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Return of the Blue-Eyed Sheiks New report says there is black gold in them thar hill, Calgary coffee, oil that is. Note to the White House -...

Why you must vote Liberal For those watching the polls in the Great White North, the most terrifying 16 words in the English language right ...

UNSC seats are not for sale The Japanese government is pushing for a seat on the UN Security Council and making noises about how if they don...

Tales of Hoffman (no, not you Pete) Albert Hoffman celebrates 100th by staring at his hands, giggling, and searching for Ravi Shankar tape. ...

the rules Rule No. 10 Actors are short. Comedians are shorter. Rule No. 11 There is nothing that can be marketed that cannot be better marke...

In yer ear Kevin Wood / Daily Yomiuri Staff Writer CAT POWER The Greatest P-Vine, 2,415 yen The latest from the enigmatic and dramatic Chan ...

Clap harder Sisyphus Shrugged does the heavy lifting so I don't have to, but you really should read about the astounding success in Iraq

Land of the Free I love the General (in a strictly manly hetrosexual way of course) for his relentless war on born again Christian hypocrisy...

Get rich quick! A guy could make a million bucks today if he had the Congressional dry cleaning consession, because an awful lot of people a...

Somewhere, Pierre Trudeau is smiling I guess this explains why the Conservatives are in bed with the separatist Bloc Quebecois. Another ex-...

The President said "We do not tortiere" Which is his tough luck really. Here in the Woodshed, we tortiere every New Year's. Yo...

More New Year's Stuff Gate latern at the local shrine. The tree behind it is more than 350 years old. The lovely Hiromi, also known as ...

New Year's Day Here in Tokyo, people go to Shinto shrines at New Year - Meiji jingu, one of the largest in the center of Tokyo gets abou...

In the immortal words of Max Webster forget that fear of gravity russian climbing - Google Video

Rubber Chicken Radio The Blues, the Beats, Mongolian throat singing, sound poetry and peach brandy! Look way down at the bottom of the link ...

"I love a man in uniform" Sez armchair general Stephen Harper, who is getting all gooey about the military in the current electi...

Vigilantes and vigilance From the Times, December 22, 2005 Rail 'groper' chased to his death From Leo Lewis in Tokyo "A commut...

Christmas photo blogging A brief sketch by my lovely and talented wife used to sign a Christmas card. Believe me, there is more than a passi...

A little nightmare for Christmas A truly scary example of the President spying on citizens without a warrant

Jon Stewart was right, he is a dick Regular readers know that while I live in Tokyo, I am Canadian right down to my Stanfields. I like my ho...