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The tiny blanket fails in hiding the Cheif’s enthusiastic undertaking. During a long cattle drive through the arid lands of the Southwest, sometimes cowboys were forced to use what was readily available on the trail to feed orphaned calves. Occasionally, these practices developed into something different.

When I hear the word Taliban my hardwired neural response has brought up images of terrorists, Osama Bin Laden, and Afghanistan catalogued from National Geographic articles, James Michener’s words, and old news clips. I hadn’t thought about the huge Buddha statues that they destroyed since before the U.S. initiated a regime change, but I haven’t … Continue reading »

Mark just set up Chimpo…er…uh..I mean Champon Adventures, representing the last of us in Kumamoto City. Now I expect he will have something to do at work besides looking for pr0n, but only time will tell.

Apparently they are planning on making a movie. I always wanted to see someone actually get hit by a bullet, just once. The plan sounds good so far. Just one question. Who can they find to play the part of BA that won’t be a dissapointment? It had better not be Ving Rhames, Bob Sapp, … Continue reading »

I have been up for more than 24 hours now, and have good memories of meeting up with Luke, Mark, and Manami, who came up for capoeira and sightseeing respectively. The capoeira meet was crazy (Justin put up his pics here)- I can only say that it was like watching contortionist gymnists sparing with eachother … Continue reading »

Oita remains one of my favorite areas of Kyushu to explore. After work, I’d often hop in my car and drive in the general direction of either Beppu (on the Yamanami Highway) or Oita city (on the 57), and check out signs, attractions, unmarked roads, and other promising prospects that would cross my path. On … Continue reading »

I doubt if I will ever find an aquarium that will ursurp Monterey Bay Aquarium as my favorite, (Besides being the first ones to successfully keep bluefin in their tanks, right now they have a GREAT WHITE SHARK collected off of HUNTINGTON BEACH on exhibit, and VIDEO of it feeding in captivity. MBA, in my … Continue reading »

The Canadians seem to be doing something right with one of their waste disposal programs. Using indicators that were traditionally ignored, meaning indicators other than straight economic data, to measure the benefits of their program (and factoring in quantified costs extrapolated from externalities) is a great leap forward on how we measure our environmental and … Continue reading »

Fried chikuwa (fish cake) in curry (yello) and aonori (green) batter. Beansprout, carrot, and cucumber salad. Chicken based soup with carrots and gobo (burdock root). Gohan (rice) with an umeboshi (pickled plum). Nori (seaweed). In Japanese schools, ranging from hoikuen (nursery school) to chugakko (junior high school), children are usually provided with meals called kyushoku. … Continue reading »

Looking back at my many past jobs, I always suspected that a few of my bosses and managers were psychopaths.