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

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  • Japanese Society/Culture

    Fingerprinting Correction

    Did I say something about doing away with mandatory fingerprinting of gaijin yesterday? Sorry about that, what I actually meant to say is that they are doubling it: Japan plans…

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  • Japanese Society/Culture

    Blame the Gaijin

    Another reason I’m definitely leaving Japan next year: Japan to have all foreigners carry IC cards for crime control The LDP and the government claim the new policy is aimed…

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  • School of Rice (archives)

    Pink K Van

    Ugh. This van is just plain cruisin’ for a bruisin’.

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  • Web

    Resurrection

    I decided to check around on some of my favorite “dead” sites – ones that people quit updating some time ago due to job issues, necrophilia rehab, deep vein thrombosis,…

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  • Web

    Troxler fading

    An awesome optical illusion: Rapid coloured afterimage (via kottke)

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  • Japanese Society/Culture

    Airin

    Pronounced as the answer to, “What do you call a Japanese woman with no arms and no legs, propped against a wall?” The following quotes are from the unbelievably retarded…

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    Another good name for a rock band

    as Dave Barry would say.

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  • Web

    Friday Quiz – Honey Bunny Edition

    You are the king of smooth — enough said. Take the What Pulp Fiction Character Are You? quiz.

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  • Chillin'

    Sulu?

    Hey, I just realized that George Takei’s face really reminds me of my uncle Tosh… But in a way I can’t really put my finger on. Maybe it’s the bone…

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  • Web

    The Swap

    When I visit home I always make it a point to hit the swap meet, if not for actual shopping, then for the cultural appeal. Swap meets and flea markets…

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  • Web

    End(er’s) Game

    There’s an interesting conspiracy theory about Nazis, the mormon church, and ghostwriting for Orson Scott Card up at kuro5hin: LINK

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  • Thai Society/Culture

    Hi!

    I poke your eye out! So this is it. Right about now, the sweet memories of my vacation to Thailand are almost completely pushed out of my day-to-day consciousness, so…

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