The picture in the previous post is the “Zero Milestone” which is located at Nihon Bashi. All road distances were supposed to be measured in Japan from this point-and it was the place that the Shogun ordered 5 roads built from the old capital of Edo. ( Now Tokyo). The
Continue readingQuiz night.
Here is a trivia quiz question. Do you know what this is? Answer tomorrow. Consider this an open post-I’ll let Curtis pick the topic.
Continue readingWinding up
Sadly, its the end of the week and this great little adventure is going to have to come to an end. Returning to Hicksville and the job nuttiness soon enough. I still get two more evenings here in paradise though. I intend to savor them. This has been the best
Continue readingThis is why I support net neutrality…
Because companies should not tell you how much data you can use. I consider myself virtually addicted to my iPhone. I obsessively check my e-mail on it (4 accounts!); I listen to streaming music as I type on my computer at work; I surf the Internet fairly often; and I’ve got dozens
Continue readingA good hand poorly played…..
By Yukio Hatoyama who resigned yesterday-one year after winning election by a huge electoral majority. The S.O. has been grabbing every chance to watch the news coverage. It is kind of nice to see it in the original so to speak-not so filtered by American perceptions and biases. However in the
Continue readingThe most important room in the house
Ah, this is the life. Jack Daniels in the glass, and hot water shootin’ up your ass! –from the beginning of the movie, Middle Age Crazy. While I am not normally in the habit of carrying a drink into the restroom-the S.O. and I did have a chance to experience the
Continue readingOut and about.
No internet access for a day or so. We are off to check on the S.O.`s apartment. Picture posts tomorrow evening.
Continue readingDennis Hopper RIP.
Dead at 74. I have always been a fan of his. Spike has a pretty good piece on his life. He was a unique actor who brought a voice to many of us Boomers.
Continue readingTadaima!
That`s what you say when you return home in Japan-coming in the door to let the S.O. know that you are home. So I`m letting Japan know I`m back even if it is just for a week. Trip over was OK. We flew out to LAX, then the next day
Continue readingNo surprise here…….
Tomorrow begins the Memorial Day weekend. The S.O. and I are on the first leg of a pilgrimage to the correct side of the International Date Line. With the exception of one glorious week last year-this is my first time back to that location in two years. TWO YEARS! That’s
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