C. Buddha's Hasty Musings

Month: June 2003

  • Too many emcees

    The reason I have not been updating here lately is that I am trying to figure out the best blogging system to move to from Blogger. Moveable Type? City Desk? Radio? pmachine? Too many MCs, not enough mics. In any case, I am updating my moblog fairly often: http://www.yapeus.com/users/cosmicbuddha/ I’m happy with yapeus even though…

  • cosmicbuddha.com is back up!

    We are now officially posting to the servers of my new hosting company. DNS magic is complete and everything should be pointed here now. Please ignore the broken links off the main page as I am completely redoing the site. Meow, meow, meow-meow.

  • Headlight & Horn Etiquette

    I must limit the scope of this rant because the full breadth of the topic would require too much thinking. In Japan, drivers use their horns and headlights in ways that [A] baffle visiting Americans and [B] are extremely dangerous. The retardedest element of this usage is its foundation in etiquette. The Japanese use car…

  • Ketchup vs. BBQ Sauce

    First on my hit list: Ketchup vs. BBQ Sauce (I’ve always thought that “catsup” sounds like what a starving family in Pyongyang does to celebrate Our Great Leader Day. Official notice to all employees of McDonalds (Would you like that Oppression Value Set Super-Sized?) located in Japan: KETCHUP IS NOT THE SAME AS MCNUGGET BBQ…

  • Future Subjects

    Today as I walked back to my desk from the musty pisstrap hell for overgrown boys down the hall, I neatly outlined four rants that have been steadily chipping away at my sanity slightly after my arrival in Japan. I?m sure I can think of another one, too, in case I want to list five.…