Noripinhead said...

Noripinhead at 05:53 PM JST - 30th September

Must be due to that Western diet.

Posted in Fat dolphins going on a diet at Hyogo aquarium at 05:53 PM JST - 30th September
Noripinhead at 10:19 AM JST - 28th September

The best performance of his career was certainly "The Verdict" but somehow the scenes in "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid" linger on as iconic of Newman the Screen Legend.

Posted in What are your favorite film memories of Paul Newman? at 10:19 AM JST - 28th September
Noripinhead at 10:13 AM JST - 28th September

He was great in "The Verdict" and did not win the Best Actor Oscar for that year only because he was up against Ben Kingsley in "Gandhi". We'll always have Butch Cassidy and Newman's Own salad dressing. Truly a legend in his own time.

Posted in Paul Newman dies at 83 at 10:13 AM JST - 28th September
Noripinhead at 01:35 PM JST - 26th September

Koizumi will be remembered like Ronald Reagan--much better than he actually was during his years in office. People already have forgotten the real reason he went to North Korea to meet Kim Jong Il and bring back Jenkins and company: to deflect attention from his domestic problems. He was a…

Posted in Koizumi to retire from politics at 01:35 PM JST - 26th September
Noripinhead at 01:23 PM JST - 26th September

The written language is a problem, no doubt. Consider the following situation: ask an average ability Japanese learner who has been studying English for one year to read from a college-level English text and he/she can do it, no problem--phonetically they may make a few mistakes in pronunciation, but at…

Posted in How difficult or easy is Japanese to learn, compared to other languages? at 01:23 PM JST - 26th September
Noripinhead at 10:17 AM JST - 26th September

I don't know if the timing is right. Koizumi steps down right after Aso is named PM, after having supported Koike Yuriko in the run-up to the inevitable conclusion. It makes it look as though Koizumi is ending his illustrious career in ashes of defeat, not a blaze of glory.

Posted in Koizumi to retire from politics at 10:17 AM JST - 26th September
Noripinhead at 10:03 AM JST - 26th September

As is infamously known, SMAP stands for "Sports Music Assemble People". Kind of fitting, since all you have to do is assemble some no-talent people and you have a group like SMAP.

Posted in SMAP starts nationwide tour at 10:03 AM JST - 26th September
Noripinhead at 09:51 AM JST - 26th September

All the leaves are brown, and the sky is grey. I've been for a walk, on such a summer's day. Shinjuku Gyoen dreamin' on such a summer's day.

Posted in Shinjuku park at 09:51 AM JST - 26th September
Noripinhead at 06:50 PM JST - 25th September

Here's a nice pic of the toki in flight:

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/photojournal/graph/photojournal/1.html

Amazing orange color on those birds. They really seem to symbolize Japan. Like the hanko-stamp color.

Posted in 10 artificially bred crested ibises released into wild in Japan at 06:50 PM JST - 25th September
Noripinhead at 11:59 AM JST - 25th September

Good luck to them. I hope they make out in the wild, if you know what I mean. Maybe we should name a beer after them. You know, Ibis Beer.

Posted in 10 artificially bred crested ibises released into wild in Japan at 11:59 AM JST - 25th September