OgieDoggie said...

OgieDoggie at 02:16 AM JST - 21st October

If your going to pick a country to hide in why doesn't the Taliban pick like say Swiss Alps or the French Rivera...some place nice for a change. Am sure it would boost the moral of their troops at least.

Posted in Top U.S. official in Pakistan after missile strikes strain ties at 02:16 AM JST - 21st October
OgieDoggie at 02:10 AM JST - 21st October

You can do the samething with a tight pair of blue jeans you know.

Posted in Hitachi develops organ fat simulation tech at 02:10 AM JST - 21st October
OgieDoggie at 02:00 AM JST - 21st October

So what happenes when you step into a puddle of water? Do you go up in a puff of smoke?

Do you really want to be wearing these shoes during an electrical storm?

Posted in NTT develops shoes that generate electricity at 02:00 AM JST - 21st October
OgieDoggie at 01:47 AM JST - 21st October

She's a 74 year old Grandmother who is proud of her granddaugther..I wish the media would give her a break and let her be a happy Grandmother.

Posted in Empress, turning 74, expresses joy over Aiko's school debut at 01:47 AM JST - 21st October
OgieDoggie at 01:42 AM JST - 21st October

This looks like a scene from "On Golden Pond" when Henry Fonda and his grandson only difference is they are on the lake...but same idea. Maybe this was the Japanese version of "On Golden Pond" (renamed to "On Golden Mountain")only in REAL life version.

Glad they are both OK. One…

Posted in Missing man, great-grandchild found on Gunma mountain at 01:42 AM JST - 21st October
OgieDoggie at 01:33 AM JST - 21st October

“I will kill the children,”

It was probably a teacher who did it! Burn out runs high in this field.

Posted in Windows broken, death threat left at primary school in Hokkaido at 01:33 AM JST - 21st October
OgieDoggie at 01:30 AM JST - 21st October

I have 3 friends and 2 relatives who are teachers here in the U.S. they seem to suffer from the same problems..overcrowded classess and zero disciplinary powers. Burn out seems to happen alot in this field in both countries. So much for "INVESTING" in our future.

Posted in Over 100 teachers in managerial posts offer to take demotions in 2007 at 01:30 AM JST - 21st October
OgieDoggie at 01:04 AM JST - 21st October

It wasn't until Clint Eastwoods "Letters From Iwo Jima" that we get to see what life was like for the "average" Japanese soldier.

Just remember that there are NO winners in war. The victor has to clean up the mess and soldiers on both sides have to go home and…

Posted in WWII documentary offers first Japanese perspective at 01:04 AM JST - 21st October
OgieDoggie at 03:08 AM JST - 17th October

Good_Jorb hits the nail on the head with his comment...finally someone with a common sense approach.

Posted in Billion going hungry on World Food Day, says Oxfam at 03:08 AM JST - 17th October
OgieDoggie at 03:04 AM JST - 17th October

It even comes with a built in can opener so you can get out of it once you've somehow gotten into it.

Actually it reminds me of the old british Austin Mini Coopers, it was fun in the 1970's to hot rod these things. It came with a shoe horn…

Posted in Toyota says new small iQ offers quality at 03:04 AM JST - 17th October