Mark_McCracken said...

Mark_McCracken at 08:58 PM JST - 12th November

How did Christmas become a romantic holiday in Japan?!

Good question. I suspect restaurants first saw the opportunity to create a "Christmas Dinner", and that evolved into bigger dinners, with gifts, and then romantic hotel packages.

Maybe some of the very old timers could explain it.

Posted in JUJU looking for man to spend Christmas with at 08:58 PM JST - 12th November
Mark_McCracken at 10:49 PM JST - 11th November

He also said thinning will help the forest become bright a place, allowing grass on the ground to grow and play a useful role in preventing soil from being washed away.

I suppose that's what caused the forests of the world to be entirely washed away thousands of years ago…

Posted in No. of volunteers trying to preserve Japan's forests on the rise at 10:49 PM JST - 11th November
Mark_McCracken at 10:33 PM JST - 11th November

What? This article has been up for an hour and there are no double entendres yet? Someone say something about trying for a hole in one, but coming up short.

Posted in Nice putt at 10:33 PM JST - 11th November
Mark_McCracken at 11:45 PM JST - 4th November

Perhaps that "management professional" thought this would be a good slogan: "Hoppy Beer - made by people who cleaned toilets with their bare hands."

Posted in Bubbling with enthusiasm at 11:45 PM JST - 4th November
Mark_McCracken at 06:13 PM JST - 3rd November

Just put everything in a blender and drink it.

Posted in Gov't study group advocates chewing food 30 times at 06:13 PM JST - 3rd November
Mark_McCracken at 09:16 PM JST - 2nd November

will stand in the store’s central hall until Dec 25.

..when it will be quickly disassembled and completely removed, because who you certainly can't have a Christmas tree up after Christmas. It's the law or something...

By the way, USJ has the claim to the tallest Christmas tree in Japan,…

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Mark_McCracken at 07:44 PM JST - 1st November

I don't do work I don't enjoy, so I suppose I live to work.

Posted in Do you live to work or work to live? at 07:44 PM JST - 1st November
Mark_McCracken at 01:28 PM JST - 31st October

Bambigirl - That's the funniest thing I've read in a while. Thanks.

Posted in Pole dancing picks up momentum for women - and men at 01:28 PM JST - 31st October
Mark_McCracken at 08:37 PM JST - 29th October

I wonder how long the lines outside McDo will be?

It depends on how many people they hire to stand in them.

Posted in Quarter Pounder back for seconds at 08:37 PM JST - 29th October
Mark_McCracken at 07:42 PM JST - 28th October

This story is too minor to be given much media interest. I'm sure there must be more to this story. He is a member of the US armed forces. He is an off duty police officer. He is a university professor. He is Noriko Sakai. Which is it?

Posted in 23-year-old man arrested for skateboarding on busy pathway at 07:42 PM JST - 28th October