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"Everybody wants to rule the world" Check out this list of which empires have conquered the largest part of the planet. And...

In honor of this week's camping trip I have to give credit where it is due - thanks to disinfotainment for this site on how to start a...

That's right you yankee rebel scum, we loyalist Canucks walk among you at will! Orcinus comments on the threat from the north

the Militarization of Amerika Tom's Dispatch - an excellent site I really ought to link to - has an extensive look at an interesting...

" D a n g e d H i p p i e s " Planning a trip Down Under to New Zealand? Or maybe you already live there and just want a nice lit...

New posters at Propaganda Remix I've touted the excellent work of Micah Wright here before, but now he has some new posters and a new bo...

Just a Gigolo... This piece from the Guardian goes a long way to explaining why the poplution of Japan is declining. It also explains why fo...

Not-so-sweet mystery in maple syrup country Kevin Wood Daily Yomiuri Staff Writer Sugarmilk Falls By Ilona Van Mil Picador, 359 pp, 12.99 po...

There's no place like gnome Beware of old ladies and their gnomes , gnome-lookalikes who prove there isn't much to write about in ...

This does sound a little harsh

Why didn't I think of that, Part 342 Getting paid to dedicate your every waking moment to beer, I mean, who do I get in touch with? Les ...

Greeted with flower (and pitchforks and torches) 300,000 followers of Muqtada al-Sadr turned out for an anti-occupation rally in Baghdad the...

Living a Jerry Lee Lewis Song in Tokyo Yesiree, a whole lotta shaking going on! At 7:22 this morning, the biggest earthquake I remember ...

Velveeta - the movie Thanks to the Talent Show (see blogroll) for pointing out this very special (and I mean that in the Olympic sense) bit ...

The great Victorian poultroon rides again Kevin Wood Daily Yomiuri Staff Writer Flashman on the March By George MacDonald Fraser HarperColli...

How screwed up is the U.S. mass media? Watch the whole 40 minute documentarty to see the whole story, but if you just want to see how comple...

I surf the web so you don't have to Your peacenik grandmother could be a terrorist Good thing sherriff Cletus T. Cornpone is watching ....

IN YOUR EAR Kevin Wood / Daily Yomiuri Staff Writer The John Butler Trio Sunrise Over Sea Lava Records, 1,790 yen The first lines of the fir...

historical revisionism, misinformation alive and well and living in Japan Okay class, compare and contrast these little tidbits: first the b...

Munro's fine work held back by audio format Audiobook review: Runaway Kevin Wood Daily Yomiuri Staff Writer Runaway By Alice Munro Read ...