serendipity628 said...

serendipity628 at 01:29 AM JST - 29th April

Hmm, I guess you can look at it two ways...

Everyone else is doing it so I might as well, too.

or

My life is pretty good compared to a lot of the people we read about here.

Think I prefer the latter.

Posted in Woman arrested for beating sister to death with rock in Yokohama at 01:29 AM JST - 29th April
serendipity628 at 07:29 PM JST - 26th April

keech 2, sorry for this belated reply. Thanks for the tip on the Jacoby book. I'll get myself a copy.

Posted in Clinton, Obama focus on faith at forum at 07:29 PM JST - 26th April
serendipity628 at 10:01 PM JST - 25th April

If Tyrone Hadnott done it, would he be Tyrone Wouldnott? If Tyrone Hadnott could not have done it, would he be Tyrone Couldnott? Sorry...

Posted in Marine to face court-martial for alleged rape in Okinawa despite victim withdrawing accusation at 10:01 PM JST - 25th April
serendipity628 at 03:45 PM JST - 24th April

Often mothers like to exaggerate what their babies can do. If she was in some maternity group, maybe the other mothers in the group were saying things like, "Taro can already roll over...sort of" or "Hanako is such a good baby, she almost never cries" and so on. So maybe…

Posted in Mother attempts suicide after strangling 3-month-old son in Tokyo at 03:45 PM JST - 24th April
serendipity628 at 07:54 AM JST - 24th April

Alphaape

Points all taken. Would you be disappointed, then, if your son or daughter (now or in the future) decided to follow the path of Islam? Do you honestly believe that those who believe in Christ are peaceful? Of course some are and of course some Muslims are, too. But…

Posted in Gov't says it will do all it can to ward off terrorist attack, following al-Qaida threat at 07:54 AM JST - 24th April
serendipity628 at 12:04 AM JST - 24th April

I hope that slowly but surely the world starts to realize that so much of the violence (i.e. war) and so many of the problems that exist today are because of religion and the differing beliefs of humans around the world. How sad that so many suffer because of ridiculous…

Posted in Gov't says it will do all it can to ward off terrorist attack, following al-Qaida threat at 12:04 AM JST - 24th April
serendipity628 at 12:33 AM JST - 15th April

keech2

You took the words right out of my keyboard. It has been boring enough to hear Bush waffling on about how "God guides me..." (a very scary thought considering what Bush as got everyone into) but now Clinton and Obama are getting drawn into this ridiculous topic. Granted, the…

Posted in Clinton, Obama focus on faith at forum at 12:33 AM JST - 15th April
serendipity628 at 08:43 PM JST - 10th April

I too am against the death penalty in principle but the Japanese system really seems be designed to punish offenders with that little extra touch of cruelty (or just desserts?). By that I mean so many seem to be on death row for 10 years or more (often more like…

Posted in Four death row inmates hanged at 08:43 PM JST - 10th April
serendipity628 at 12:01 PM JST - 10th April

As an example, Murakami mentioned an article contributed by former Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew to a Japanese newspaper in which he related the cruelty of Japanese troops who occupied Singapore during the war. But once the war was over and they became British prisoners of war, they became…

Posted in Murakami sees storytelling as global common language at 12:01 PM JST - 10th April
serendipity628 at 11:31 PM JST - 7th April

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And anyone who supports the removal of the US troops from Japan is an idiot! Without these troops, Japan would be invaded in a heartbeat!! And not to mention the thousands of jobs that would disappear for local Japanese too! It's about time the Japanese stopped playing antagonist and…

Posted in 2 sons of U.S. soldiers arrested for taxi holdup at 11:31 PM JST - 7th April