Buon Anno a Tutti. It’s the Year of the Rat (or Big Mouse).

It’s 2008 and we have the Beijing Olympics coming up in August.  In fact, the Olympics will start on August 8th, which is the eighth day of the eighth month. In China, 8-08 is also known as Father’s Day.  That’s because the pronunciation of the word eight in Chinese is “ba”.  Put eight and eight [...]