An Ex-Expat’s blog

On The Wrong Side

2009-12-09T12:19:48Z

Son can still provide unintentional moments of mirth as with this morning. He comes downstairs at his usual time, but unusually, was still in his training shorts and Tee which he uses as pajamas. I was on the couch with my de rigueur cup o...

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The Sake Dojo

2009-12-08T12:50:23Z

Have mentioned a few times in this blog about Sake Dojo Alumni and while I was rummaging through a box of old letters the other day, I discovered a photo I had taken in 2005 I think, during a business trip to Japan of the very place. The Sake ...

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I can do.......

2009-12-07T09:56:14Z

Had a debate with brother Pound Salt, the trigger being me grousing about a company which advertised a position, to which I applied for, only to be 'told' a couple hours later, that I wasn't who they were looking for. Given that fast turnaround, ...

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You've Got to Be Sh**ting Me!

2009-12-04T00:28:41Z

Son found this while on the Net (he was supposed to be doing his homeowrk too!) and thought, with tongue very much in cheek, that this would be a nice holiday present for his uncle, Pound Salt. A gun nut nor gun hater I be, but this is no...

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Macbeth Is a Sissy

2009-12-03T11:45:54Z

Is the title of the 2-page essay son finished, after 2 days, on Macbeth. An effort interspaced often with side trips to Facebook (I'm just checking to see if any of my English class mates are on -line now, so chill!). The premise, that the gende...

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Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow...

2009-12-02T12:15:58Z

Son is writing a paper on Macbeth, and he supposedly has read it. Noticed on his FaceBook page, he's groaned how much he hates Macbeth. He asked me last night about a certain character (Banquo) Searched my mind, but all I can come up with about ...

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Bills

2009-11-30T12:58:17Z

After much procrastination, brewed some coffee, sat down after son left for school and wrote the checks for the monthly bills. Funny that sometimes for me, certain tasks brings back memories from the past that I never thought I would recall. I...

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Agedofu

2009-11-29T12:00:48Z

Never have thought much about why in Japanese, 'Ts" sometimes become "D's", "H" can become a "b", etc., but I guess saying Agetofu' would be a bit awkward. In my never ending challenge to find something to do with the loads of leftovers son & w...

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Black Friday, 15 Minutes of 'Fame'

2009-11-27T23:07:37Z

No, I did not venture out... have no interest in mall to begin with. They are soooo boring for one thing. Mcshopping for McGoods and Christmas shopping is sadly a thing we will not be doing for the second time. The local news as you'd expect, w...

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Punkin Pie

2009-11-26T14:32:47Z

Is what son still calls it. He got ambitious last night and made these two, and also decided later to get an early start on Thanksgiving.

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