Onigiriman

The Splendid Spy

2009-07-21T06:24:56Z

For the past year and a half, there has been a steady stream of J-doramas focusing on special police forces and terrorism: Special Police, Koushounin, Kiina, Bloody Monday, BOSS, Mr. Brain. They were interesting at first, but they started to get i...

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My Dog Ate It

2009-07-19T18:27:10Z

God love the Japanese. They come up with the craziest inventions, such as the Head Stabilizer for those who fall asleep on the train, or the Cuddle Pillow for the lonely among us. But I read that the toy company, Takara Tomy, is reintroducing its...

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2009-07-18T18:09:04Z

I was kinda confused at first. Ping wouldn't woudn't post to my status. Hmmm... Maybe now

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2009-07-18T17:19:52Z

I added ping.fm to see if I can actually post to different sites at once, so I'll be testing it throughout the weekend.

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When learning Japanese...

2008-07-17T02:16:33Z

The other day, I wrote about my my eye surgery when I was in Japan. The Greatest_Pip left a comment that suggested that he thought my English was pretty good for a guy who had been in the US for 12 years--since 1996. Haha, I'd like to take a bow,...

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The death of seven dirty words

2008-06-24T21:32:21Z

Back in the '70s, my friends and I used to enjoy the comedy of George Carlin, who died of heart failure on Sunday, June 22. He was irreverent and represented a lot of what we thought back then. He started out as a coat and tie comedian in the '...

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Another passing

2008-06-15T14:59:12Z

I wrote the other day about how I love to watch political talk shows. One of my favorites was Meet the Press on NBC Sunday mornings. During the 80s, I usually surfed between the shows on the three national broadcast networks--Face the Nation, Th...

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meteor-illogical

2008-06-13T16:15:26Z

It's been truly crazy weather of late. Tornados in the flatlands of middle America. Snow in the Rockies. Floods in the upper Midwest. Yesterday I jogged in the stifling heat--over 95 degrees. It's been at least 10 degrees higher than the seasonal...

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English for Japanese

2007-10-24T16:00:19Z

Yesterday, I wrote about interpreting for Musubichan--protected post: Whonose, you are on my protected list. (If you re a regular reader and a subscriber, leave me a message telling me you want to be added. I think you have to be a Xanga member.)...

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First entry

2006-07-29T07:12:27Z

Okay, this is my first VOX entry. As if i didn'thave enough blogs... Let's see now. I started at Xanga, made about three more blogs on Xanga, including Musubichan, Jakuren and another secret one where i vent my anger. I also have a few accounts a...

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