic photos on your blog. The hydrangeas are looking lovely this year.

Madam says: Thanks for the kind welcome. I’d love to hear more about your time in Japan. Where did you live? From your blog I see you’re leaving DC soon. I don’t want to leave Japan, but I look forward to being back in the States after five years.

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