Monthly Archives: December 2003

Why I Love Cali

Posted on December 22, 2003 by

This is the beach at Crystal Cove. The sand feels damn good under your feet after getting off a 12-hour plane ride. We are home for the holidays, terrorist fools be damned. A Cosbu journey is never complete without some … Continue reading →

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Homeward Bound

Posted on December 20, 2003 by

The woman and I woke up at 5:00 to be greeted by the coldest morning of the year (so far). The sky was dark and opening the curtains let in a wave of cold that assaulted my bare feet with … Continue reading →

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Stacks of Asse

Posted on December 17, 2003 by

Asse brand chocolate is a sure hit, in my mind. We took several boxes back to the states as gifts because nothing says “I love you” like a handful of Asse.

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Smart Democrat

Posted on December 17, 2003 by

Living away from my home country for a decade has provided me a clearer sight in regard to politics. I left America as an angry youth totally disenchanted with my country’s political system. Ten years of seeing my country from … Continue reading →

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Get your 8-tracks here!

Posted on December 16, 2003 by

Watch out, Virgin/Tower/HMV! This little shop in Sumoto proudly boasts CDs, LDs, and cassette tapes! Reminds me of an NTT mobile store in the Kyushu countryside that had a sign advertising “mobile phones, car phones, and shoulder phones“.

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All-in-one

Posted on December 15, 2003 by

I get the feeling that the person who thought this product up is frustrated by the idiots at his company who can’t appreciate his visions of a future robotic nanosociety where metal tools are grown, not stamped or molded.

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Plasticland

Posted on December 15, 2003 by

When you enter a 100 yen store, make a beeline for the molded plastics section, it will instantly make you feel better, richer even. Do you know how much this stuff would have been worth say a hundred years ago? … Continue reading →

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I worry about Adam

Posted on December 15, 2003 by

He always sees the cup half empty. Dude! It’s a magic phone camera! You must learn to squeeze pennies from even the rocks strewn across your path if you ever want to be a real salaryman.

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All Your Yen Is Belong to Us

Posted on December 15, 2003 by

It’s official: The Japanese can improve on anything, even 99 cent stores. In Japan, the Hyaku-en store is sometimes referred to as the “video game arcade for adults” because one item costs 100 yen, the same as the price for … Continue reading →

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Click Away!

Posted on December 13, 2003 by

The most addictive flash page ever: http://www.geocities.jp/tinygrow/tinygrow.html Might be even more fun when smashed. Also: Flash Battleship (HT to the Commissar for this one.)

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Remmings

Posted on December 12, 2003 by

I stopped buying macs for personal use after they started charging for .mac e-mail accounts (after they had promised to provide them for free for life). I was the biggest machead until then, but that last act of treachery was … Continue reading →

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BLOGCHALK

Posted on December 12, 2003 by

This is my new blogchalk:Japan, Hyogo, Sumoto, Sakaemachi, English, Japanese, Justin, Male, 26-30, Photography, Glossolalia.

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Finding the One True Way

Posted on December 11, 2003 by

A recent post about pachinko over at the USS Clueless rubbed me the wrong way. The line that bothered me was: There’s no skill involved and no real way for the player to increase their chance of winning. This is … Continue reading →

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Yoshida

Posted on December 10, 2003 by

I was happy to see my brother’s name on Instapundit today, although the post wasn’t in reference to him at all. It’s not the first time this Adam Yoshida was mentioned there, but Glenn Reynolds expressed some strong opinions spurred … Continue reading →

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Sushi = Sumo?

Posted on December 9, 2003 by

While preparing for a post on my moblog, I found a handy list of sushi terminology featuring entries in Japanese kanji/kana and respective romaji readings as well as translations in English and French. Might be handy when we finally visit … Continue reading →

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Logjam

Posted on December 9, 2003 by

Went to kaiten sushi with Taro and Mimi. A large tuna roll jammed the dishes rotating off the conveyor. A flying fish egg roll almost fell off onto Mimi-chan. The kitchen staff unjammed the mess of plates that were stacking … Continue reading →

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Duck and Cover!

Posted on December 8, 2003 by

wuzzat the air raid siren? Continue reading →

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Modern Drunkard

Posted on December 6, 2003 by

Our friend Frans is a famous university professor in Germany. He has a nice website with respectable looking photos of himself on it. I want the public to know the truth about Frans. Nudie pics with livestock soon to follow.

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Octopian

Posted on December 5, 2003 by

It was one of those “Oh yeah, I’m in a foreign country!” realizations when I came upon a tray of freshly-beheaded yummies of the family Mollusca in a dingy neighborhood supermarket. This store is far enough from Jusco to avoid … Continue reading →

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Sandpaper AKA Japanese Toilet Paper

Posted on December 5, 2003 by

The backing of a sheet of my favorite Japanese sandpaper. If only I were kidding…

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