the woodshed

%$#&''&!!! It has been a beautiful week in Tokyo. Warm, sunny, clear skies - great weather all week. A month ago we booked a...

Hunter and Keef One of these men joked about snorting his father's ashes, the other one probably would have done it. The start of the vi...

Spasibo, Comrade Putin The Soviet Union Russia continues its march forward into the past. Do svidaniya press freedom : From the New York T...

first against the wall when the revolution comes Chris Matthew, Ann Coulter, Pat Caddell, Wolf Blitzer, Brian Williams, Jon Scott, Wendell G...

"and Laureen dresses him funny" Now we wouldn't expect the former communication director to Paul Martin to play nice with Step...

"A specter is haunting Toontown" The weird things you find when you backtrack links from the counter

Mr. Sandman, send me a dream; make it the creepiest I've ever seen Kevin Wood / Daily Yomiuri Staff Writer The Absolute Sandman, ...

In Yer Ear Kevin Wood / Daily Yomiuri Staff Writer THE KINGS OF LEON Because of the Times BMG Japan, 2,548 yen There is not a gre...

Domestic terror attack (yawn) A bomb was found in Austin, Texas, today -- fortunately it was deactivated before it could hurt anyone. Normal...

That was the week that was... Not a great seven days for the Gnu Gummint of Kanada, at least according the punditry , and especially to S...

The triumphant return of Friday HST Blogging (I don't care what the date above says, I posted this on Friday morning, blogger has been s...

Kevin Wood / Daily Yomiuri Staff Writer What do you get when you combine rock influences as diverse as Led Zeppelin, Steely Dan and Gram Pa...

Bulletproof neocons John Derbyshire has rightfully been kicked around the blogosphere this week for this asinine post questioning the braver...

What is Stephen Harper reading? If it were up to Yann Martel, he'd be reading Tolstoy , but I suspect Martel's first gift will sit o...

So much to blog, so little time It's been a busy few days in the old newroom what with campus massacres and Japanese politicians being g...

I freaked out, I came to Japan, I got a job teaching English, now I'm a professional writer and editor People here often ask me "...

Some costs can't be measured In all the talk about Iraq and Afghanistan and whether the West is "winning" there and what price...

So it goes. Kurt Vonnegut dead at 84 “Hello, babies. Welcome to Earth. It’s hot in the summer and cold in the winter. It’s round and wet and...

Civility and polarization -- which side are you on boys, which side are you on CC has issued a call for more serious civil discussion of the...

Drat! Foiled again And we would have gotten away with it too, if it hadn't been for that meddling CEO! Plug it in, fire it up, Mr. Presi...