blue_monday said...

blue_monday at 12:55 AM JST - 8th July

I think there has a drop off with the "best -ists" of late - the titles have become a tad more creative, but they're just - ho-hum - ways for industries to promote their goods/products/services. Pick a celeb, get them to hold the item in question, give them a spurious…

Posted in Meisa Kuroki picked as 'Miss Lily 2009' at 12:55 AM JST - 8th July
blue_monday at 10:45 AM JST - 15th June

three options one : it is for target shooting two : it is for shooting the opposition three : it is to make the home team run faster

Posted in Packing heat at 10:45 AM JST - 15th June
blue_monday at 05:36 PM JST - 14th June

So Japan is turning into a nation of jobsworths, scroungers, and feeloaders. Companies don't expect you to work long hours anymore, the Labour Ministry has been pushing for work life balance for years now, it's the workers that would rather sit in the office than go home and look after…

Posted in New graduates show lack of zeal for jobs and job-hunting at 05:36 PM JST - 14th June
blue_monday at 06:56 PM JST - 11th June

@Brunobear and I thought Australia's strength lay in its natural resources .......

Posted in Japan can do without preaching on how to fix its economy at 06:56 PM JST - 11th June
blue_monday at 11:38 AM JST - 11th June

@Simon_Foston

Hard to say how many hereditary politicians there are in the UK's House of Commons, but not so hard to spot them in the House of Lords, or indeed Mr Brown's new cabinet, or the Mandy Fan Club as it is now known.

I agree with the gist of…

Posted in Japan can do without preaching on how to fix its economy at 11:38 AM JST - 11th June
blue_monday at 02:00 PM JST - 1st June

Cars are boring, get a motorbike.

Posted in Why I hate driving in Japan at 02:00 PM JST - 1st June
blue_monday at 01:03 AM JST - 28th May

@spammy420 the situation has got out of hand, the massage girls are irritating but the touts are right up the street, so getting to a bar to meet your friends starts to be a chore, it's probably killing off business overall

Posted in Cleanup at 01:03 AM JST - 28th May
blue_monday at 05:01 PM JST - 27th May

@IvanCoughalot C'mon, admit it, those manga figures strike terror in your heart. @frontandcentre Pretend to be gay, brilliant, "ooh I like my men like I like my coffee, black and sweet ..." they'll be heading to Narita in no time.

Posted in Cleanup at 05:01 PM JST - 27th May
blue_monday at 04:43 PM JST - 18th May

Is he appealing because he thinks the sentence was too light ?

Posted in Drunken driver appeals high court ruling over deaths of 3 kids at 04:43 PM JST - 18th May
blue_monday at 08:45 PM JST - 3rd May

Makes you wonder why they want everyone to install ETC. So they can track you and impose an emissions tax on you in the future ?

Posted in For whom the road tolls at 08:45 PM JST - 3rd May