Quincy Still a Hit in Germany

I never watched Quincy in America perhaps because I was too young when it came out. No, my first introduction to Quincy was in 1998 when I lived in Great Britain. Now you may be asking as I did why on earth Quincy ME, a show from 1976, was on television in Great Britain in [...]

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Bush Booed at Baseball Game

This made my morning and it renewed my faith in the American people. I’ll be at the Mariner’s opening game today. The only thing that could make this day better is if we win.

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My Bus Can Turn Traffic Lights Green

Remember the story about the guy who purchased a device on Ebay that made traffic lights green? These devices are used for emergency vehicles; I’m not sure why this idiot thought his commute was so dang important. I just found out Seattle Metro buses apparently can use this technology too. I’m painfully aware how late [...]

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Stupidest Bikelane in America

Slate posted a video of what they call the stupidest bike lane in America. They then ask viewers to submit their own stupid bike lanes. I have to think Slate is now getting inundated with video of stupid bike lanes. They are all over the place. In Seattle, they have very recently started painting bicycle [...]

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Bush’s Short To-Do List Before Leaving Office, Part 1

Things To Do Straighten out that whole Israeli-Palestinian peace thing. (Roadmap drafted in October 2002) Find Osama Bin Laden. (Said I would September 13, 2001) Bring peace and stability to Iraq. Oh yeah, shirked that off on the next guy. Phew. Suggestions welcome for part II.

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The Coalition is Shrinking

Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd says he is confident about explaining to the US President his decision to bring combat troops home from Iraq. Australia has been pretty supportive, so I think this shows how most everyone thinks it is time to go home.

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Search Engine Words Used to Find Me

Yesterday I got 2 hits for “Loser”. Today, 1 for “sex whit cow.” While the former is really up to my readers, I wonder if the person who used the latter was somewhat disappointed.

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Smoking Gun More Astute Than L.A. Times

You know something is wrong when an established newspaper (since 1881) is conned and a web site (since 1997) reveals the con. The L.A. Times published an article that suggested a link between Sean Combs (P. Diddy) and Tupac Shakur’s death. The Times said its story was based on FBI records, interviews with people at [...]

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Sixteen Candles: The Donger and Me Revisited

I was surprised to see a cartoon by Adrian Tomine on NPR bemoaning the image of the character Long Duk Dong from Sixteen Candles as it was just 3 weeks ago that I wrote this random post on why I think Gedde Watanabe’s portrayal of Long Duk Dong is the best Asian American performance ever. [...]

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More Kaii Higashiyma Paintings

Sometimes you feel like you just need to get away from it all. So to calm my mind, I’m showing more Kaii Higashiyama examples. Enjoy: Evening Quiet, 1974 Summer Day, from the “Journey into Tohoku and Shinshu” series 1940-45 Pagoda in the Evening, from the “Spring and Autumn in Yamato” series 1973-85 All the above [...]

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New international challenges for America?

Looks like the Unites States faces a new challenge in an area where it had long been considered dominant. Mexico may soon be fatter than the US. I hope our leaders will take steps to counter this threat to Americas pride and dignity. One particular quote in the story struck me: “People don’t eat right [...]

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Ohio Primary Fraud

Clinton “took” Ohio, but did she really get votes from people who would vote for her in November? Butler County in southwest Ohio is the most Republican county of all Ohio’s 88 counties. 26 county offices and none of them are held by Democrats. Yet, the strangest thing happened on Tuesday… the Butler County Democratic [...]

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Bye Bye Spirit – Mars Rover to Retire

Scientists plan to put one of the twin Mars rovers to sleep and limit the activities of the other robot to fulfill a NASA order to cut $4 million from the program’s budget, mission team members said Monday.The news comes amid belt-tightening at NASA headquarters, which is under pressure to cover cost overruns of a [...]

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Democrats Need to Stick Together

I pledge to vote for the Democratic nominee whoever that person may be. It’s a been a rough few days. Bluntly, I am disillusioned about the election and I am angry at Hillary Clinton. I’m kinda understating it just so we’re clear. I strongly support Obama and I’ve been asking myself the past week why [...]

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Headlines You Love

Sinbad, Clinton differ over Bosnia Trip Over the weekend, I really enjoyed reading about this on Wonkette, but I can see now it’s made the mainstream media. As shocking as it is to say this, I’m going to support Sinbad on this while hoping the publicity of this all does not revive his career. To [...]

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Pat Buchanan: Blacks Should Be Grateful For Slavery

I’ll let the idiot speak for himself. There’s nothing I can add. First, America has been the best country on earth for black folks. It was here that 600,000 black people, brought from Africa in slave ships, grew into a community of 40 million, were introduced to Christian salvation, and reached the greatest levels of [...]

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Youth Avoiding Trades

Here’s an article that about how young people shun trade jobs. The average construction worker is well into his 40s, and unless something changes to make the fresh-from-prom set take a sudden interest in framing and drywall, that work force is just going to keep getting older. In an industry where retirement tends to come [...]

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Someone Is Wrong on the Internet

By virtue of the fact that you are reading this, you can probably relate. Courtesy of xkcd.

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Another Japan Blog

For those of you who liked reading my photos and experiences in Japan, you may enjoy looking at the blog whoa…like…what.

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Federer Crashes Out to World 98

  This is big. Unseeded American Mardy Fish produced a stunning display to beat world number one Roger Federer in the semi-finals of the Pacific Life Open in Indian Wells. World number 98 Fish served superbly and fired winners from everywhere as he raced to a 6-3 6-2 victory. Not sure what to say. Sorry [...]

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No Live Television in Bejing Olympics

Apparently unnerved by recent unrest among Tibetans and fearful of protests in the heart of the capital, China has told broadcast officials it will bar live television shots from the vast square during the Games. A ban on live broadcasts would disrupt the plans of NBC and other major international networks, who have paid hundreds [...]

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Florida Primary Lawsuit Submitted By Non-Voter

Just what was this political consultant thinking? Victor DiMaio, a political consultant from Tampa, tried to make the claim that Florida voters were being disenfranchised by the state Democratic party and the Democratic National Committee. One problem. He never voted in the Florida Primary. Well, one of the problems the judges had with the suit [...]

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You Know You Need to Quit Your Job When

Your boss asks you to urinate in a bag: Union officials in Colorado say a Qwest supervisor tried to cut down on lengthy bathroom breaks by telling workmen to use disposable urinal bags in the field. The manager distributed the bags to 25 male field technicians, telling them not to waste time leaving a job [...]

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Doctor Knows Whether or Not You Take Your Pills

In addition to cars that know if you crossed the border into Canada: Payless, a California based rental car company, settles a suit from their use of GPS tracking of their rental cars. The case was brought by CA’s Attorney General and the settlement requires Payless to reimburse customers who had been fined $1 per [...]

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Stockard Channing: The Girl Most Likely To…

I caught this film accidentally on television a while back. It’s great. Stockard Channing plays a woman who gets revenge on all the people who were mean to her before she got plastic surgery. And she comes up with really creative silly ways to kill people. For everyone who was ever teased in school this [...]

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