Funny JapEnglish
One of the things I like to do when traveling around Japan is look for funny English. Well, this weekend I took the family up to Yamaguchi to check out the caves and the...
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The Illegitimate Japanese Gov’t
So, lo-and-behold, the Japanese courts have finally come out from hiding and told the politicians to get their shit together. It’s about damn time!! For those of you not up on the politics: The...
Self Intro
So this is my site. Yeah, okay, so what. Well, since you’re here I might as well introduce myself. I’m an American (and damn proud of it) but I have lived in Japan since...
Generic Drugs Get a Boost
Just a quick note today in support of the ruling by the Indian courts to support generic drugs. (More here.) Now, before you jump on the pharmaceutical companies’ bandwagon and start saying that it...
Humans are fucking amazing!
How can you think anything else as your 737 breaks through a cloud over Tokyo at 430 miles per hour, exposing the spider web of lights and life below. Only to continue through that...
Funny Japanese English 2
Well, here we go again with more intriguing JapEnglish found primarily in Japanese hotel bathrooms. Really, don’t get the wrong impression though. It’s not like I spend all THAT much time in hotel bathrooms....
Carp Streamers American Style
May 5th is Children’s day in Japan, when they celebrate the health of their children (check Wikipedia for the details.) They put out huge windsocks shaped like carp (a symbol of luck or something.)...
A loss…
I just wanted to report, even at this late hour, that I have lost something of late that was sure to put a smile on my face. Until recently, upon finishing a transaction at...
Regrettable Regrets
I often times find myself regretting a lot of shit that I’ve done in my life because of the situations that I find myself in from day to day. You know, shit like –...