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Tag Archives: Wikipedia
Loose change
Looking around modern Japan, I don’t know why, but invisible rules have grown up everywhere. Lifestyle, human relations, clothing, deportment—each of these is enclosed in a framework. Just as the audience at a wedding stands up, sits down, and points … Continue reading
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Tagged Alex Kerr, Amazon, Biro, Citibank Branch, Cupboard, Demons, Deposit Slip, Gunma Ken, Human Relations, Invisible Rules, Living In Japan, Loose Change, Modern Japan, Old Apartment, Osaka, Pencil, Shinsaibashi, Tellers, Wikipedia, Worthless Pieces
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Clubbing
Last night I went “clubbing” for the first time in my life. Sure, I’d been to bars that play loud music before, and places with a dancefloor, and places where you can’t hear your friends when you try to talk … Continue reading
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Tagged Absurdism, Animality, Birds, Courtship Rituals, Crowd, Dancefloor, Dread, Drinks, Free Surface, Friend Erika, Going To The Bathroom, Instigator, Intellect, Japanese Girls, Loud Music, Osaka, Spirits, Time In My Life, Wikipedia, Woman Dancing
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Get back to where you once belonged
Japan was a bust. The slap-the-country-in-the-face-post can wait until I return to Melbourne in 27 days. I’m looking forward to clean air, trees, beautiful buildings, great food, jobs that don’t take 14 hours out of every day, and women who … Continue reading
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Tagged Bust, Forward Air, Header Image, Japan, Jobs, Melbourne Docklands, Melbourne Skyline, Panorama, Slap, Trees, Wiki, Wikimedia Commons, Wikipedia, Yarras Edge
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New Hampshire Numberplate – Live free or die!
While using Wikipedia to research Montréal and the surrounding area, I came across this image of a New Hampshire numberplate. I wouldn’t die for freedom, myself; under dire oppression, I’d rather bide my time looking for a way to put … Continue reading
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Tagged Freedom, Image, Live Free Or Die, Montreal, New Hampshire, North America, Oppression, Slogan, Wiki, Wikipedia
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The importance of using a creative commons license
Last night I changed my blog header image. Since I’m thinking of moving to Vancouver, I wanted an image of the skyline. I was planning on using Doug Morgan’s wonderful Twilight Over False Creek, which I’d recently seen on the … Continue reading
Conservatism: a prelude to an introduction
For those inclined to use the word conservative without thinking carefully, my last post expresses a classically conservative sentiment. I’ve just said Japan should keep things the way they are, because the status quo is better than the alternative, according … Continue reading
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Tagged Bible Bashers, Censorship, Civil War America, Conservative Views, Coyness, Csaa, Exhibit One, George Bush, Japanese Constitution, Jocks, Ldp, Liberal State, Little Respect, Mov, Political Conservative, Political Traditions, Prejudices, Social Conservatism, Totalitarian Regime, Wikipedia
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