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Japanese Rantfest 2004
(Be warned, I just stubbed my toe REALLY HARD on an old printer someone left in the hallway for pickup tomorrow. The following passage was brought to you by the…
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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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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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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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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…
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Hi! We’re Mormons!
One of the curious things you may find as you venture deeper into the rural areas of Japan is the surprising number of Mormon missionaries. Of all the missionaries –…
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Our NOBLE – and INTELLIGENT – friends, the fish, are SCREAMING!
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! No wonder Jaws had such gnarly anger management issues. Volunteer line for the ASPCF starts here. Update: “…and there he saw a mock. It wasn’t a MOCK! It was…
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The good leaf
Now that the excitement is over, I suggest everyone have a nice bit of something leafy, settle back, and relax a bit. The ultra-right gloating and the ultra-left whining is…
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Tunnel Vision
My surfing is limited to one page today: http://news.yahoo.com/elections refresh, refresh, refresh Regular blogging here will resume when people (including myself) start to give a rat’s ass again and can…
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Lazy Travel Writers
Taken from a newsletter found in my inbox today: Here are (sic) some advice from travelers who have been to Japan in the past: “Do as Japanese do” Holy shit,…
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Buddha: 1, Disney: 0
I love the sweet smell of vindication in the morning. Now that we have them on the retreat, let us remember why it came to this, why we hates them…
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Kushiyaki in Shinsekai
Shinsekai means “new world”, and I can only imagine how striking this area must have been when it was new, a long, long time ago. Giant puffer fish(not called fugu…
