And knowing what to say and what not to say. Japan Probe chronicles an interesting event that occured at Yasukuni shrine where a Canadian forgot about where he was-when he opened his mouth: From the translation provided by Japan Probe-(their words not mine-their Japanese is better than mine!
Author: Skippy-San
Meanwhile, over on Planet Teabag……
Sometimes you just have to take a break and laugh a little……..
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The S.O. is at an estate sale this morning. She awoke at the crack of dawn-the better to get stuff early. I rolled over with a muffled moan-and told her, "to have a good time! I’m sleeping in". Ah but once it was not so. A long time ago and in
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Speaking of health care, here are some women who look pretty healthy to me! Natsuki is a Japanese gravure idol. Here she is sitting on the steps: And this is Kana Tsuighara: And if you really want to see some healthy people –go here! (NSFW!)
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Jeff Goldblum (Michael): Amazing tradition. They throw a great party for you on the one day they know you can’t come. There are lots of reasons I read Hemlock every day. Now visiting the US, he’s penned another one: Hemlocks assemble in the clan’s Appalachian residence. Matriarch Lucy is sadly
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An unfortunate cat that fell into Tokyo’s Sumida River is saved by firefighters with a rescue net:
Continue readingThe difference between then and now……….
nihilism (uncountable) (philosophy) Extreme skepticism, maintaining that nothing has a real existence. (ethics) The rejection of all moral principles. (politics) (capitalized by protagonist Turgenev) A Russian anarchistic revolutionary doctrine (1860-1917) holding that conditions in the social organization are so bad as to make destruction desirable for its own sake, independent
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Gimmebreakman reaches 100 videos in his Japanese for Morons series. Check out the rack on the Wagamama girl!
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That the Philippines is still very screwed up: Regarding former Philippine President Fidel Ramos’ Aug. 14 article, "Cory Aquino’s legacy of enriched freedom": Cory Aquino was undoubtedly a kind, honest and unpretentious president, but she was ineffectual. To attribute "enriched freedom" to her is simply an intellectual exaggeration bordering on
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I recieved one of those Glenn Beck inspired diatribes in an e-mail today. About how the country was going to hell in a hand basket, Nazis were at the gates of Birmingham and the hoof beats of the Apocalypse were just around the corner. Please-can we just all take a
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