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Sendai before and after
Via ABC Australia: Japan Earthquake: before and after By the way, to all of the assholes mentioning Pearl Harbor karma, only 8.9 disappointment, and DDOSing the person finder app, FUCK…
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Looking for Yoichi Enomoto, Sachiko Enomoto
We are looking for my grandmother’s cousins, Yoichi Enomoto and Sachiko Enomoto. They live here, about seven kilometers from the coast of Sendai, one of the hardest hit areas. Their…
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Japan Updates
NHK in Japanese has the best live coverage (the other JP news channels have been unstable today): High speed 1 High speed 2 Low speed link In English, NHK International…
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spydaaman
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WTF? – ?????? ??????
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Whoring in Japan
A commenter on a post I wrote last year has summarized what it’s like to be professionally serviced in Japan, complete with typical prices and the phrase, “moistened antibiotic towelette.”…
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Water Business
I thought some translator was having fun when I saw a reference to “JR East Water Business Company” on this photo of a vending machine employing a facial recognition system.…
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Wat Ban Donnad
A couple months ago, when it was still “cold,” we visited a temple that we’d been hearing of for a while, Wat Ban Donnad (Wat Ban Don Nad?). At the…
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Spicy Maple Links of Destruction 2/11/11
Offered mostly without comment because I’m still chewing on them: The last Japanese man remaining in Kazakhstan A Kafkian tale of the plight of a Japanese POW in the Soviet…
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Elephant Saddlebags
Personally, I’d pimp mine out with spinners and a five foot tall rear spoiler, but to each his own I say.
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Karelia / Alone in the Wilderness
It was nice being able to sleep in a tent for a few nights this past year; I like camping and look forward to taking Max and Mina… There are…
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The day I got crushed by an elephant.
Mina is fearless, and I have photos that prove it. I need to get more photos up from our recent exploits. Alas, I will be away this weekend for what…
