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For Nairimas
This one is for our Tenri University classmate, now First Secretary at the Kenyan Embassy in Tokyo: Peasant farmer Daniel M’Mburugu was tending to his potato and bean crops in…
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The great gas/electric stove debate
Following along the culinary lines of yesterday’s show-and-tell where I revealed the amazing blowfish hand axe, here’s an interesting link about common kitchen myths. Some of the myths themselves are…
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My new pride and joy
This is my new fugu knife… which may sound confusing because I have zero intention of ever preparing puffers at home and never had an “old” one, but as you…
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Shiznit
Oh, man. I think I just stumbled onto the Big Hominid’s second home: DISGUSTING, DEPRAVED, TOILET-RELATED LINK
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Triumph on Jacko
Put down that drink and shield your monitor: Triumph takes on fans outside the Michael Jackson trial
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Unconventional
This is a good story about thinking outside the box: TO MEASURE THE HEIGHT OF A BUILDING WITH BAROMETER
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Osaka Taxi
Just remembered this from Sunday: Four of us got in a cab and headed toward the Hankyu department store to grab a bite on one of the upper floors, before…
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My Ainu Roots
A while back, somebody explaining my family ancestry told me that I’m part Ainu. Which is funny, because when I first met my fiance’s dad, he said I looked part…
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Pedro offers you his protection
What could even hope to match the Goonies 20th Anniversary Celebration? (my sister actually attended it!) Only one thing: The Napoleon Dynamite Festival
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Nuclear Duct Tape
Dammit, they really should be marketing this stuff as the perfect Father’s Day gift: High Performance Duct Tape, Nuclear Grade
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Club Sazae Umeda
Through a fiendish twist of events involving Air France stewardesses and fresh squeezed lemon chu-hi, I found myself at a club in Umeda on Saturday night, actually their opening weekend.…
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Star Wars Analysis by Neal Stephenson
Over at the NY Times: Turn On, Tune In, Veg Out The first “Star Wars” movie 28 years ago was distinguished by healthy interplay between veg and geek scenes. In…
