“For Saigo, as for all Japanese warriors from time immemorial, there were only two honorable ways to die: in battle or by one’s own hand with calmness and ritual. To die otherwise would mean terrible,… more →
Quotes WebFox wrote 2 months ago: I thought I should do a comparison of my current internet connection speed here in the US versus wha … more →
Fox wrote 3 months ago: I put together this “Hack Pro” (regular PC with the Apple Mac OS installed) a long time … more →
Fox wrote 4 months ago: Well, now it’s time to move back home in less than two weeks, and I have to sell pretty much e … more →
Fox wrote 5 months ago: Well my 10 free days of World of Warcraft gaming time are up, and I have to say that despite new fea … more →
Grady Echegaray wrote 7 months ago: It is fitting… …that a good sword be old, and have a history. I have one such. It is anc … more →
shipsbecks wrote 11 months ago: It’s a smashit! We thoroughly ’roadtested’ this manga version of the Gospel story … more →
shipsbecks wrote 1 year ago: We haven’t lived in the UK for a decade and now we’re making up for lost time! Our spare … more →
quotesweb wrote 1 year ago: “For Saigo, as for all Japanese warriors from time immemorial, there were only two honorable ways to … more →
quotesweb wrote 1 year ago: “A century ago, when Admiral Perry’s American fleet opened the nation, Japan was a feudal society. T … more →
quotesweb wrote 1 year ago: “Japan is not a Western industrial state; it is organized quite differently. And the Japanese have i … more →
quotesweb wrote 1 year ago: “Sooner or later, the United States must come to grips with the fact that Japan has become the leadi … more →
quotesweb wrote 1 year ago: “And living in Japan… I just got tired, after a while, of the way things worked. I got tired of seei … more →
quotesweb wrote 1 year ago: “Most people who lived in Japan come away with mixed feelings. In many ways, the Japanese are wonder … more →
quotesweb wrote 1 year ago: “Americans don’t understand. Because the Japanese system is fundamentally different.” Michael Cricht … more →
quotesweb wrote 1 year ago: “Since 1987, there have been a hundred and eighty American high-tech and electronics companies bough … more →
quotesweb wrote 1 year ago: “You probably know that their Zen monks are expected to write a poem close to the moment of death. I … more →
quotesweb wrote 1 year ago: “They have very sophisticated mapping software. It’s by far the most advanced in the world. The Japa … more →
quotesweb wrote 1 year ago: “In Japan, the land where everyone is supposedly equal, no one speaks on burakumin. But before a mar … more →
quotesweb wrote 1 year ago: “You know, if you wanted to buy a Japanese company, you couldn’t do it. The people in the company wo … more →