Another reason to hate the modern era………….. In the good old days if there was no male heir to the throne, one would simply recruit a couple of these to service his majesty: Through which, one could preserve the imperial line from that which the standard course of events had
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Isn't that what concubines are for….?
Another reason to hate the modern era………….. In the good old days if there was no male heir to the throne, one would simply recruit a couple of these to service his majesty: Through which, one could preserve the imperial line from that which the standard course of events had
Continue readingJapanese Train quiz……..
From the Mutant Frog: Pop quiz: You’re a man sitting on the train in suburban Japan, minding your own business. The attractive lady sitting next to you nods off and unknowingly rests her head on your shoulder. You: a) Pretend like nothing is happening b) Wake her up—she’s distracting you
Continue readingO tanjobi ni………
Yesterday was my son’s birthday. He’s 25……….. 25. Boy how I thought I had the world on fire at that age. Add about 16 years more of marriage and getting beaten down by life to realize I did not. Ah the naivete of youth! When I was 25 I spent
Continue readingJust begging for a caption
Looking at the picture at the bottom of the previous post, I realized that it was just begging for some humor attached to it. So to start the month of November, and to see the lovely Christina Cho ( the bikini girl on the left…) again, who has made protesting
Continue readingHarriet Miers crying in her beer…(and babes!).
Its Friday and you know what that means! But first the news. Seen below is Thursday’s front page from the Asahi Shimbum: What all that Kanji is telling you is that the US and Japan have come to an agreement about closing Futenma Marine Corps station in Okinawa, long a
Continue readingThe wisdom of the Governor…….
I came across this article the other week in the Japan Times. Its a pretty good piece of satire about Tokyo’s governor, Shintaro Ishihara. It is reprinted here for your enjoyment from the October 4 edition of the Japan Times: THE ZEIT GEIST Hidden wisdom of ‘the guv’ A re-assessment
Continue readingDear Blogger, your product sucks the big one! New title to a nice post.
I had a nice little post typed up about a nice day today when Blogger ate the damn thing. There is nothing more frustrating than going to hit “Publish Post” and getting the white screen of death! “Cannot find server” my ass!! Tried to recover in the history file, no
Continue readingReading between the lines in Japanese English textbooks.
Shamelessly stole this from the Cynical Traveler. Go over to his blog and read the post in its entirety. While it may play to stereotypes, he’s taken his material right from the Japanese newspapers and Tokyo Govenor Ishihara: Skippy-san Subscribe in a reader
Continue readingBeats me how they keep it straight–Star Wars vs. War of the Worlds.
Here in Japan, Star Wars opens in 5 more days. Since I have already seen the movie, I’m probably not as excited as I should be. However its given me some great opportunities to watch the original movies as one of the TV channels here has been running Episodes 4,
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