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Insomniatique
Sometimes, late at night, I swear the internet is speaking to itself.
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Papayas in Winter
I have two brick planters out in front of my house (approx. 1 ft. x 5 feet total planting space) where the future of Yoshida Papayas, Ltd., lies. Last summer,…
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Van Helsing: Further Thoughts
Come to think of it, the vampires had nice tits, too. Also, the vampire lord looked just like my friend Osaka Bill, with strandy Robert Smith hair and all. I…
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Yet another typhoon
Is it just me, or is God doing his best to wipe us pesky humans off the planet this year? This week’s typhoon (the swirly white butthole above) is called…
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Gory, gory, what a helluva way to die…
Yes, I’ve been watching too much Band of Brothers again. All I can say is, what a damn fine series. Along with 24 (go Kief!), Freaks and Geeks (/lament), and…
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The voice in my head just said, “Run away!”
A month or so back, my brother and I found a spot from which to escape from people. Most everybody, that is. It’s a dam up in the mountains just…
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I, Mexican’t
This weekend, when asked to describe a burrito to a SE Asian man (probably my future father-in-law, if such things matter), I described it as a “Mexican springroll.” Sometimes I…
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Day After Songda
Although me and mine (thx Kev) were unscathed, I saw a lot more damage around town as I drove to work today than I thought there would be. Some roads…
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Storm has passed
Everything is OK.
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‘zat you, Dorothy?
It’s very close now. Nothing much to report, except that the neighborhood strays are fighting for porch space.
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Gettin’ windy again already
The earthquakes passed and the gigantic wall of water ala Lucifer’s Hammer never came… But someone’s must be doing an effective rain dance because there’s another goddamn typhoon due to…
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Big Aftershocks
There was a magnitude 5 shaker in Wakayama earlier this evening when we were in a liquor store – all the stacks of bottles started moving back and forth, which…
