Strange Days: Sports, Sake, and Sea worms |
The Japanese relate to weekends the way Americans relate to vegetables: they have 'em, but they don't like 'em and aren't really sure what to do with 'em. But whereas the American solution to our dile...
Posted by on Tue, 16 May 2006 07:29:00 GMT |
What Did You During Your Spring Vacation? |
This was the title of an English writing activity worksheet handed to my second years at Kashishi Jr. High. Here is the actual answer given by one student, Kota:I went to the underground world. I met ...
Posted by on Wed, 26 Apr 2006 07:07:00 GMT |
America: Land of Spite |
We Americans often regard ourselves as being without a culture, despite the intense nationalistic self-love in which we so often indulge ourselves. Part of this is castle-envy, the realization that Eu...
Posted by on Mon, 24 Apr 2006 23:58:00 GMT |
