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“Vietnamese fish-ball soup or an incredible peach cobbler”
Be sure to check out this interview of Chowhound.com co-founder Jim Leff: LINK
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Remote Damage Report
Because today did not start off so well (I almost got in TWO accidents on the way to work, where I was promptly chastised for not buttoning down the button-down…
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Misery loves (my) company: A Friday haiku by J. Yoshida, Esq.
Awash in pink sea, Workers in new uniform, Banzai off a cliff. // Explanation: Today the Nihon Keizai Shimbun leaked that my company is laying off 10,000 employees! Can’t help…
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New Uniform Photo
There are times when you just have to throw caution to the wind (and hope it doesn’t fly right back in your face). I’ve decided to give in and let…
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Tomorrow in Pink
And so it shall be. Tomorrow, July 1st, is the beginning of my end. Yes, tomorrow I will be wearing light bluish-gray trousers with elastic waistband, and a short-sleeve pink…
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Unintentional Harakiri
This is a pretty amusing video someone sent me. You should look at the tiny on-screen details the second time around in order to appreciate it fully. And now, in…
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Random Osaka Photos
Some snapshots from this past weekend, taken with my keitai: Kinda funny about the cage thing, because the Japanese simply states, “no pets allowed.” Found @ Bic Camera in Namba.…
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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
