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Concentration Time Redux
In today’s interoffice memo, the official English language nomenclature was revealed: CONCENTRETION TIME. This filled me with great joy for some truly inexplicable reason, and I was immediately tempted to…
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The Tabasco Marketing Team Reads This Blog
Is real life imitating my weblog? You decide: Soy Sauce in TABASCO vs. TABASCO brand Soy Sauce (via)
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Takahashi
This mom and pop market is a few steps away from my apartment in Juso. Surprisingly, there are no snack bars, porn theatres, soapland related businesses, or negiyaki restaraunts nearby!…
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Amagasaki Train Wreck Followup
By now, everyone is probably familiar with the theory of the rookie driver derailing the train by attempting to speed through the curve, as well as the story of several…
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Adventures in Software Licensing
The girl’s PC died a couple weeks ago so I decided to piece together a new one from a mix of old parts and new, which was both fun and…
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Flexed burials making a comeback?
I’ve never seen these for sale at the Costco in Amagasaki. Update: There aren’t any hitching posts, either.
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Concentration Time Liveblogging
Wow. Talk about killing the party vibe, dude – the old man ain’t even here today! He wussed out and went on a trip or something, so our protesting stunts…
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Just a thought…
Maybe I can appeal tomorrow’s Concentration Time by pleading time proactively served by my relatives at Manzanar… I really did try to get work done today, but I was too…
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Americans in Japan, Rejoice!
They were selling Dr. Pepper at FamilyMart today! We have been waiting for this moment since… well, since the end of the war, I guess. This is truly a milestone…
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Nuttery
Damn, I should have entered this photo in the b3ta Phallic Logo Awards.
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whereupon, I rant.
I’ve put up with the various quirks and idiosyncrasies common to westerners working in corporate Japan for quite some time now and I think I’ve done very well, overall. But…
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Quick Reviews 2005/5/23
Monday, oh Monday, thou art an unwelcome punch in the face. Some quick reviews just for the hell of it: MUSIC: – AUDIOSLAVE, Out of Exile: 7.98/10 stars || awesome…
