telecasterplayer said...

telecasterplayer at 01:15 AM JST - 18th May

makes you wonder what constitutes a "credible" threat.. scrawled in purple crayon in katakana? how about hold the festival and if some dipstick shows up, all of the dads get up and kick the living crap out of him?

seriously! the teenage twerp who ran amock in shinagawa slashing at…

Posted in Fukui school cancels sports festival after threat against children at 01:15 AM JST - 18th May
telecasterplayer at 01:08 AM JST - 18th May

Ex-Morning Musume member Ai Kago regrets cutting wrists

you're not going to find a lot of people who say, "best thing I've ever done!"

Posted in Ex-Morning Musume member Ai Kago regrets cutting wrists at 01:08 AM JST - 18th May
telecasterplayer at 01:23 PM JST - 16th May

Accident my ***. I'm guessing we'll be hearing about a confession in a week.

Posted in 2-yr-old boy who survived 9th floor fall in March dies after choking himself with backpack strap at 01:23 PM JST - 16th May
telecasterplayer at 01:26 PM JST - 15th May

Middle-Aged Girls Just Want To Have Fun

Posted in Cyndi Lauper sings at Shin Maru Building in Tokyo at 01:26 PM JST - 15th May
telecasterplayer at 01:16 PM JST - 15th May

Her father sure makes a great poster than 99% of the people don't fully understand.

Posted in Che Guevara's daughter offers flowers at A-bomb monument in Hiroshima at 01:16 PM JST - 15th May
telecasterplayer at 09:56 AM JST - 15th May

slightly below the 26.4% of NTV’s new drama “Gokusen” which started on April 19.

Let me guess: Yankumi goes to ANOTHER high school populated by brooding young males from Johnny's talent agency, gets them through the term and eats Kuma's noodles. Interpret that last one any way you want, the…

Posted in Drama with Kimutaku as PM trails 'Gokusen' in ratings battle at 09:56 AM JST - 15th May
telecasterplayer at 08:14 AM JST - 15th May

He DID win the election, good for him. I remember stories about Bianchi's candidacy but never saw a follow-up. Inuyama is a neat little town, too, right in between Gifu and Nagoya. GREAT original castle, if you're close-by and have the time to visit.

Posted in New Yorker, now councilman in Japan, aims to inspire American high schoolers at 08:14 AM JST - 15th May
telecasterplayer at 12:05 AM JST - 15th May

electric2004, great source, thanks a lot! Yes, for the 250,000 yen per month household, that cost per bulb is going to be extremely important. Which is why the technology needs to be mainstreamed so the cost comes down and efficiency goes up. Thanks again.

Posted in Council set up for promoting use of energy-saving fluorescent bulbs at 12:05 AM JST - 15th May
telecasterplayer at 11:58 PM JST - 14th May

The larger triumph is not the robot, it's "a Japanese Robot In Detroit".

Don't forget this was the town where just a few years ago you'd get your headlights kicked in if you went into the wrong area in a Japanese car. Where out of work UAW guys applied sledge…

Posted in Honda's ASIMO robot conducts Detroit Symphony Orchestra at 11:58 PM JST - 14th May
telecasterplayer at 11:50 PM JST - 14th May

Yeah, I see the pro-rape contingent is out of their holes again, and hiding behind the b.s. "anyone who disagrees with this hates the military" LIE.

It is illegal for men in their 30's to molest, seduce or to be so free of common sense and morality to allow themselves…

Posted in U.S. Marine's court-martial to begin over alleged rape of Japan girl at 11:50 PM JST - 14th May