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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…
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much lulz
Golden Globes Awards 2011 – Ricky Gervais Opening Monologue Never thought I’d willingly watch any part of that show.
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Buddha Bridge
At a beautiful weaving compound in Thasawang Silk Village, Surin province.
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Great Grandmother’s House in Surin
Justin Yoshida’s location@11:00am,1/3 http://m.google.com/u/m/BiQc8d
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Unminced