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Should I stay or should I go?
Two words: WORK. BUSY. Oh, hell, one more can’t hurt: FUCK! But this is not a Work post. This is about whether I will be overhauling this site during winter…
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LET’S ENGLISH !!!
Reading this article about a study that found early English education in Japan to be useless (link found on Nippon Goro Goro) reminded me of the story of a Japanese…
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Notice: My readers can kick your ass
Some of you who follow the comments closely here know that I’ve been subjected to various death threats, etc., over the past year, but I want you all to know…
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The War Book
I found another great archive of posts from Iraq by one of our soldiers (now back home): Citizen Frank: The War Book
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Ben Gay, Astro-Glide, etc.
To the Big Ho: I agree that neither Ben Gay nor Tiger Balm is good for the “Nardic Sack” in winter, but there’s no need to have it sent from…
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Infamy
Many Japanese remember Pearl Harbor differently: Pearl Harbor Part 1 Pearl Harbor Part 2 Then again, I remember a walk in the park back in high school. December 7th. Fountain…
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Insomniatique
Sometimes, late at night, I swear the internet is speaking to itself.
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Salaryman’s Tip of the Day 12/3/2004
One sad fact of business on a salaryman level is that an inexperienced vendor is infinitely preferable to an inexperienced client – you can always slap down a vendor, and…
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Stupid Fucking Gaijin, et al
Discriminating against an odiferous goatfucking porch monkey penis-eating gaijin shithead isn’t illegal in Japan… But you should sue the fuckers for doing it to you anyway! So sez Debito: Get…
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Half-Life 2 Deathmatch
For all of you 1337 game critics who knocked HL2 for no multiplayer functionality: G0RD0N FR33M4N 0NZ J00!
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Monkeys & Teak
There was a post on Mefi today that got me to thinking about zines. I’ve been in Japan for over 10 years so my access to them has basically been…
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Everybody Hurts
Asking why Crown Princess Masako had a nervous breakdown is like asking why they kept Emperor Showa on life support for so goddamn long. Subjugated people in general, but especially…
