Posted in Other, Politics on Dec 26th, 2007 No Comments »
Thanks to Kurt for pointing me to Lawrence Ferlinghetti’s new poem read on Democracy Now: Pity the nation whose people are sheep, and whose shepherds mislead them. Pity the nation whose leaders are liars, whose sages are silenced, and whose bigots haunt the airwaves. Pity the nation that raises not its voice, except to praise [...]
Posted in Family, Other on Oct 11th, 2007 15 Comments »
Last Tuesday I got my Japanese driver’s license! The best part is that I passed the practical driving test on my first try, which is actually somewhat rare due to the rather unreasonable nature of the testing process. (It’s not about how well you drive, but how well you follow the obscure rules of the [...]
Posted in Other on Apr 26th, 2007 11 Comments »
A postcard came in the mail yesterday notifying me that my permanent residence visa (eijyuken) was ready. Today I rushed down to the Tokyo Immigration Office in Shinagawa and received the unassuming little sticker on my passport that frees me from every having to get another Japanese visa. I applied for it in November, and [...]
Posted in Other on Apr 9th, 2007 1 Comment »
I’ve updated to a new RSS feed. So I would be much obliged if my three subscribers would update their RSS readers.
Posted in Family, Other on Nov 10th, 2006 No Comments »
Our son Takeru loves to play outside, and inevitably falls down a lot, though sometimes through no fault of his own. (There are a lot kids in our park.) His last fall two days ago was his worst yet, and he cut both the inside and outside of his lip in addition to splitting his [...]
Posted in Other, Ramblings on Aug 21st, 2006 No Comments »
I stumbled upon the Global Rich List a few years back. It’s a simple site where you enter your yearly income and see how your economic status ranks globally. Most people from developed countries will inevitably find themselves to be in the top 10% globally, as an income of $25,000 per year puts you at [...]
Posted in Other on Dec 11th, 2005 No Comments »
A good friend and fellow resident of the Ukima area (the freelance capital of Tokyo) has recently started a monthly pocket-sized English magazine. Before embarking on his career as a magazine mogul, he was (and still is) an excellent graphic designer – and it shows throughout GO TOKYO. The first issue was released in November, [...]
Posted in Other on Sep 18th, 2004 No Comments »
A wave of check and money order fraud seems to sweeping across the U.S. and the internet at large. Most of these scams involve people replying to classified ads for “check cashing”jobs. They are told they will be paid to deposit large checks into their bank account and then immediately wire the money via Western [...]