Yoshiko called Greg and I to come out back this evening and see the smiley face moon before it goes down. Here it is for you.

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He has enjoyed drawing pictures for a year or so, but a couple months ago Greg suddenly began taking a strong interest in writing, in both Japanese and English, and now he can fill a big sketchbook page in a few minutes with letters and hiragana, sometimes words and sometimes just random combinations. He learned how to write his name and now signs most of his drawings as well. The other day he wanted to draw a momiji (maple leaf) and …

A stretch Cadillac limousine really stands out in Japan

I saw three Lamborghinis in three different colors (white, orange and yellow) in my neighborhood in one week. Something going on?

What happens when a guy has to put an English caption on a sign on Friday evening with no one around to check his work. Not really a car post, but otherwise it wouldn’t make it onto the site at all.

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Did everyone see this 5-year-old guitar slinger and Osaka-ben virtuoso Yamagishi Ryunosuke jammin’ with Char on Sanma’s Karakuri last month? Pictures. I can’t find video on the hilarious guitar store scene and his performance at Chicken George’s in Kobe that followed this clip.

Shigezuru, in the parlor, with a Kanzashi!

It’s so hard to choose your caffeine format. Well, now you don’t have to. Through amazing beverage technology, coffee has been “cola-fied” to produce this rocket juice, “Coffee Cola”. Yes, it is exactly as bad as you imagine. I wonder how long this bright idea lasted before I got this one at a 100 yen store?

2003.05.07 09:53:51 4.65.56.55 Search: query for ‘wallpaper’
2003.05.07 09:59:57 4.65.56.55 Search: query for ‘sex’
2003.05.07 10:00:56 4.65.56.55 Search: query for ‘yachatta’
2003.05.07 10:01:27 4.65.56.55 Search: query for ‘girld’
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A Google search for the string “George Bush is very intelligent” got me no returns (as of March 2003). Zero. No one of any import has written those words in a place accessible to Google. Makes me proud to be an American.
Google search: “George Bush is very intelligent” : 0 results
Google search: “George Bush is an idiot” : 176 results

Silly navigation from a company that makes DNA test kits and such. Also go back to the home page.

This is a family name plate outside a house near our place. You’d be laughing your ass off if you were Japanese and could read this guy’s name.