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Question of the day, from a new 1st grade student (US grade 7) and translated by the Japanese teacher:

"If you had a golden fish, and it died, what would you do with it? Would you put it in the ground, or would you put it in the dust bin?"

That was the toughest one all day...this job rules.

My friend from D.C. has started a multi-person soccer blog, We Call it Soccer, mainly about Major League Soccer and American soccer, but it also focuses on European and Central/South American footie. I was talking to him recently and he asked me to write something about my experiences in Japan so far. So, check it out if you like ( Read more... )

Who am I to argue with the Prime Minister of Japan ( Read more... )

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"I like rice. Rice is great if you're hungry and want 2000 of something."

Mitch Hedberg will be missed!

Oh, man, the sun! It's been out for two days in a row and it's never been so warming. I've found my bike, which was snowed in since December 21st or so, and I'm in the process of trying to de-rust the lock that I rarely use. It's spring break now, at the tail end of winter, and the past few weeks have been busy ones, getting the kids at school ( Read more... )

fotologue.jp may be the best designed of all of the photo blog sites i've seen. I was using flickr for awhile, but only for pictures I took with my cell phone. Fotologue is one of those sites that could make me spend way too much time on the internet ( Read more... )

I am losing my English. I'll admit that my grammar was never spectacular, even before my arrival here in Akita, but I've noticed a dramatic decrease in my practical English skills over the past few weeks. I wish it were being replaced by reasonable Japanese language skills, but alas, my Japanese is understandable on paper only. I suppose that I'm ( Read more... )

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