Normal
day...let
me
be
aware
of
the
treasure
you
are.
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...because
it
can
go
fast.
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WHAT
THE
FCK
JUST
HAPPENED!?!
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NUKEQUAKE
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DISASTROPHE
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After
Shock
Traumatic
Shock
Shock
Shock...
Just
starting
to
seep
in...
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good
bye...good
bye...good
bye...good
bye...good
bye...good
bye
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Click
this
chilling
bit
of
brilliance
from
the
NYTimes
and
sweep
a
patch
of
humanity
from
the
face
of
the
globe.
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"Are
you
OK?"
Been
getting
and
giving
a
lot
of
this...so,
Thank
You!,
yes,
we
are
OK
here.
As
in
WWII
Kyoto
was
mercifully
spared
destruction.
It
remains
to
be
seen
what
the
fates
have
in
store
for
tens
hundreds
of
thousands
of
others...
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pray
hope
give
help
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People
waiting
in
line
(n.b.,
not
cutting
in
line
or
looting
in
line)
for
water,
maybe
a
rice
ball.
(For
balance,
watch
the
security
camera
footage
from
any
Wal+Mart
on
any
Black
Friday.)
Enjoy.
A
school
sports
field,
Sendai,
Japan.
Photo:
Kyodo/Reuters
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The
one-man
rescue
team.
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Remains
of
the
Dinner:
mildly
irradiated
piranha.
I
jest...not
that
we
ate
it,
we
did.
Not
that
it's
irradiated,
it
is.
That
it's
piranha,
it
isn't.
It
is
Tai,
an
excellent
fish
translated
mainly
as
Sea
Bream
and
sometimes
as
Snapper
(which
is
the
more
fun
to
say.)
I'm
not
100%
clear
on
the
science
behind
it,
but
they
tell
me
it's
kind
of
like
a
microwave
oven
underwater
microwave
oven.
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Today's
Lesson
(03/15/2010):
Timely
English
Buzzwords!
jet
stream,
millisieverts
(sp?),
re-entry
visa,
iodine
cocktails,
go
outside
(don't),
breathe
(don't),
Review
of
Last
Week's
Lesson
(03/08/2010):
Winning!,
tiger
blood,
warlock,
duh,
$2
million,
goddesses,
Korner
w/
a
'K'
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You
know
how
I
know
you're
an
alcoholic?
Because
you
drank
this.
(You
know
how
I
know
you
can
still
be
saved?
Because
they
gave
it
to
you
free
at
the
store
and
you
didn't
pay
cash
money
for
it.)
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This
guy
is
now
more
sought
after
than
a
10
kg
sack
of
millet
rice.
A
young
single
handsome
American
gentleman...the
shine
of
whose
gallantry
reflects
off
all
my
people
here
in
Japan
and
makes
us
nobler
for
it.
...squired
village
waifs
enroute
...then
he
got
some
Liberating
American
Hero
love.
And
now
he's
on
TV.
This
gent
is
going
to
have
a
steady
stream
of
young
maidens
and
moms
queuing
up
for
'Language
Exchange'
and
'Private
Lessons'...
Aside
from
showing
themselves
to
be
petty,
negative
and
small-hearted...they
are
also
ignorant...Huff
Post
don't
know.
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pray
for
them,
the
people
like
this.
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a
personal
note:
some
elderly
relatives
for
generations
had
homes
in
Sendai
and
are
now
homeless
in
Sendai.
Good
News:
recently
they
somehow
made
contact
and
are
alive.
Bad
News:
Both
their
homes
washed
away.
Last
I
heard,
unable
to
be
reached,
surviving
on
wits,
camaraderie,
burning
what
used
to
be
headboards,
banisters,
for
granted.
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The
crane
of
the
neck,
the
isolation,
the
confusion...the
sticks.
Where
have
I
seen
that
look
before???
(May
the
right
ones
be
reached.)
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0)
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Displaced,
distressed
and
distraught
Japanese
earthquake
survivors
wait
in
line
for
hours
for
basic
necessities.
...this
place
is
still
safer
and
more
civilized
than
any
given
Wednesday
in
Baltimore,
Rochester,
Chuck
E.
Cheese.
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run,
piggy,
run.
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(>...<)
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(+_+)
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...and
then
came
the
snow.
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run
and
hide
stay
safe
stay
warm
be
good
stay
alive
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This
will
work:
Here's
a
fun
game:
make
a
list
of
all
the
things
in
your
home
that
will
work
once
they
cut
the
power.
This
may
not
take
a
big
sheet
of
paper.
Mine:
The
two-ring
gas
burner
seen
above;
my
acoustic
guitar;
all
my
Mitsubishi
2B
pencils.
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buy
more
bullets
(one
less
thing
to
have
to
do
in
a
Japanese
emergency.)
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And
the
ship
sails
on...
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Fukushima
LEVEL
6!
(...and
America
settles
for
Bronze.)
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too
beautiful
to
blow
my
nose
on...
so
I
just
walk
around
snuffling
all
day.
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Hmm...what's
on
tap
today???
Fresh
handmade
Hokkaido
cakes;
bunnies!!!;
sale-price
adidas;
cute
women
with
beauty
implements;
Nuke
disastrophe!!!
(clockwise
from
top
left)
The
inserts
and
front
page
of
the
Asahi
Shimbun,
morning
edition,
March
17,
2011.
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Lived
on
the
Inside.
Seen
from
the
Outside.™
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(Far
right...and
far
out!)
A
38
y.o.
Canadian
English
teacher
provides
aid
and
comfort
to
a
20
y.o.
Japanese
national
in
her
time
of
need.
Catastrophe!?!
What
catastrophe?
(except
maybe
for
this
girl's
mom.)
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new
(*...*)
game
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E
la
nave
va.
Italian
for
"And
the
ship
sails
on",
which
I
have
already
used
once
on
this
page.
ph:
fender
palomino
sneak
out
of
my
lead
containment
shelter
for
a
little
playing
in
the
nearby
park.
lovely
day
today,
all
things
considered.
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Kyoto
Kaiseki
traditional
fine
small-dish
dining.
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I
know
you
know
they
look
like
fish...
ph:
funazushi
pie
duo
but
did
you
know
they
taste
like
fish?
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pray
your
way
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"...sitting
in
absolute
solitude...drinking
glass
after
glass
of
vodka,
understanding
more
and
more
about
himself."
--M.
Bulgakov,
The
Master
and
Margarita
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big
and
bland
and
blond.
you
know
the
type.
about
15%
overweight,
semi-nude
photos
somewhere
in
cyberspace.
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fellow
readers:
if
you
like
this
site
please
spread
the
word
like
human
manure
over
an
Edo
Period
rice
field.
thanks.
doumo
arigatou
gozaimasu!!!
posting
a
link
to
this
site
also
much
appreciated
and
good
karma
for
you.
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of
the
Bad
Times
Ahead...
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