David Lee Roth by Jon Iraundegi
David Lee Roth by Jon Iraundegi My first time in the spotlight Was from a helicopter Little Texas I get up And nothing gets me down You got it tough I’ve seen the toughest around. And I know, baby, just how … Continue reading
the walking dead
People with nothing to hide don’t usually feel the need to say so. Michonne, The Walking Dead People could say a lot of negative things about the apocalypse, but there was no arguing the air quality in Los Angeles had … Continue reading
Sanshiro Sugata (1943) from japanesefilmarchive
Sanshiro Sugata (1943) from japanesefilmarchive What are heavy? Sea-sand and sorrow; What are brief? Today and tomorrow; What are frail? Spring blossoms and youth; What are deep? The ocean and truth. Christina Rossetti, What Are Heavy? Fortune, honour, beauty, youth, … Continue reading
judoka from thejiujitsulab.wordpress.com
judoka from thejiujitsulab.wordpress.com I was determined to go to Japan to outstrip them all, to learn judo. It wasn’t to go to the Olympics, it was to become really, really good at judo. Doug Rogers How very Canadian – I … Continue reading
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Novelist Murakami Weighs In On Japan Territorial Rows – Japan Real Time – WSJ. I wrote about Haruki Murakami and running here. illustration: Haruki Murakami by Fellowsisters
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Tokyo-Seoul: enough is enough! | The Japan Times Online. photo 1: Korean traditional Guardian – NamDaeMoon by Byoung Wook photo 2: Red Guardian by Bruce Thomson
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Triptych Portraits of Japanese People at Work, Home, and Play | petapixel This is an obvious and simple idea but the results are very cool. PeeP by Koji Takiguchi from Chris Luzader on twitter – always a great source of information on … Continue reading
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Sometimes we should remember the tragedy of the earthquake and tsunami and the nuclear meltdown of March 2011. Someone I know just got back from a moving visit to a small town in Fukushima where many people were swept out to … Continue reading
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Alright, listen up, people. Our fugitive has been on the run for ninety minutes. Average foot speed over uneven ground barring injuries is 4 miles-per-hour. That gives us a radius of six miles. What I want from each and every … Continue reading
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There were some events last week in London celebrating the unofficial British birthday of Punch and Judy. It’s a kind of puppet show originally from Italy. It was mentioned by Samuel Pepys in his diary 350 years ago. It became less … Continue reading