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Spicy Catfish Salad
Unsurprisingly, a lot of the photos I took in Thailand were of food. This was a spicy salad with sliced onions, cashews, peanuts, fried chilis, green mango, tamarind, fresh lemongrass, mint leaves and other assorted greens, topped with deep fried catfish. The roadside diner it was served at offered a spectacular view of the Chao Phraya river, and the broken platter only added to the authenticity of the food. It was so well done, the flavors of the salad would come in separate waves of sweet, sour, and spicy. I don’t know about you, but I’m salivating, and it’s times like this when miso soup and a bowl of rice…
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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?
