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I never get to see glacial potholes...

> I just sent you an invite detailing the outing. It's not quite as crazy as I described it to be, but it is pertty cool.

How could we say no to such wanton contempt for the law and such callous disregard for personal safety? The answer is, quite clearly, that we can't. Sounds like fun.

> And we would be up for a soccer game on the 27th. I might have a friend who'd like ot come too.

How do you want to handle the tix. I could get them and we'll sort things out later. Let me know if your friend wants to go for sure.

BTW, I met this totally kickass Japanese girl at that conference last week. She's a grad student in Japan and she's trying to shake up the system and become a professor. I'm sure you can appreciate how against the grain that is for a Japanese woman. She is actually going to visit our lab for a couple of months early next year. I'll have to introduce you.

While we are on the subject, let me tap your knowledge of Japan. I've heard this before, but what do the suffixes -chan and -san mean when following someone's name? I saw it written out for the first time in a email with some of our Japanese colleagues and it occured to me that I really didn't know what it means or what the difference was.