I’m straight!

The straight, that is.
As in, Suntory’s latest happoshu of the week, the oddly named “The Straight.”
Yes, I broke down and bought some crappy, fake-beer happoshu. As long-time readers of this blog will know, I’m a sucker for advertising, having once been lured in by a flashy bag and the promise of meat-flavored Doritos.
Not only does [...]

You’re a pedophile

If you’re a guy — especially a guy in Japan — and you’re reading this, chances are you’re either a pedophile or being groomed to become one. And I’ll prove it.
Peep the hot J-babe below. Hell, just to up the hit counter, click below to enlarge the picture of this hot Japanese babe in a [...]

Bad wind

It has not been a good day.
It has in fact been an extremely unproductive day, namely because there has been nothing to produce.
Work has crawled to a standstill. Today’s Pointless Meeting was prefaced by The Smile cheerfully saying, “Oops, I forgot to bring copies of the schedule. There’s nothing new on it, though!” [...]

Loch-Drunken-Ness

See this photo? It’s the view from my balcony. Nice, isn’t it?
It was taken as a way to illustrate Japan’s approach to time zoning, which steadfastly refuses to acknowledge that, even when summer rolls around, it can be 8:00 at night and still be bright as day (though talk is apparently in the works [...]