August 2011
2 posts
Words With Invisibility
Me: I love you, sweetie.
Daughter: ...
Me: Did you hear what I said?
Daughter: Yes.
Me: What did I say?
Daughter: You love me.
Me: That's right.
Daughter: I don't have to say it every time.
Me: I was saying it before you could say ANYTHING, so there.
Daughter: I'll say it when YOU can't say anything.
Me: You think I'm going to stop talking one day?
Daughter: Yes. When you're old.
Me: I'm already old, sweetie.
Daughter: When you're as old as Yoda.
Me: Talked, Yoda still did.
Daughter: Not when he fell asleep and was invisible.
Me: You'll still love me when I fall asleep and turn invisible?
Daughter: And I'll still say it.
Me: Daddy's going to go cry for a few years now.
April 2009
9 posts
Reclaim Your Dreams →
About to dig into this.
5 Greatest English Bands Ever
The Beatles
The Rolling Stones
Radiohead
The Police
Coldplay
7 April 09, Training →
Top 5 Albums of All Time (of the day)
There’s no way can can pick 5 ultimate-ever best albums. That’s just impossible - best in terms of what?
Here’s the top 5 right now:
Beck - Odelay
Jamiroquai - Synkronized
Miles Davis - Kind of Blue
Elliott Smith - Figure 8
Self - Subliminal Plastic Motives
4 April 09, Training →
Bacon Flavored Lube →
I know I am sometimes prone to exageration, but I believe can say in total earnest that this is the greatest thing I have ever seen in my entire life. Really. Check it out.
Dunkin' Donuts vs. Mister Donuts (Japan)
In favor of Dunkin’:
DD actually owns it’s own coffee plantation in Columbia (or at least they did back the mid-90s)
Cheaper
More variations with rainbow sprinkles
Combos
Donut Holes (sic)
The apostrophe in Dunkin’ rocks it
Sometimes has booths or counter seating
In favor of Mister:
There’s an actual picture of some old white guy (apparently “Mister...
March 2009
11 posts
Thoughts I'm Thinking as I Wait for the Delivery...
“What the hell is taking so fucking long?”
“I entered ‘Between 12 and 2pm” and here it is almost 2pm. It better be here soon.”
“It’s absoultely imperative that I be able to read these books today.”
OK, so I didn’t actually think that last one. There’s actually no rush at all. I just hate waiting. That’s all.
28 March 09, Training →
North Korean Democracy →
I’ll always think of Kim Jong-Il as the lonely singling puppet from Team America. I’m glad his constituents unamimously approve.
5 Jobs I'm Glad I Don't Have
Here they be:
McDonald’s, Wal-Mart, or any similar ultra-mega provider of marginal employment.
Telemarketing, call center, or IRS seasonal paper shuffler.
Police officer.
Anything that involves any form or amount of ass-kissing.
I can’t think of a 5th job I’m glad I don’t have. Really, I could learn from and enjoy almost anything that respects my humanity and...
5 Things I Love About Osaka
Here they be:
Takoyaki
Okonomiyaki
There’s always someone doing something so stupid as to be extremely entertaining to onlookers.
People often speak directly as individuals (as opposed to rest of Japan).
Living next door to the Asahi beer factory (free tours and tastings most Sunday mornings).
24 March 09, Training →
22 March 09, Shinsa and Training →
21 March 09, Welcome and So Long →
17 March 09, Irish Training →
You’re Probably Stretching Wrong →
I’ll get right to the point. Every dojo I’ve ever practiced at does stretches, but very few people at any of these dojo ever seem to get very flexible. There’s a good reason for this: most people…
February 2009
7 posts
Is Manliness Obsolete? →
I sure hope not. The author gives plenty of reasons why being a man is still important in the “post-modern” world.
Happy Birthday, Abe →
Soul Coughing →
Jesus Kicks Ass →
Free Grand Slam At Denny's →
Oh how I wanted this to apply in Japan as well…
January 2009
21 posts
Hot! Links for 30 January 09 →
50 Strategies for Making Yourself Work →
I wish I had found this months ago.
Taido Info →
Collected articles, links, pics, and videos.
Simple Nutritional Advice →
Loren Parks →
I’ve quit biting my fingernails before. Often for periods of up to a couple of months. But it’s never been this easy.
Check out the link for various therapies that generally clock in at under a minute.
How to use a Japanese-style toilet →
Useful information for travelers.
5 Reasons I'm Glad It's Fucking Freezing
Can’t think of anything.
Still can’t think of anything.
Nothing yet.
Drawing a Blank.
Still nothing.
More on David Foster Wallace →
“Thinking, analyzing, inventing are not anomalous acts; they are normal...”
– Jorge Louis Borges
Haiku #81
In a perfect world,
chickens would be born pre-fried
to save cooking time.
Haiku #80
In a pie death match
between cherry and pecan,
cherry would so win.
My Goals For The Day
Consume at least 200 grams of fat.
Make somebody happy.
Send money to Rika.
Find two new students.
Stay warm (or at least enjoy the cold).
Send the DVDs back to Tsutaya.
Drink less than four cups of coffee.
Challenge Your Beliefs →
This is a really long post by Dave Pollard. It’s worth it. If you can’t be bothered to read the whole thing, skim over it and bookmark his site and browse over parts of it from time to time. You may not agree with all of it - I don’t - but you’ll be given cause to think. And that’s always a good thing.
Haiku #79
Marks grow fine and faint.
Reservoir fills with bubbles.
Pen runs out of ink.
Fizzle
Colored streaks of wax are sliding down the glass. I ask for you to pass another beer, but it’s so loud - that crashing water sound - so I turn around and ask again to make sure you hear. You were listening, you said, but all this noise is fucking up your head. It’s beautiful and makes it hard to think. And that’s why we’ve come: to turn our brains off and be dumb. Listen to the engine hum and...
December 2008
14 posts
“The pain of dentistry is a pain that I know real well.”
– Mike Keneally, “I Will”
My New Homepage →
This is going to be the new hub.