I don't know if anyone else will find this funny or not. On a day at work when I had literally nothing to do, I entertained myself by musing about what the planets and such might be thinking ( Read more... )

Some more political grumbling just to make myself feel better.

Here's an article from Fox News:
Japanese Mortified By Obama's Bow -- embarrassing an ally
Here's a quote:

ABC's Jake Tapper reports that at least one Japanese newspaper is not printing the picture of the president's mortifying bow because the Japanese are embarrassed by his behavior ( Read more... )

Orin loves music. When he was about eight months old Noriko and I took him with us to the outskirts of an outdoor music festival along the beach. It was far enough away to not be very loud, but near enough to still feel the bass. I was worried that Orin might be afraid, but no. He laughed and squirmed in delight ( Read more... )

Taking a walk, and probably seeing a real estate poster with land advertised in so-many square meters made my thoughts wander around in math ( Read more... )

Babies: part cute adorable little bundles of joy, part demon.

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Actually he didn't sound nearly that scary, the little cell-phone mic just got distorted.

One of the pleasures of my job is reading students' short compositions ( Read more... )

A few Marines are punished for tossing a puppy over a cliff.

the story according to CNN

compared to this:
A US military jury has acquitted a marine of charges that he helped cover up the killing of 24 unarmed Iraqi civilians in Haditha in 2005.

according to BBC

Iraqi civilians just need to learn how to be cuter.

After eight years of imagining Karl Rove as one of the Dark Lords, I was surprised to find what a light, warm writing style he has.

Why Hillary Won

Here is a gift bag, that I bought the other day. I was half asleep and buying a rice-ball from a convenience store on the way to work. As I was leaving, I thought to myself "Did I just see what I think I saw?"


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