• Photos

    Lantern

    I went after photos of a matsuri at Miwa Jinja today. It turns out that I like the photos of the grounds more than the ones of the actual festivities.…

  • Photos

    Bonsai

    I have determined that my Vaio U3’s screen is just too damn small for me too edit photos effectively when I’m drinking. I’m really curious as to how this photo…

  • Web

    Japanzine Award

    Last week I received an e-mail from Ed Jacobs, the editor at Japanzine stating that this blog had been chosen for a “Best of the Web” award. Japanzine is a…

  • Work

    Violated by Nurse Naomi

    Went to do the annual physical for work today. Came back with bruised needle tracks. It was frightening to watch this inexperienced nurse with sweaty, fumbly hands try to find…

  • Web

    Say Wut?

    You are a GRAMMAR GOD! If your mission in life is not already topreserve the English tongue, it should be.Congratulations and thank you! How grammatically sound are you? brought to…

  • Society & Culture

    Toyota Prius

    After lengthy observation, I have come to a conclusion: In Japan, the Toyota Prius is a car marketed for a single demographic, namely, painfully slow drivers. I have never seen…

  • Web

    Kikkoman

    Posted at Nam’s request: Show Me, Show You The albino black sheep site it’s hosted on has a lot of interesting stuff on it, check it out. The site’s claim…

  • Site News

    I 5uXX0r

    Cruftety, cruftety, cruft. Anybody who comes here now can see how cruftily I have crufted together this site. I spent so much time on the css with no clue of…

  • Site News

    Monster Island

    The reference in my new top banner to monster island is not a reference to Godzilla or Mothra, but rather to the cats that insist on crapping in the vicinity…