Monthly Archives: April 2004

Bach Processing

Posted on April 28, 2004 by

Today is the last day of work during this “baching it” period for the Cosmic Buddha. Goddamn, how time flies. It seems only yesterday that I started off eating strange chili concoctions out of the pan and declaring atomic jihad … Continue reading →

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Your ass ain't worth it

Posted on April 27, 2004 by

I spoke with a friend about this the other night and we did some rough (read: beer-inspired) calculations to estimate how much money every Japanese taxpayer paid for the release of the Japanese hostages in Iraq this month: about 2,000 … Continue reading →

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I blame it all on Portishead

Posted on April 26, 2004 by

I placed a down payment on a theremin yesterday. I have no idea what it will end up looking like, but this is for the best, I feel. For this particular instrument (which I have never played before BTW), not … Continue reading →

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In Case of Fire…

Posted on April 26, 2004 by

Handy display at the Tarumi parking area shows you how to operate a fire hose: “water comes out!” Backdraft for Dummies.

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Sekuhara Panda

Posted on April 24, 2004 by

This was the luckiest finger puppet in the world. Alas, I fell asleep at the bar and somebody kidnapped him. Bastards.

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Birdie

Posted on April 24, 2004 by

@ Mickey D’s next to new WINS and Namba Parks.

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Cheesecake Factory?

Posted on April 23, 2004 by

Well, Slate followed up the wonderful variety meat article with one written by a food critic weenie from England, of all places. Perhaps his wittiest assertion in comparing London’s Chez Whiteys with their counterparts in Los Angeles is: “The reason … Continue reading →

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la cucina povera

Posted on April 23, 2004 by

I’m all for this. As anyone I’ve ever gone to yakiniku with can attest to, my fondness for what even what a lot of Japanese won’t eat. Slimy cow guts taste goooood when they’re fried nice and crispy. And nothing … Continue reading →

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BB King

Posted on April 22, 2004 by

Look at what they’re finally confirming: Japan Offers by Far Fastest, Cheapest Broadband Services: OECD April 21, 2004 (PARIS) — Japanese firms are offering by far the cheapest and fastest broadband services of companies operating in 30 member countries of … Continue reading →

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Gay as folk

Posted on April 22, 2004 by

Heh. Scroll down to comments on this page.

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For Monks Only

Posted on April 22, 2004 by

This was taken at Phuket Airport. These monk only-designated seats (3 in total) were next to the benches for people who take showers and don’t beg for money at airports (I’m not being mean, monks really are smelly leeches!). I … Continue reading →

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Halves

Posted on April 22, 2004 by

OK this is Japanese Translation humor, so it may not be of interest to 99.999% of the world, but I have 100Mbps FTTH so here we go: Setting: Terminal for high-speed ferryboat (hydrofoil, to be exact) in Sumoto City, Awaji … Continue reading →

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Romance that ass

Posted on April 22, 2004 by

Slogan: Romance, the toilet paper for discriminating wipers. Lead-in: Do your “rhoids” scream at the sight of the sandpaper-like rolls stocked in public bathrooms? Do you enjoy reading on your “throne” long after “making a deposit?” Have you ever fantasized … Continue reading →

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Fido's Assmaker

Posted on April 21, 2004 by

The main reason I didn’t feel like posting until today was: Yowch. This isn’t me by the way, I just took the picture. As you can see, I must have made a fine pinhole camera out of a beer can. … Continue reading →

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Long recovery

Posted on April 21, 2004 by

To William Gibson, who I have never met but who may find this post while vanity googling for, say, “mnemonic osaka blackice bbs standover tokyo burningchrome nagoya underground fleshpuppet keiretsu pattern blackmarket translation monalisa oyabun”: I’m back. Last week was … Continue reading →

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Tramps Pt. 2

Posted on April 18, 2004 by

Just thinking about the day after I took this makes me feel nauseus. A great memory.

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Tramps Pt. 1

Posted on April 18, 2004 by

Many innocent brain cells sacrificed themselves for this picture. At Tramps, in Kyobashi.

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Moral Certification

Posted on April 16, 2004 by

Hat tip to Osaka Bill (“bill” in the comments, not “Bill”,- that’s Nara Bill) for the link.

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Proper Forum

Posted on April 15, 2004 by

The other day I wrote a fairly long reply in the comments after derailing my own train of thought and forgetting whatever it was I originally intended on saying. It was in response to something my mom wrote in the … Continue reading →

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Mimic-san

Posted on April 15, 2004 by

Taro always goes on and on about this movie we saw about moth-monsters killing people in abandoned subway tunnels; he used to run around saying “Mimic-san, mimic-san”whenever a moth would fly in the house… Hence the title of this post; … Continue reading →

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