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  • My Dog Ate It

    God love the Japanese. They come up with the craziest inventions, such as the Head Stabilizer for those who fall asleep on the train, or the Cuddle Pillow for the lonely among us. But I read that the toy company, Takara …

  • Summer Rerun: The Yakuza and the wimp

    In the previous post, I had a little fun at the expense of an innocent passerby--I do not assign any ulterior motive to his actions. Well, in the interest of fairness and openness, I should reveal that I too have had my …

  • On Long Commutes

    On Saturday, when I went to M's friend's house for dinner, we talked about riding the train home from work. One person said that he noticed that very few passengers do what the Japanese do--read a book or listen to music…

  • Entomophobia II

    The Cicada Days are fast approaching. According to sources, the cicada are due to emerge sometime between May 14 and 18 and will be above ground shedding, screeching, mating, laying eggs, and dying until the end of June.…

  • Pure Relationships

    F or some years, now, I have had my students read an article from Sapio, a biweekly magazine in Japan. Perhaps a bit dated (1998.10.28), the article is interesting nonetheless. The title--loosely translated--is …

  • To the sun

    Cox comes through againAgain, the geniuses at Cox did something that screwed up their lines and I was suddenlty left with no Internet for an afternoon. I wish they'd screw up when I'm at work, not when I'm at home... A…

  • Hi, you're on the air for...

    O3: Tripping over a YakuzaThat's Onsen 3, if you haven't been paying attention...With Cboy918, Kizyr, Vlade, Msbliss, Petey, BluJazz, the Vixen, Nefarious, Omega-man, Mr. Mephisto, a Ninja, Mystic Creator, and my lon…

  • Onsen

    Update: Ups to zhuzhu for a solid heads up... Last nights dream... Zettonv was talking about a weird dream he had fighting some martial art with a broken arm. How does he manage to remember his dreams? I always for…

  • The American who could speak English

    I have spent many years in Japan and I fancy myself an adequate teacher of Japanese Language and Lit, but I was born and raised in SoCal, and did not learn to speak Japanese until I was an adult. My first language, my mo…

  • New layout

    Some have already noticed, but I have a new layout, so if you visit me by coming directly to my comment page--like I usually do when I visit others--please take a look at the main page. As most of you already know, I bel…

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