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10 Oct 08
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Another Spider |
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10 Oct 08
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Bleg Is there some internet/web "law" (like "Murphy's law" or something) that dooms anyone in the process of commenting on someone else's bad spelling or grammar to make a boneheaded spelling/grammar mistake himself? If they aren't, there shuold be. |
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10 Oct 08
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Here, Listen to This Just click the thingie there and listen.Charlie Musselwhite-Cha Cha the BluesAlt. LinkMy work is done. |
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10 Oct 08
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Tetrapods (1) |
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09 Oct 08
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This Week in Hockey This just in from the CBC:U.S. vice-presidential nominee and self-proclaimed hockey mom Sarah Palin will take centre stage at centre ice on Saturday night.Palin, the governor of Alaska and John McCain's Republican running mate, agreed Wednesday to drop... |
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08 Oct 08
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Stupid Wingnut Tricks I know, I'm posting too much crap these days that's related to American politics. I should probably change channels. Not yet, though...In this video clip Sarah Palin, who's giving a speech somewhere, responds to a heckler with the following:Bless your... |
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08 Oct 08
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Trees, Clouds (2) |
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07 Oct 08
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Trees, Clouds (1) |
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07 Oct 08
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Wingnutopedia; This Is a Joke, Right? Although I'd heard about Conservapedia ("The Trustworthy Encyclopedia") before, it wasn't until yesterday that I steeled myself and actually went over for a look. In case you haven't heard of it, Conservapedia is basically a wingnut version of Wikipedia.... |
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06 Oct 08
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All Aboard! I've seen the "Red Express" go past my place hundreds of times. I never gave it much thought, until now...Last stop: Wall Street!Feel free to add your own captions. |
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05 Oct 08
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Sleeping Cat Oh, and don't forget, it's Phoctober! |
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03 Oct 08
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Vending Machines, No. 45 |
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03 Oct 08
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Balancing Act For reasons completely unrelated to "photography" this might be my favorite picture of all the ones I've posted so far. She rocks. |
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03 Oct 08
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Kids Say the Darndest Things I make no claim to have any clue whatsoever about Economics, but apparently a lot of people believe that it's not simply efficient, but it's practically God's own fucking will and a law of nature that the best system is one in which companies should pay... |
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03 Oct 08
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Along Came a Spider Fall in Miyazaki means spiders; lots of cool-looking spidersHey, I see that Maht at The Moon Topples is blogging again, and he's getting all Phoctober. |
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03 Oct 08
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Church |
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01 Oct 08
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Apartment |
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01 Oct 08
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The Trumpet A little ditty from the archives for my American friends currently fighting the forces of darkness and stupidity. Enjoy and be inspired!Sing Along with JFK-The Trumpetalt. link |
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01 Oct 08
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Jumper |
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01 Oct 08
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Adventures in Driving Driving home a couple of weeks ago as a typhoon was pulling into Miyazaki (15 seconds):I tell ya, it's non-stop action around here... |
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30 Sep 08
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Uyoku Uyoku (Japanese nationalist right-wing groups) drive by my place in their scary-looking noisy sound buses at least once a week (or so it seems to me). They came by the other day while I happened to be out on the balcony with my video camera. Here's a... |
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30 Sep 08
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More Birds Cell phone pic. |
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29 Sep 08
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The Brick Wall Cell phone pic. |
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28 Sep 08
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Flower Porn |
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28 Sep 08
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The 08/09 Miyazaki Maroons Of all my geeky interests, my yearly participation in a fantasy hockey league is maybe the most passionate. I love hockey, but here in Japan there are very few games to be seen on TV (ESPN Asia shows about a game a week, but this is hit and miss due to... |
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27 Sep 08
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More Water |
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27 Sep 08
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Vending Machines, No. 44 |
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26 Sep 08
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Whatever Would I be a bad person if I said that world economic collapse meant nothing to me?World economic collapse means nothing to me.Destroy All Monsters-BoredI'm serious. |
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26 Sep 08
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Bench |
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26 Sep 08
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She Doesn't Understand English My grasp of the Japanese language is, to put it somewhat charitably, shit. Sure, I can get by pretty well in most daily situations--shopping, eating out, stuff like that, but as soon as I'm required to comment on something of substance, or express a... |
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25 Sep 08
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Escape Hatch |
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24 Sep 08
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But then... ... there's always this:Wasn't that fun? |
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24 Sep 08
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Yes... ... this is about right:Ulaan Kohl-Untitled (1)Not for everyone, perhaps, but I find it quite soothing... |
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24 Sep 08
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Homeless |
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23 Sep 08
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Carp I'm a bit sick and tired today. Some kind of allergy or something. Here's another pic: |
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22 Sep 08
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Bzzz... |
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22 Sep 08
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Rural Scene |
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22 Sep 08
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Thank You for Smoking! There was an interesting little nugget last week on the website of The Mainichi Daily News, discussing the benefits of raising taxes on cigarettes.The government can expect to make an extra 9 trillion yen in tax revenue over the next 10 years by raising... |
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20 Sep 08
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Water |
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20 Sep 08
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Orwell or a Sociologist: Who Would You Rather Have a Beer With? Moving right along, we have this article in The Telegraph, which informs us of a list of words and phrases that the British Sociological Association would like to see banned by universities and publishers. Frankly, after reading some of the... |
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20 Sep 08
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The Triumph of the Communists Free markets, capitalism, responsibility, my fucking ass. George W. Bush is a fucking commie! Commie, commie, commie! Everyone, and I mean everyone who benefits from this is a fucking commie! Commie, commie, commie! Commie traitors!Ahh, fuck it... |
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20 Sep 08
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Vending Machines, No. 43 |
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18 Sep 08
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Typhoon In a slow year for these things, the year's first typhoon is blowing through Miyazaki. I don't know if it's because the typhoons here are a lot less intense than the hurricanes that blow through the American cities some friends of mine live in, or if... |
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18 Sep 08
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Jagged |
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17 Sep 08
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Rocks Off |
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16 Sep 08
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Satan's Soldiers * Sheikh Muhammad Munajid, a Muslim cleric in the U.K., informs us that "[...] according to Islamic law, Mickey Mouse should be killed in all cases."This might actually seem like a pretty reasonable proposition to many (at least when their 5-year-olds... |
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16 Sep 08
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Smile |
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14 Sep 08
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Stage Fright A nice lyric:See the man with the stage fright,Just standin' up there to give it all his might.He got caught in the spotlight,But when we get to the endHe wants to start all over again.--The Band, "Stage Fright"Can I try that again? |
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14 Sep 08
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Alley |
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14 Sep 08
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Slight Variation (2) |
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