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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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
Continue readingBad day in Nigata…….
This has been a weird summer. Rain, cool temps and typhoons and now earthquakes! 7 dead, over 700 wounded in a strong earth quake in Niigata prefecture near Kashiwazaki city: This video is from Niigata City. Prime Minister Abe was in Nagasaki and was rushed back to Tokyo by JASDF
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Thomas Barnett points out in his blog, what many of us knew deep down. Midlife crisis is caused by women and women really do marry for money. They also prove that Muslim suicide bombers are sexually repressed…..but I think most of us knew that already. The other key ingredient is
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The S.O. and I went to a dinner party last night. With the Typhoon bearing down on Tokyo, sticking close to home was the right thing to do. It was interesting in many ways-I could not drink, so all I could really do was watch and listen. And realize how
Continue readingAnother rat leaves the ship………
The ship that is George Bush’s presidency that is……….. Imagine if you will, if this were a parliamentary style of government-would George Bush survive a no confidence vote? Probably not-especially when Bush supporters like this one start questioning his sincerity. I’m not referring to what used to be called Bush
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You are never going to look at Katie Couric the same way again. Like I need this s**t!The other Skippy, the Canadian one-who writes better and is funnier than me-lets you know exactly what is wrong with CBS news these days: Les Moonves made a fundamental mistake and it has
Continue readingWhy not now?
‘The time has come,’ the Walrus said, ‘To talk of many things: Of shoes — and ships — and sealing wax — Of cabbages — and kings — And why the sea is boiling hot — And whether pigs have wings.’ “Withdraw, why withdraw? We are killing lots of them!”
Continue readingIn memoriam…….
Of Lady Bird Johnson who passed away yesterday at the age of 94. They don’t make women like her any more. In fact, today’s supposedly “liberated” women would look down on a woman who stood by her husband during a long career and pursued interests that complimented his. In the
Continue readingOn this we agree……
At least Mark and I do. Actually we agree on several things-in particular the level of buffoonery that goes on in Yongsan Barracks. (Are you listening BB Bell?). He’s also right about this father doing serious psychological damage to his daughter. When she pulls the Uzi out and guns down
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