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Raising a family in Thailand // Documenting Issan food, culture, music, and people

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    Cantomoko

    There is a sex doll desecrating my bridge. That is all. UPDATE: OK, that wasn’t all. If you are feeling brave today, click here. If you didn’t poke your eyes…

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  • Thai Society/Culture

    Thai Visa Trivia of the Day

    For citizens of Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka Nepal, Syria, Iraq, Iran, Lebanon, Sudan, Algeria, Libya, Yemen, Egypt, Palestinian State, Nigeria, Afghanistan, China, and North Korea, the Thai visa applicant…

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  • Japanese Society/Culture

    Short Movie Review: Takeshis’ 2005

    I’ve been a fan of Takeshi’s movies for a long time. His early directing efforts were truly visionary. Terajima always delivers the best staredown. That said, Takeshis’ 2005 was disappointing…

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  • Zatoichi

    Zatoichi #1

    I suddenly realize that in my quest to post all of the Zatoichi jackets, I have been negligent: I left out #1! Bust a move, Katsu!

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  • Society & Culture

    Yucko the Clown

    There are times when beating on a fucker like this with a baseball bat would just make my day. Why do we even tolerate clowns in modern society? They should…

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  • Japanese Society/Culture

    Bad Company Names

    It’s official. A post-lunch stroll through the company parking lot confirmed my suspicions: Japanese CAD (Computer Assisted Drawing/Drafting/Design) companies have the funniest names. I’ve written about this one a couple…

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  • Japanese Society/Culture

    The End of the Nikkei Visa?

    A while back I wrote a post regarding the Ministry of Justice proposing changes to immigration/foreign worker policy, and specifically how the Nikkei (Japanese ancestral) visa will be affected. Gen…

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  • Japanese Society/Culture

    Promoting Decay

    Article in question: “YouTube” Web site has Japan’s broadcasters in a tizzy “Piracy of web contents, both in Japan and abroad, has been increasing recently,” an NHK spokesperson tells Shukan…

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  • Japanese Society/Culture

    Retirement Lawson

    As if it wasn’t already official, convenience store chain Lawson has now sealed the fate for my beloved island as the Isle of Dentures (and Onions): Lawson opens 1st store…

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  • Japanese Society/Culture

    Confederate…

    Riding on trains and subways in Japan, it would seem that gray is the new blue. I believe this trend started out about ten years ago and has recently approached…

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  • Thai Society/Culture

    …like a Rhinoceros

    Check out this photo gallery of posters in a public restroom in Thailand: LINK I’m really curious as to where this is located. Are these Cialis ads, or what?

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  • Japanese Society/Culture

    Get fucking real

    Somebody at work today actually got all teary-eyed when he was told Japan is now out of the world cup. He turned to me and said, “Well, America’s out of…

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