kanadamanada said...

kanadamanada at 01:35 PM JST - 6th March

The wheels are already spinnging in the couple's favour, as seen by this article. They won't see a single day inside a prison. 5-10 year suspended sentences for both parents is about all they'll get, and then this story will be gone from the public consciousness. Now, where's the remocon?…

Posted in Parents of starved boy in Nara had been feuding over debts at 01:35 PM JST - 6th March
kanadamanada at 06:41 PM JST - 27th February

Yeah, yeah, birdfu! It's going to kill us all someday unless we stock up on Tamiflu. Wait a second...

Posted in Japan-made drug proves effective against avian flu in mice test at 06:41 PM JST - 27th February
kanadamanada at 10:58 AM JST - 27th February

...and God wept...

Posted in Boy band Arashi even fascinating old men with close-knit image at 10:58 AM JST - 27th February
kanadamanada at 05:26 PM JST - 26th February

In the past 3 years I have noticed the pendulum swinging back away from Watson's cult. It's an interesting turn of events and just shows what the internet can do. That boat of theirs which they rammed into the Japanese whaling ship was an interesting one. Not sure is it…

Posted in Sea Shepherd ends Antarctic campaign against whalers at 05:26 PM JST - 26th February
kanadamanada at 03:26 PM JST - 26th February

Translation: Full steam ahead to Newfoundland! It's almost March. Paul Watson is a multi-millionaire. He wasn't, before he started Sea Shepherd.

Posted in Sea Shepherd ends Antarctic campaign against whalers at 03:26 PM JST - 26th February
kanadamanada at 02:08 PM JST - 17th February

Great article, Dean. Well written, too. Armchair editors need to try and run their own busineses before slapping an English lesson down on one who does. I run 3 businesses here and once out from under the umbrella of Japanese "management", I have never looked back. "Always be consulting."

Posted in Managing gaijin teachers at 02:08 PM JST - 17th February
kanadamanada at 04:05 PM JST - 16th February

It qualifies 100% as an act of piracy for one ship's captain to board another's ship. "Over the rails, me hearties!" I am also 100% sure they could shoot, hang, draw and quarter Bethune if they saw fit, and in my opinion, they ought to. Paul Watson is a mulit-millionaire.…

Posted in Sea Shepherd activist boards whaling ship to 'arrest' captain at 04:05 PM JST - 16th February
kanadamanada at 02:35 PM JST - 6th February

yabusama at 05:55 PM JST - 4th February

kanadamanada- was that the view of upper management before the sale or after?

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Before. I wouldn't know what he thought after. I never had any dealings with the company after they closed the shop, though I hear that manager is still…

Posted in The state of the language school industry at 02:35 PM JST - 6th February
kanadamanada at 05:50 PM JST - 4th February

Interesting comments about Hummingbird above. I worked for them before it went under due to mismanagement and misappropriation, got sold and repackaged and let me tell you, upper management had a very poor view of students and their motivations. I was once told by saxophone-playing upper management that "they all…

Posted in The state of the language school industry at 05:50 PM JST - 4th February
kanadamanada at 04:53 PM JST - 26th January

If you think they won't try to push him out before he reaches the top, you need to call Alex Cabrerra and ask him about breaking Japanese sports records...

Posted in Asashoryu gets another warning after drunken uproar at 04:53 PM JST - 26th January