papasmurfinjapan said...

papasmurfinjapan at 12:52 PM JST - 10th August

I took some photos of my wife wearing a camisole when she was pregnant. Used natural light for the whole thing and the results were great. This whole studio thing is a bit gaudy for my taste, but to each their own.

Posted in Pregnant pix at 12:52 PM JST - 10th August
papasmurfinjapan at 08:56 AM JST - 10th August

oh yeah baby...

Actually I'm more surprised that this "maternity photo studio" isn't using an L lens for the photo shoot. Surely they should be investing in better lenses.

Posted in Pregnant pix at 08:56 AM JST - 10th August
papasmurfinjapan at 07:49 AM JST - 6th August

Ｉ　don't see what the point of raising Japan's atrocities during the war has to do with all this. Is the logic around here "well they committed war crimes, so it's okay for us to commit some back" ????

The actions of Japan's military should have no bearing on whether it…

Posted in Do you consider the A-bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki to be war crimes? at 07:49 AM JST - 6th August
papasmurfinjapan at 11:22 PM JST - 3rd August

Sorry that link didn't work... for some reason when I press submit the underbars in the URL are deleted.

I'll try again

http://tinyurl.com/ms2m2y

Posted in Do you consider the A-bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki to be war crimes? at 11:22 PM JST - 3rd August
papasmurfinjapan at 11:19 PM JST - 3rd August

As you know, the US evidently dropped leaflets telling the people of the two cities to get out because a huge bomb would be dropped

Did they actually drop leaflets on Hiroshima? I can only find translations of the leaflets dropped on Nagasaki.

http://www.trumanlibrary.org/whistlestop/studycollections/bomb/ferrellbook/ferrellbookchap11.htm

Posted in Do you consider the A-bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki to be war crimes? at 11:19 PM JST - 3rd August
papasmurfinjapan at 02:13 PM JST - 3rd August

I think any attack that deliberately targets civilians qualifies as a war crime by today's standards, but this was a different era that I suspect few of us here - including myself - actually lived through.

Still, if the Germans or Japanese dropped an atomic bomb on NY or London…

Posted in Do you consider the A-bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki to be war crimes? at 02:13 PM JST - 3rd August
papasmurfinjapan at 08:55 AM JST - 30th July

I have to second ultradodgy's comment. "Coolbiz" has nothing to do with making employees more comfortable or happy. The whole concept is an act of "gaman" - set the AC to 28 degrees and sweat it out "for the good of the environment".

The company I used to work for…

Posted in Does Cool Biz help or undermine productivity at the workplace? at 08:55 AM JST - 30th July
papasmurfinjapan at 09:02 AM JST - 29th July

I have to admit, that teacher has balls... in a few months we may be reading about a teacher bludgeoned to death by a student who wanted to get revenge for having chalk put in his mouth.

Posted in Teacher gets pay cut for putting chalk in yawning student’s mouth at 09:02 AM JST - 29th July
papasmurfinjapan at 09:08 AM JST - 28th July
Ahh I love reading the posts on JT.
- Wear the leash and the parent is condemned for humiliating the child.
- Don't wear the leash and the parent is condemned for not taking into consideration the child's safety on a busy street in downtown Tokyo.
Japanese parents can never…
Posted in Tight leash at 09:08 AM JST - 28th July
papasmurfinjapan at 07:08 PM JST - 22nd July

True, DVDs will soon be forgotten, but good books are a great investment.

My 3yr old is hooked on Mr Men...

Now he is running around saying "drat and bother" from the Mr Mean book, and calling his mum a "meany"...

Posted in Unraveling how children become bilingual so easily at 07:08 PM JST - 22nd July