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PET bottle recycling
3,400 PET bottles converted into Christmas lights by a local preschool.
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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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Meet the Kidas
A coworker’s reception at Miketsukuni, 5 mins. from my house.
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Mebaru – Japanese Rockfish
My bro snagged this mebaru, or rockfish, with a small metal lure. Mebaru like glittery things.
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Earthsea: “Not-so-uppity” version
From a young age, I always found solace in science fiction and fantasy writing. I read The Hobbit for the first time in 4th grade, and never looked back. So…
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Business E-mail Format in Japanese
I was just issued this “staff support book” which outlines employee duties, good work practices, and various other goodies which are causing me great joy, because they are the best…
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Should I stay or should I go?
Two words: WORK. BUSY. Oh, hell, one more can’t hurt: FUCK! But this is not a Work post. This is about whether I will be overhauling this site during winter…
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Charcoal Fire Burn
Yakiniku is perhaps the most beautiful word in the Japanese language.
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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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Sona
The Cunningham’s new, unnamed baby girl.
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Japanese HOVA
Mr. R.O.C., we runnin’ this rap shit Memphis Bleek, we runnin’ this rap shit B. Mac, we runnin’ this rap shit Freeway, we run this rap shit… Clear lenses and…
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Notice: My readers can kick your ass
Some of you who follow the comments closely here know that I’ve been subjected to various death threats, etc., over the past year, but I want you all to know…