Far East Cynic

Tokyo Motor Show

Thursday afternoon, I left work early. I was a man on a mission. Now earlier in the week I had asked the S.O. if she wanted to go with me-her old apartment used to be near the location they have this Auto Show at-she grumbled something whiny about why did

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Riding that train………

Its a gaijin thing. The Japanese do not have a tradition of Halloween per se. It is, like so many things here, just a marketing gimmick for the department stores. After all in a country that is at best only 10% Christian, how can there be an All Saints Day-which would

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What's on the menu……

A tasty dish of crow that is. Deborah , I’ll have my crow sauteed with mushrooms please…….. And as for the Tribe? Well, I guess the razors can go back on the shelf for another year. I’m a Cubs fan after all-I thrive on dissapointment…………. At least the Yomiuri Giants

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What’s on the menu……

A tasty dish of crow that is. Deborah , I’ll have my crow sauteed with mushrooms please…….. And as for the Tribe? Well, I guess the razors can go back on the shelf for another year. I’m a Cubs fan after all-I thrive on dissapointment…………. At least the Yomiuri Giants

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Maybe its time…..

To break out the straight razors. My former brother in law used to have a piece of paper taped to the refigerator. It said: I will shave from the waste waist down and the knees up the day the Tribe wins the series.  I’m pretty sure he never figured on

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Odds and ends……….

I went into Tokyo yesterday. To Ebisu to be specific-but I took a little different way to get there than I normally do. Which gave a me a lot of time to observe and read the latest and greatest news from Nihon. <———————————————————————————-> To the very cute girl in the

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An oldie

But still a goodie. Though probably not as funny after the 7/7 bombings. However I thought about this song on the Subway today. (Reason 345 to be glad I’m in Japan). Mili can you verify? London Underground Song See more like this on kontraband.com Subscribe in a reader

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Quote(s) of the day……….

“Australia is the only major ally of the United States that has never, in its entire history, attacked it. Please don’t give us a reason.” ” These last couple of days have called for stout hearts, sound minds, and strong livers”. Subscribe in a reader

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Another reason…….

That I am glad I don’t own a “crackberry”. I hate it when those things go off in meetings. Fortunately for me, my cell phone is so unreliable I’d never hear it go off inside. Subscribe in a reader

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One way to improve ratings………

Fox Noise Network ought to take a look at this……… After all if there is a long skirt in the ladies dressing room, I’ve never seen it. (Click on the picture, it solves the puzzle…..) Is the guy gazing or not? We report, you decide! H/T Japundit! Subscribe in a

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