Things are looking up here in Bloggerville. No post for the past two days as the S.O. and I went to observe our ritual “go to Tokyo and celebrate making each other miserable for another year” visit. We stayed at a hotel in Tokyo, had a very nice dinner at one
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Vexed……
Well, so far so good. Had to go through the misfortune of speaking with my ex-wife, who answered the phone when I called my son. She hung up on me after telling me my son was not there. Situation normal. I have never understood those scenes in the movies where
Continue readingThinking about KY……
No, not the KY that the Korea project leader forgot to use when he dreamed up the plan for the project I’m going back to on Sunday………………. KY is a new Japanese slang term. KY is short for kuki ga yomenai, (”can’t read between the lines” or “can’t sense the
Continue readingThe vanishing Blue Train…..
They are called Shindaisha in Japanese. It means “sleeper train”. A couple of days ago, in our morning Asahi Shimbun, the paper ran a front page article about diminishing ridership on these train lines. The trains which, with the exception of the opulent Casseiopea Train which runs from Ueno to
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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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That means “lets go home”, in Japanese. Which is exactly what JMSDF oilers are doing now-because Japan is still at logger heads over renewing the special anti-terrorism law. Accordingly, until the issue can be resolved the ships have been ordered home. Although the leaders are to meet again at the
Continue readingEveryone loves a parade!
Except the people who have to march in one. Back in the day, when I was young, trim, and a strapping symbol of virility enrolled at the Fortress of Learning, we used to pray weekly for the heavens to open up on the city of Charleston each and every Friday
Continue readingNikko Trip…….
For once I remembered to take my digital camera with me. So Sourrain cannot bug me yet again for forgetting pictures ( especially with all the yummy food pix she posts on her site!). Transit time with two train changes was just under 3 hours-is this a great country or
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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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From George Bush’s playbook. If Congress won’t give you what you want-just ignore them. The new Prime Minister has drafted a new version of the Special Anti-terrorism law-the one that allows JMSDF oilers (unlike our navy properly manned by Sailors) to refuel coalition ships in the Indian Ocean. Kenji Yamaoka,
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