Posted in Film, Food on Wednesday, November 29, 2006 | No Comments »
Apparently, a dramedy film about udon was released here shortly after I arrived. I had no idea until this evening, when I saw an intriguing poster for it today in Kokura after having dinner at a Turkish restaurant there (to be reviewed soon).
Here’s the movie’s official site.
This is awesome. From the previews, it looks like [...]
Posted in Food, Politics, Society and Culture on Monday, November 27, 2006 | 5 Comments »
How to piss off the international community and incur upon your culture accusations of barbarity and backwardness in four easy steps:
Find a bunch of dolphins or other small cetaceans.
Get some motorboats and some nets and herd them towards the shore.
Kill as many dolphins as you can using the government-sanctioned pin-to-the-brain method. Or, if this is [...]
Posted in Food, Parties, Festivals, and Holidays, Society and Culture on Sunday, November 26, 2006 | 3 Comments »
When the care-wearied man seeks his mother once more,
And the worn matron smiles where the girl smiled before;
What moistens the lip and what brightens the eye,
What calls back the past, like the rich Pumpkin pie?
John Greenleaf Whittier, “The Pumpkin” (1850)
On Thursday, I thoroughly enjoyed a Thanksgiving feast with dear friends and less dear colleagues - [...]
