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More Cherry Blossom potpourri…..
Well, I did it again. Saddled up the backpack, with my cameras, a bottle of water, a couple of magazines for the train and headed down to the East Imperial Park in Tokyo adjacent to Takebashi (????...
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Subliminal statements: The top 10 awards for 2004
Friend of mine sent me this. Old Dr Freud may have been right about the true desires of the subconscious coming out. “TAVARES, FL — (MARKET WIRE) — 01/04/05 — “The Stupidest Statements Awards” of 2004,...
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Tiger Woods wins the Masters!
Well, by all accounts I missed a pretty exciting Master’s Final. Some friends called me and told me to turn it on, I just rolled over and went back to sleep. ( It’s on early Monday morning here in...
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May God Bless the United States Marines!
Got this off of Hackworth’s web site. Now before some of your hard line military conservatives blast me, lets not forget that he does bring up issues worthy of discussion even though his opinion is not...
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This is why I hold both hands on the overhead strap on the trains.
There has been a lot of attention paid to the groping of women on Japanese trains lately. Personally I think is a little bit of overkill. If anyone has ever ridden the Tokkaido line at ten o clock on a...
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The "C" word and women……..
I can’t believe I’m doing it! Its like a moth drawn to the flame, in the end you fly too close and you get burned. Yes, you guessed it, I’m looking at Michelle Malkin’s blog again. Why, I am not really...
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From around the blogosphere, things to see and read!
It’s mid month and its time to take a tour of some of the things you may have missed. For starters, here’s funny thing that Englishman in Osaka has found. Let him explain it: “There’s the Osaka subway...
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China and Japan
In case anyone missed it, there were some big riots in Beijing this past week against Japan and Japanese things. A large crowd of “spontaneous” protestors attacked the Japanese embassy in Beijing....
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Idle musings on a Saturday–No politics here!
Work has kept me on the go the last couple of days as well as having to have a physical exam as is required by my employer. As I am not quite the young stud I once was, I had to undergo all the of the...
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Oh Boy! Here we go again
Harumi gets the Japanese papers since despite her very excellent command of the English Language, she still prefers to A) watch TV in Japanese ( which is painful for me since Japanese TV is BORING!)...
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More noise on the streets in China!
Stumbled in from playing golf with Harumi yesterday evening, to turn on NHK and get the latest tally on the “impassioned student” demonstrations in China. Seems now that there were demonstrations in...
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And so it begins, the process to select a new Pope.
I watched a CNN report tonight about the Papal selection process. They gave what I thought was a pretty good report , revealing that the next pope will come from one of three camps: 1) Social Justice...
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The Babe Theory.
This blogging thing is kind of like getting drunk in Tokyo, you never know what new and interesting bar you are going to stumble into; or how much it is going to cost to drink there. After getting...
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We have a Pope!
U.S. Catholics are not going to be happy I think. Turning their back on the “Social Justice” Cardinals, the College of Cardinals selected a man rumored to be a Vatican hard liner. While the...
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Busy Busy Busy!
Just a quick note, getting to ready for a weekend on the road in Hong Kong…going to try posting to the blog from Victoria Peak if the wireless arrangement on my laptop works! Lots to talk about, not...
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Waiting, waiting, waiting
Made it to Narita and now I am bored. Was able to sneak out of work early, catch an earlier train, and make it to Narita in good time. Now I am sitting with only 2 choices in front of me, Get loaded on...
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Progress…or the more things change, the more they stay the same.
Finally got to Hong Kong. Flight sucked, service on United Airlines in coach was lousy as usual. Still, at least they are not charging for drinks like they do on American. However the looks you get...
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Out of circulation for a while
Made it back from Honkie town and now have to deal with some things back here in Tokyo. Got some interesting perspective on the Japan fracas that I will try to share when I get a chance. Just need to...
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Nothing he says or does will be good enough
While I was in Hong Kong, ( Sadly, not that I will back there anytime soon…..) I had a chance to read about the Japan -China dispute from the “other side”. Reading the South China Mornng Post each...
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