Oh, right. One other tidbit that I was told as I left the Board of Education the other day ( Read more... )

So, I went to the Tosan Board of Education to fill out my recontracting papers yesterday. I circled, "No, I've decided not to recontract ( Read more... )

It's the Oogi-jima homepage!
Check it out - side of my head for the win.

I'm not going to embed the YouTube link - just click it and watch it yourself.

The song is "Boku wa Kuma" (I'm a Bear) by Utada Hikaru. The song was #18 on the iTunes J-Pop music charts for Japan, but I don't know how well it's doing on the 'real' charts.

Here are the lyrics, first in English, then in Japanese:
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I went to Mt. Kompira/Konpira for New Year's. I got an iPod Shuffle.
An update in which I post eight pictures.
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Just an update to this.


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What do you mix in your natto?You won't get as much out of this column if you've never eaten natto, but I still think it's pretty good. Recommended ( Read more... )

Last night I watched An Inconvenient Truth. I know I'm a little late to the party, but I'm guessing the issue hasn't gone away in that time ( Read more... )

Sandra sent me a link to the wikipedia article about Yamaimo. For such a tasty tuber, it's a pretty off-putting article. The real payoff, of course, is at the end. Scandalous!

Those blinded by ambition.

Those consumed with vengeance.