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Ayuthaya Buddhas
I have decided that buddha photos are my amulet to protect against the CB haters. Took this one in Thailand last year.
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Papayas in Winter
I have two brick planters out in front of my house (approx. 1 ft. x 5 feet total planting space) where the future of Yoshida Papayas, Ltd., lies. Last summer, on a whim, Nam threw some papaya pits on the soil we’ve seen trying to enrich for the past few years (it was rock-hard dirt when we moved in), and much to my surprise, sprouts appeared after a couple weeks. By fall, they had grown into 3 foot saplings and sprouted very healthy and broad tropical leaves. I became quite fond of them because they looked so out of place in my old neighborhood; vibrant green in a sea of…
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GMail: You are currently using 65 MB (7%) of your 1000 MB
Just out of curiousity, how much of the 1000MB have you used? (thanks to Osaka bill and Tom for my accounts; if there is possibly anybody left in the free world who still needs an invite, let me know)
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Dumbass Gaijin Gets Cyberspanked
Somebody on a mailing list I subscribe to just sent me an e-mail asking if I feel bad “for using the Buddah’s (sic) name in vain” on my website. I am at a loss for words, loser. Therefore: Getting angry over heated mailing list postings is understandable to a certain extent, but grow the fuck up already, you little crybaby bitch. Or go weep into your pillow instead of biting it for a change.
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Itoman 100
Further documenting my strange obsession with toilet paper roll packaging design, I present Itoman 110.
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Theory of Evo
Apparently only one-third of Americans say evidence supports Evolution. Of course, Japanese see proof of it just about every day:
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Fake Black & White
http://www.gtconnect.com/articles/2004/11/22/news/community/monloc01.txt
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Exploring Uranus
It will be no surprise for anybody who has ever visited a Japanese hospital to find out that doctors really are sick fucks: Now, after a year of apologizing for a necessary exam I think I?ve lost all shame in it. In fact, there are times when a rectal is really necessary and if I could stick my finger up the patient?s ass without even saying ?hello? I probably would. Now, I say things like ?flip over, WE have to do a rectal examination? (As if he?s participating or maybe he gets to give me one afterwards). Or even better yet (snotty English accent) ?Oh intern, we need a rectal…
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Shades of Bonsaikitten: Behaving in an offensive manner?
Apparently, in New Zealand it isn’t a crime to pickle kittens. Does the willful ill-treatment law only apply for dogs?
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Symphony of Destruction
When I first moved out here to Awajishima, I was as prepared for the lifestyle changes as one can be moving from the inner city slum that is Nishinari (the area of Osaka famous for its troubled history,especially the riots that occurred there in 1990) to a city with a total population of 40,000 (and like the rest of Japan, shrinking). An early indicator of the trouble I would face here was the list of ten real estate agents my new company provided me. Upon calling every agent on the list, six were no longer in business, two told me there were no rooms to rent, and only the last…
