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Red Tape
Thanks to three different departments at city hall (including one who claims my wife “does not exist”), the tax office, the social security fund office, NTT, international banking problems, and…
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Yura Lighthouse
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Shaka – The Oldest Buddha in Japan
He resides in Asukadera, in the town of Asuka Mura, where I stayed for five months when I first came to Japan 13 years ago. We visited our relatives’ church…
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Asuka Rail
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Cicada Shell
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Hey, I think I’m getting the hang of this unemployment thing
I forgot how to wake up every morning… To all my friends reading this – HOW’S IT FEEL TO BE YOUR COMPANY’S BITCH? ………… sometimes, life is grand
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Ebi Fry (Japanese Hummingbird Moth)
An elusive Japanese Hummingbird Moth, aka “?????” I finally caught one on film card, and he’s a color I’ve never seen before!
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Lasts
Today marks the start of a series of “lasts.” Last e-mails on the work account. Last time staring at the patterns in the acoustic ceiling tiles. For Christ’s sake, last…
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Anousheh Ansari
Did everyone read her Space Blog? This has to be one of the most inspirational blog posts ever.
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I am smiling
After all, tomorrow is my LAST DAY of work. But that’s not the only reason. Let me break off some of this happyhappyjoyjoy for you, too: Intrigued? Go find out…
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Speaking of shit sandwiches…
BREAKING NEWS ALERT! Chinese like to gobble a dick all kinds of dick: Beijing’s penis emporium I will admit to having eaten bull penis and testicle soup (respectively, cartilaginous and…
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Would you like some ketchup on that shit sandwich?
No? How about a tasty glass of water from the Yodogawa? The Osaka municipal government’s Water Bureau plans to sell bottles of highly purified tap water from Yodogawa river in…
