Onigiriman

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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