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Billy

I am here for Friends and Networking

About Me

As an American, my first language is English, but I can read and write Japanese as well, so please don't hesitate to contact me in either language.
米国人として、私のメイン言語は英語ですが 、日本語の読み書きもできます。どちらの言 語での通信は大歓迎です。

My Interests

Karate and aikido, coding web pages, gardening and a whole bunch of other unrelated stuff.

I'd like to meet:

Sincere folks who enjoy exchanging knowledge about nearly everything. I'm a very curious person and enjoy hearing about what's happening in different places around Japan as well as in the States and other countries. I'll also try to share stuff that might be of interest that's happening here.
I'm not into promoting singers, bands or groups, so please refrain from sending friend requests for the same.

Music:

60's and 70's folk music. Japanese Enka.

Movies:

Heisei Tanuki Gassen Ponpoko平成狸合戦ぽんぽこ (1994), The Postman (1997), Star Wars (original series), Hotaru ほたる(2001), Harry Potter series. Will add others as they come to me.

Television:

The SG series, StarTrek, Charmed and the news channels. Also watch the jidaigeki and history channels quite often.

Books:

Just about anything written by Stephen King.

My Blog

Inflation, Anyone? (Eng. + å,ž)

The G7 and G20 meetings seem to have resulted in an agreement that each country would pour money into their banks to free up credit. The problem is that most countries have deficits already and are ru...
Posted by Billy on Tue, 14 Oct 2008 04:50:00 PST

The Best Investments (Eng. + å,ž

What with the stock markets in melt-down mode and the world's financial system panicking, many people are thinking about investing in precious metals. Most governments have laws regarding private citi...
Posted by Billy on Tue, 30 Sep 2008 06:16:00 PST

Ron Paul’s Warning (Sorry, only Eng.)

Ron Paul sticks out like a fluorescent buoy floating in a pool of sewage. In this article he issues a warning and a cry to arms to the American people who are getting shafted by their representatives....
Posted by Billy on Thu, 25 Sep 2008 01:43:00 PST

Devaluing the Dollar (Eng. + å,ž

The Chinese seem to be analyzing the US crisis quite well. They know that the US is merely printing money it cannot back up. This article from Prison Planet, entitled "China Blames Wall Street Meltdow...
Posted by Billy on Sat, 20 Sep 2008 12:50:00 PST

Buying Junk (Eng. + å,ž)

The US plan to save their private financial institutions by purchasing their toxic debt is both ludicrous and suicidal. Why should American taxpayers have to inject more of their tax dollars into priv...
Posted by Billy on Fri, 19 Sep 2008 12:45:00 PST

Dog Owner Control (Eng. + å,ž

Petah Tikva city in Israel is using DNA analysis to identify those dog owners who clean up their dogs feces and those who dont.I like dogs but despise owners who let them crap in front of my house and...
Posted by Billy on Fri, 19 Sep 2008 10:51:00 PST

2004 Prices (Eng + å,ž

I checked out an old list I had up on my website which gives prices collected during the 2nd and 3rd week of February 2004.The prices were converted at the rate current at the time (106 yen to the dol...
Posted by Billy on Mon, 15 Sep 2008 03:33:00 PST

Buying inedible rice with tax money (Eng + å,ž)

The recent rice scandals in which companies purchased rice produced in China and Vietnam registering toxic levels of pesticide and mold from the Japanese government brought to light a real problem. Wh...
Posted by Billy on Thu, 11 Sep 2008 12:11:00 PST

Global Warming? Cooling? (Eng + å,ž

Global warming is big business. Companies subscribing to the CO2 warming theory are raking in the money. People automatically accept the "science" that supports it, in spite of the fact that it is ver...
Posted by Billy on Sun, 07 Sep 2008 12:49:00 PST

Why block Mad Cow Disease (BSE) Testing? (Eng + å,ž))

I found this story which says the Bush Administration has been allowed by the court to block the testing for Mad Cow Disease by a private company.Perhaps it's because they know that a large percentage...
Posted by Billy on Sat, 30 Aug 2008 01:34:00 PST