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Bad penny1 comment

ampontan wrote 1 month ago: HAVING the proverbial bad penny turn up is already inauspicious, but when the bad penny in circulati … more →

Tags: International Relations, Japan, Hatoyama Y.

Ichigen koji (95)

ampontan wrote 2 months ago: 一言居士 - A person who has something to say about everything Why are there so many people here? Importa … more →

Tags: Quotes, Japan, Kan N.

I Couldn't Make This Up if I Tried. . . .2 comments

Bria wrote 2 months ago: Spotted this rather interesting display on a recent Sunday morning in Harlem. Looks like quite a par … more →

Tags: Harlem USA, NYC, Party Time!, slice of life.

Blackballing the red ball

ampontan wrote 3 months ago: Marry, sir, they have committed false report; moreover, they have spoken untruths; secondarily, they … more →

Tags: South Korea, Popular Culture, Japan

Suckers11 comments

ampontan wrote 3 months ago: “I have a lot to say,” said the fish, “but my mouth is full of water.” - Geo … more →

Tags: Popular Culture, Mass media, sex, Foreigners in Japan, Social Trends, Japan, Anti-Nipponism

Who'd a thunk it?2 comments

ampontan wrote 5 months ago: The press is so powerful in its image-making role that it can make a criminal look like he’s the vic … more →

Tags: Mass media, Japan, Kan N., Fukushima M., Kaieda B.

Letter bombs (23): Big surprise in every tranche14 comments

ampontan wrote 5 months ago: IT’S not a good sign when the Japanese government lifts a PR strategy from Cracker Jack. Reade … more →

Tags: Business, finance and the economy, Government, Japan, Azumi J.

Letter bombs (20): Que?

ampontan wrote 8 months ago: A semi-occasional commenter who chose the name Peace Tax for his latest note wrote: I am convinced t … more →

Tags: letter bombs

Aqua vitae Osaka style1 comment

ampontan wrote 9 months ago: IF YOU had trouble wrapping your head around the concept of “designer jeans”, wait until you read th … more →

Tags: New Products, Food, Japan, osaka

Awe-Man1 comment

emillyej wrote 9 months ago: A few nights ago, we went through our typical bedtime routine with Will. Bath. Wrap like a burrito t … more →

Tags: My soapbox, bedtime routine, Saying prayers, amen

Death be not proud

ampontan wrote 9 months ago: JAPANESE festivals can be more fun that a barrel of monkeys ripped on fermented fruit, but a Taiwane … more →

Tags: Festivals, Popular Culture, Religion, Traditions, Taiwan

What is reality?1 comment

ampontan wrote 9 months ago: THAT won’t be an idle question after you read this article in the Weekly Standard: Last month … more →

Tags: Popular Culture, China, New Products, Social Trends

The plant party3 comments

ampontan wrote 9 months ago: THE Nagata-cho Deep Throat column in the 13 August edition of the weekly Shukan Gendai reports that … more →

Tags: Politics, Religion, Environmentalism, Japan, Kan N.

The barstool philosopher2 comments

ampontan wrote 10 months ago: READER Camphortree wrote in this week to suggest that incipient Alzheimer’s was one possible e … more →

Tags: science and technology, Quotes, Japan, nagano, Kan N., Liquor

O (yeah!) Canada2 comments

ampontan wrote 10 months ago: THE Canadians scored a hat trick even though hockey season hasn’t begun yet. As the News Canad … more →

Tags: International Relations, North Korea

Safe as milk1 comment

ampontan wrote 10 months ago: THE STORY is old enough to have curdled, but it’s news to me. MSNBC-Reuters reported in June: … more →

Tags: China, Food, Environmentalism, science and technology

And now for something completely different...1 comment

ampontan wrote 10 months ago: REUTERS reports that South Korean scientists have created a dog that glows: South Korean scientists … more →

Tags: South Korea, Food, science and technology

First Day of Camp and Dumb A$$e$

emillyej wrote 10 months ago: Today was our Munchkins first day of summer camp. Come August, he will be starting pre-school, so we … more →

Tags: My soapbox, Pre-school, First Day, School, Camp

Rooster Attack2 comments

emillyej wrote 10 months ago: Did you know that Roosters were mean? I sure as hell didn’t.  But I definitely do now. I can o … more →

Tags: farm, rooster, Chickens, farming, Attack


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