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Scultz: I always thought of you as an Aryan. The Barber: I’m a vegetarian. Charlie Chaplin, The Great Dictator Strolling, I yammered metaphysics with Abramowitz, a jaundice-yellow (“it’s really tan”) and fly-weight pacifist, so vegetarian, he wore rope shoes … Continue reading
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Down the rabbit hole: Depression in the Premier League – CNN.com. Wow. This is a very cool article. It’s by a professional footballer – a soccer player. It’s very well-written. A pleasure to read. The last thing I read about football … Continue reading
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I, a virgin, can make my frank boast that I communicate to no mortal man my secret counsels except to such as I have chosen on account of their taciturnity; then, if these secrets are later discovered, I know … Continue reading
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I live alone, wounded by iron, Struck by a sword, tired of battle-work, Weary of blades. Often I see war, Fight a fearsome foe. I crave no comfort, That safety might come to me out of the war-strife Before … Continue reading
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I mount the steps and ring the bell, turning Wearily, as one would turn to nod good-bye to Rochefoucauld, If the street were time and he at the end of the street T S Eliot, The Boston Evening Transcript It … Continue reading
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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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And so it has come to be that the beauty of a Japanese room depends on a variation of shadows, heavy shadows against light shadows – it has nothing else Junichiro Tanizaki, In Praise of Shadows We lingered wordless while … Continue reading
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Will the Takeshima dispute break the Korean wave? | The Japan Times Online. Unfortunately politics and politicians have an unpleasant way of inserting themselves where they don’t belong. photo by atmo1966
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Where’s the mountain I ‘ve just come down? Where am I? Ko Un, Walking Down a Mountain Even if you know the way, ask one more time. Korean proverb There has been a Korean boom in Japan for a few … Continue reading