borscht said...

borscht at 03:26 AM JST - 21st August

One of Stevie Wonder's children (a son, I believe) is also deaf. Speed. Were there only two of them or am I thinking of another group that should remain broken up?

Posted in Pop group 'SPEED' to reunite for NTV's 24-hour TV at 03:26 AM JST - 21st August
borscht at 04:49 PM JST - 20th August

The police are investigating when and why the 20-year-old wrestler started smoking marijuana

Will they be rushing of to Russia, then, to interview his high school and junior high buddies?

Posted in Fellow wrestlers not aware of Wakanoho's alleged marijuana smoking at 04:49 PM JST - 20th August
borscht at 11:04 AM JST - 20th August

It's not that the sales clerks or management don't understand the lyrics to the music they are playing - they don't listen to the music. That's why they can have three songs going on at the same time in three very small areas of their stores at the same time…

Posted in Singer Naotaro Moriyama's new song regulated in convenience stores at 11:04 AM JST - 20th August
borscht at 10:41 AM JST - 20th August

RomeoRamenII,

Why just the other day I felt Japan get better, now I know why: eight people who were doing the devil's weed on the opposite side of Japan were whisked off to jail and had their lives ruined so they can't finish school or get a good job and…

Posted in 8 people arrested for use of illegal drugs in open-air live concert in Gunma at 10:41 AM JST - 20th August
borscht at 04:22 PM JST - 19th August

the identification number of her tissue slide was mixed up

I've had friends 'suffer' from heart ailments because of identical hospital errors. I think it's time to teach doctors and nurses to read numbers.

Posted in Healthy woman loses her breast due to hospital mistake at 04:22 PM JST - 19th August
borscht at 04:20 PM JST - 19th August

It’s pure luck.”

Or good piloting.

Posted in Small plane crashes on city street in Japan at 04:20 PM JST - 19th August
borscht at 02:10 PM JST - 19th August

Fly only north and south.

Posted in How do you deal with jet lag? at 02:10 PM JST - 19th August
borscht at 02:09 PM JST - 19th August

Sounds boring.

X is a tender and compassionate tale about a woman of great strength and courage, as well as an impelling account of Japanese society and the role of women in it.

Could be applied to a lot of books written in or about Japan.

Posted in The Doctor's Wife at 02:09 PM JST - 19th August
borscht at 02:06 PM JST - 19th August

Wow, no mention of the sport in either the headline or the first three paragraphs and then it's mentioned only in passing. (And yes, I guessed it was soccer when they mentioned goal but I think competent writing would at least share with the readers the name of the sport…

Posted in US rallies to beat Japan 4-2, reach Olympic final at 02:06 PM JST - 19th August
borscht at 02:01 PM JST - 19th August

Just once I'd like to see a self-help guru end his lesson with... "And the next day Mike was fired." But then I might be smoking something from a Russian sumo wrestler, too.

Posted in How to disagree agreeably at 02:01 PM JST - 19th August