I’m crushed. It seems that Norika is getting married. And I was (sort of) saving myself for her. Who is Norika? This is Norika: And so is this: Norika was the first Japanese pop star I became familar with after I came to Japan. She was on TV a lot
Author: Skippy-San
Ambushed!
Yesterday was Labour Thanksgiving Day (kinro kansha no hi)here in Japan: A national holiday for honoring labour. Seems the Mayflower did not make to Yokohama….and had theydone so they would have been slaughtered. Ergo Japan has no tradition of stuffing one’s self on this day-except for loads of booze the
Continue readingSpeaking of bizarre protests…….
I recently came across a couple of them while surfing the net. First of course is this little gem from Lost Nomad-seems Cindy Sheehan thinks her blue passport gives her free access to the exchange. Courtesy of Lost Nomad: Finding the area around Camp Humphreys a little bit too urban
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For at least one Japanese submarine captain, not so good apparently: So I guess this means a promotion is out of the question? This picture was on the front page of the Asahi Shimbun today. Read the story here. Oops! Subscribe in a reader
Continue readingBait and switch
I watched an interesting special on TV tonight. It was about the big shift that has occurred in funding retirement and in particular how the 401K is not the be-all, end-all that many have made it out to be. For military people and military retirees, this discussion is particularly apt,
Continue readingRemembering Iris Chang…….
One of the problems with my given nome de guerre is that its pretty common among those of us who seek to travel the path less followed. I earned mine about 20 years ago when it became apparent to all who knew me that I had an evil twin brother
Continue readingThe Irony…….
Rumors of my demise have been greatly exaggerated. I did not take a header off Roppongi Towers- I went to a golf tournament and today I tried to get caught up on the on-line course I am taking. Contrary to popular belief I do try to better myself from time
Continue readingWho stole it?
My passion for work that is. Today was a most interesting day. In the middle of discussing the subject of a project that is going to occupy most of my work for the next month, it was like a a light bulb being switched off in my head. It just
Continue readingThe apologists………….
It is interesting to read the papers and the internets (to quote the President) these days. Now that Donald Rumsfeld has been sacked, all sorts of people are crawling out of the woodwork to write about how great his reforms were and how he was just misunderstood. Late last week,
Continue readingA promise is a promise…..
First-a news update. Sitting here at my computer desk, quietly drinking beer when all of sudden the TV emits a loud shreik, over and over again. Then the news comes on announcing in Japanese that this was a Tsunami warning and it would follow in English. And it did. over
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