Nessie said...

Nessie at 03:47 PM JST - 2nd June

Papa, LOL. That's the spirit.

Good thing the headline doesn't do any editorializing, or anything. I guess she's getting into practice of having her husband beg for an hour for 10 minutes of "quality time."

Someone asked the newly married Carey how to find the right partner and she replied,…

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Nessie at 12:15 PM JST - 1st June

at New Chitose Airport in Sapporo

New Chitose Airport is in Chitose, not Sapporo. (The name's the tipoff.)

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Nessie at 08:57 PM JST - 30th May

He thinks he walks on water(board), Cleo.

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Nessie at 08:35 PM JST - 30th May

I know there are some wacky charges in j-law, but I doubt that "living in a closet" is what she was arrested for. Probably criminal tresspassing and possibly theft. Headline-writers take note.

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Nessie at 08:32 PM JST - 30th May

A shoe-in for an IgNobel.

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Nessie at 08:31 PM JST - 30th May

I should also point out that if standards change such that projects are no longer economically feasible, builders won't be able to get financing, which will stop overbuilding pretty darn quick. This assumes rational decision-making on the part of financiers, which is a somewhat probable assumption, but it's a better…

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Nessie at 08:28 PM JST - 30th May

You need to take these temperature swings over a much longer period. So-called global warming peaked in 1998 but there are always going to be lots of smaller peaks and troughs in between.

Weed, if you want to look at the long-term, you would see that there is no way…

Posted in Global warming will cut rice yields in western Japan, gov't says at 08:28 PM JST - 30th May
Nessie at 08:16 PM JST - 30th May

They pity the Ghanian children forced to labor for the cocoa. And they're envious of not having any chocoslaves of their own.

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Nessie at 08:15 PM JST - 30th May

Uranus, that would be Tim Roth. Good call.

Al Gore in An Inconvenient Truth, if you're one of the climate change deniers.

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Nessie at 08:13 PM JST - 30th May

in the western regions of Kinki and Shikoku

So not Western Japan, Southwestern Japan.

Anyway, it's good news, since Japan is choking on stockpiles of rice.

Posted in Global warming will cut rice yields in western Japan, gov't says at 08:13 PM JST - 30th May