Just some new entries on our website www.theholmers.com.  Check them out if you have time.  We're down to 43 days until we're in the US!  And counting...

Here we go again

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WOW...

See you all VERY soon!

So, I know that most of you guys are WAY more creative and resourceful than I am.  So, I'm asking for your help.  I've been asked to give a 40 minute presentation on some topic (any topic) regarding American Culture.  IN JAPANESE.  TO ALL MY STUDENTS, TEACHERS, and FOLKS FROM THE LOCAL COMMUNITY.  40 MINUTES!!  At the end of next month (June, which ( Read more... )

OK - for all you tunnel-vision LJ users out there, here's a link to my most recent quips on life in Japan on our website.  Please feel free to tell me how un-funny my attempts at humor are.  ;)

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Sightings and Goings On

Yeah, so I don't write on LJ that much, but I realize that some (or many) of you don't have lots of time on your hands, and therefore only routinely check LJ. SO...for those folks, please check out my recent journal entries on our website www.theholmers.com:

Japan's weird weather

I haven't been this happy in...well...

And, by the way, see most of ( Read more... )

Guys, I know this is weird, but I have to pee like a (I'm not going to say it as I'm curbing my swearing since I will be around little children when I return to the motherland) and the one and only bathroom with a WESTERN style toilet in this godforsaken* school is OUT OF ORDER. Grrr... It was all day yesterday and is all day today. WHAT ON ( Read more... )

Turning Un-Japanese ( Read more... )

Yeah, so I'm taking like 2 minutes to grouse (sorry - that's more often than not what this post is about...) because I only have 2 minutes. No, I take that back - I don't even have two minutes... The following things have to be done before I leave for Kobe/Osaka tonight ( Read more... )

Todd - this one's ALL for you!

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,178855,00.html

Please also click on the left-hand side photo - ADORABLE, GIGANTIC penguins and equally cute incredulous Japanese persons...

OK, so I promise I will write a journal entry for my own website about this but ( Read more... )

Even though there is already a commentary by Cory on these nasty creatures on our website (www.theholmers.com) please take a look at the picture below:

kamemushi OR stink bug...

Now, please know that I just went to the "faculty restroom" which is apparently cleaner than the "student restrooms" in this school (although I honestly can't tell much of ( Read more... )