Both of my teams (Cowboys and Broncos) collapsed like a cheap folding chair sat upon by a hippo. Not that I care that much about the NFL (college football is much more entertaining in my opinion, even with the stupid BCS), but it would have been nice for at least one of the teams [...]
Posts from ‘December, 2008’
Sleep
Last week, I finished reading “Sleep” by Murakami in Japanese. It definitely gave me a nice sense of accomplishment to read an actual work of literature in Japanese, as opposed to a comic book or the artificial Japanese found in textbooks. There were a lot of words I had to look up, but by and [...]
Daily Beast: Americans Driving Less isn’t Good News!
I was just checking out The Daily Beast for the first time. The site looks ok, but I’m not sure it’ll become a staple of my daily news binge. While reading their Cheat Sheet, I stumbled upon their summary of a story about lower gas prices:
One bright spot for struggling Americans this holiday: gas prices hit [...]
Sneaky’s Weekly Twitter Update – 2008-12-27
why can’t it be winter break already? #
time for Wall-e!!! #
Yay…winter vacation…But I have tons to do for the first couple days. #
メリークリスマス…ho ho ho! #
doing 車検…bleh #
I just learned about a chemical solution with a cool name – piranaha solution. Sulfuric acid and hydrogen peroxide. #
Elderly Criminals in Japan
Watch out, Sneaky and Ranma! Crime by the elderly in Japan is increasing! And since 20% of the population is over 65 in Japan, the pool of criminals is huge! Guard you wallets! They are everywhere!
Of course, maybe it isn’t so bad if elderly people are swiping food and medicine…it’s probably much more efficient than [...]
Christmas Eve in Kofu
Its Christmas Eve, and as usual in Japan its the bigger of the two days of Christmas. I like Christmas Eve a lot myself as it always seems to be a magical day. However one thing sucks, for me it will be a bit lonely. But thats OK as I plan on celebrating in usual [...]
Learning Japanese, another perspective
Its hard to believe that I have officially been studying Japanese now for just a little over 11 years now. I’m not fluent but I’m very happy at the progress I’ve made and continue to make everyday. Japanese is certainly a challenge, but I’ve always found the challenge to not be as nearly as difficult [...]
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