Autumn Color
Autumn is slowly starting to set in here in the Pacific Northwest and I’m reminded of my autumns spent in Japan. So today is a short, simple post before I go to work, sharing a beautiful day from...
View ArticleKaraoke Music Videos
I’ve talked about karaoke before. In that post, I briefly mentioned the hilarious nature of most of the karaoke music videos. Since the chains rarely have use rights to the real music videos (or real...
View ArticleA Bit of Engrish
Everyone’s heard of Engrish – that weird sort of pseudo-English popular in Asia. It can be found in most Asian countries (China has some excellent examples), but Japan is widely considered its home....
View ArticleForeign Currency
I love foreign currency. Whenever I leave the US, I like to bring back a little bit of money just to have it. I have random collections, okay? There’s actually a decent amount of money in that pile,...
View ArticleMy Favorite Bookstore
This isn’t a secret at all, but I’m a huge bibliophile. I love reading, I love books, I love bookstores, I majored in English literature… it’s pretty much been my “thing” my entire life. So, naturally,...
View ArticleOld Town Kawagoe
Long time no blog post! I got a cold last week, and I’m still hanging in there on the job, so I haven’t had a ton of energy. But today I’m back at it with a little something about Japan! … Continue...
View ArticleJapanese Patient Cards
Lazy blogger is lazy. Actually, it’s only partially laziness. The rest of it is political canvassing, which is kind of exhausting. Anyway! I dug around in the archives for posting material and settled...
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