Although we don’t have cable (read: no Comedy Central) and thus are deprived of such shows as Crank Yankers and Crossballs, I have recently become enamored of Jon Stewart after his amusing and truthful confrontation on Crossfire, which is now being cancelled. His recent assessment of George Bush’s inaugural speech, and his repeated uses [...]
I saw this and had to post it — thanks to alert comedian Dave Barry! Now you can actually see the real challenge of living in Japan. Not the language, or the cuisine, but the toilets. Enjoy!
Horrible…wonderful…horrible. How can I describe it? I relived high school for 89 minutes. The horrible clothes, the horrible food, the wide open spaces, lack of jobs, high school caste system… even down to the student election speech. I did that, I ran for student office and crashed my speech, I sang [...]
Well, back to our trip, 3 months later… We rolled into Victoria from Vancouver, mainly to see a former professor of mine, but also because I was nostalgic for ferries. We did ferry across, to Ben’s delight, and there was a play area for children on the [...]
I enjoyed my first Arabic class last night, although the instructor spent a lot of time discussing the different ways middle eastern men kiss each other (it’s cultural). Who knew kissing was different for people the same age and for people who are older/younger than you? A lot like bowing in Japan. [...]
