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Live Typhoon Tokage Blogging Pt. 5
Roads washed out. Going for a gamble, mountain roads. Last post until I get home. Here goes…
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Live Typhoon Tokage Blogging Pt. 4
Gale force winds & unbelievable torrents of stinging rain.
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Live Typhoon Tokage Blogging Pt. 3
I’m stuck in traffic.
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Live Typhoon Tokage Blogging Pt. 2
River near work is 7 ft higher than normal.
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Live Typhoon Tokage Blogging Pt. 1
Live shots of typhoon Tokage.
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Typhoon Tokage
I always used to laugh when I saw somebody use an umbrella in high winds, seemingly being pulled around by an invisible donkey until the inevitable point where the umbrella is pulled outward like a double-jointed flagellate. No more. That shit happened to me today and I almost got my eye poked out. After so many close calls with BB guns in my youth, it would just be wrong to lose an eye any other way. Yes, friends, it’s another installment of this year’s hit quiz show, Name That Typhoon! Hint: Today’s typhoon has a Japanese name. What’s that? I thought the Japanese didn’t name their typhoons and simply numbered…
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Alternative Sushi
My nomination for recipe of the year: Hostess Twinkies Sushi
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Cheerful Monday People…
Must die. Please God, make them go away. I asked one of the girls why she was all smiles today. She said it was because the new fax machine we ordered came in this morning. She said its sparkling newness was a good omen for the rest of the week. Oh. Well then. The thing is, I can’t figure out if she was high on the reefer and making fun of me, or if this is just a sign that the Japanese take their trademark happy worker bee thing a bit too seriously.
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Costco Amagasaki Branch
Long, long escalator at Costco Amagasaki.
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Kuidaore
Famous Osaka landmark with clown mascot. Nuff said.
