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Xeno23 at 03:34 PM JST - 4th November

So Cold Stone in the US is all about the mix-ins, like M-and-Ms, Butterfinger bits, crushed Oreo cookies, even gummi bears. Japan being Japan, what are they mixing in? Squid jerky? Sugar cured dried fish? Kaki-no-tane arare? Natto? Corn? Yumm-o.

Posted in Cold Stone Creamery gift card at 03:34 PM JST - 4th November
Xeno23 at 04:30 AM JST - 27th October

Iwo To, is the new name, but it still means Iwo Island. To is the other reading for the same character as Shima.

Anyway, sheesh; it's not some place to cheer over. Iwo To is a sobering monument to our worst and best qualities - regardless of which side anyone…

Posted in Japanese army major dies during visit to Iwo Jima tunnel at 04:30 AM JST - 27th October
Xeno23 at 08:10 AM JST - 20th October

The question isn't whether they "deserve" it, or not; it's whether for the good of the World, Japan should be a member, or not.

In my opinion, all of the major players should be on it: basically G8 Plus 5. This is supposed to be about contributing resources to global…

Posted in Does Japan deserve a permanent seat on the U.N. Security Council? at 08:10 AM JST - 20th October
Xeno23 at 01:17 AM JST - 19th October

Hm. Some of you don't appear to understand cosplay - when girls/women do it. No one is looking down on these young ladies, quite the opposite; they're idols of worship. And those, my friends, are power suits. They turn Japanese males into quivering jelly. Most of these young ladies are…

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Xeno23 at 01:10 PM JST - 15th October

They're all lefties? This picture has to be flipped. I fenced in HS and College; lefties are rare, and a challenge to fence against. If Japan is cultivating an army of left-handed fencers; watch out!

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Xeno23 at 01:27 AM JST - 5th October

Even here in Silicon Valley you don't see Segways very often; most cities in the area have banned them on sidewalks, and riding along the road is a pretty sketchy proposition. It seems the most successful deployment of these things has been for tourists.

A fair number of US city…

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Xeno23 at 01:03 PM JST - 23rd September

Sigh. Deprecating the human struggle and tragedy, the pathos and the courage, the horrors and the stark painful lessons because peace has left some of us incapable of understanding the core truths of mortal contest - regardless of statistics or political imagination; this is what leads us back to it…

Posted in At 81, Japanese vet makes rare return to Iwo Jima at 01:03 PM JST - 23rd September
Xeno23 at 01:41 PM JST - 21st September

Never cook with wine you wouldn't drink. Bad cooking wine results in bad cooking.

Beaujolais Nouveau was once a rather obscure and quirky, but fun aspect of the wine drinking culture. I recall when getting a hold of it was difficult. Couldn't get it every year, cuz local inventory would…

Posted in Becky named Beaujolais goodwill ambassador at 01:41 PM JST - 21st September
Xeno23 at 02:15 AM JST - 14th September

She went to high school in Milwaukee? WTF? I mean, I've been to Milwaukee. I was born in Wisconsin; even I don't go there anymore.

Folks should make a distinction between high culture and pop culture; pop culture is incredibly silly pretty much everywhere, not just Japan. How is Paris…

Posted in Marie spreads a bit of cheer at 02:15 AM JST - 14th September
Xeno23 at 12:56 AM JST - 1st September

Somebody needs to redesign the equestrian unit's uniform; it looks silly - like a circus performer, or a marching band member, or even a cosplayer. I can see that whoever put it together was trying not to be threatening, or hark back to a scarier militaristic era, but sheesh, give…

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