Tokyo: smelliest place on earth
tokyokevinAccording to the new Social Networking website that relies on Google Maps to point out smelly places in the world, Tokyo must be the smelliest place on earth. That is,…
Ministry of Education back tracks
On the backs of babes. It seems since the scores are falling in international tests, and Japanese kids aren't learning stuff you can test as much, there is a panic…
88 Yen
adminThat is how much a dollar costs these days. Glad I stopped sending money over there about 3 years ago. Sorry I sent over so much in the years before.…
Quarterbacks, Teachers, and Financiers
What they have in common? Skills that cannot be easily measured. This is the point of a very long article by Malcolm Gladwell at the New Yorker: Most Likely to…
Life is what happens…
While you are waiting to be successful. Watch this short clip of Alan Watts, a 1960's "guru" of eastern religions, recorded with visuals made and produced by the makers of…