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25 SIGNS YOU HAVE GROWN UP
This week seems to be List Week for some reason. This one’s from Osaka Bill: 1. Your houseplants are alive, and you can’t smoke any of them. 2. Having sex…
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Reclaiming Anazarbus
I have decided that the future capitol city of my empire shall be named Justinopolis. City Codes of Justinopolis (work in progress) 1. Stupid people shall be shot on sight.…
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Awajishima Shima Matsuri – Awa Odori
The Awa Odori is originally from Tokushima, but there’s a fair sized turnout in Sumoto every year as well. This year, both the crowd and the number of dancers were…
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C. BUDDHA’S CONTACT INFO
E-mail: cosmicbuddha AT gmail DOT com …………… Skype name: cosmicbuddha
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20 THINGS IT TAKES (insert variable) YEARS TO LEARN
Originally by Dave Barry, I believe, but mailed to me from a friend in Singapore. Universal truths are indeed universal: 1. Never under any circumstances take a sleeping pill and…
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Fo tha Ho
This one is for the Big Ho, who once wrote to me about his one-eyed cat and how it likes eating used Q-Tips: WHY DO CATS LIKE EATING EARWAX ??…
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Osteophage Society Memberships Available Now!
A tribute to everyone who visited/called this weekend: The Undrinkable Cocktail Thanks to you all for leaving the airag at home… Last night I watched the fireworks and slept very,…
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Remembering Hiroshima
…has been postponed for the time being in lieu of: HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME! Celebrations started early this year, and I have one last party to get to before the…
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PETA, Rejoice!
… for I will never eat sharkfin soup again. Yesterday I was in Himeji on a business trip. After our meetings, we went to the top of Himeji castle in…
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NHK Fee Collectors
NHK is the national public broadcasting station in Japan. They send subscription fee collectors to seemingly every front door in the nation on a semi-regular basis, and in my experience,…
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There is no love in your violence…
This sounds like a scene straight from Ishi the Killer: …Nagasawa then punched the victim in the face, saying he did not answer politely enough… …Nagasawa then allegedly followed the…
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On Inspiration and Foreign Language Study
Uninspiring story #1: The Japanese girl who really went to Los Angeles in pursuit of life ala Beverly Hills 90210. (seriously.) Uninspiring story #2: Her best friend, who followed two…
