[Me mimi's are cold!]

I recommend a face covering mask - they make a big big difference.

[Loads of snow on the way!]

up to 80-90cm in the next 24 hours!!!! (see the Yuzawa now page)

I think goggles might be called for

[Refugees not welcome in Japan]

Accepting refugees and racism/discrimination are fundamentally different issues.

[The Smurfs]

What was the man in the smurfs called, Father Abraham? La la lalalala la la la la....

[Holidays now in Phuket]

I just saw something on the tv now with some holiday company re-starting their package holidays to Phuket? Thats what I thought they said anyway. I can't believe people would want to go there now - unless it was to help.

 

Did anyone else catch that? Tell me I was wrong...

[Worst ever start for Hakuba?]

this was all in the past... ace now

[USB Cafe Pad]

A must have for the new year.

http://www.thanko.jp/CAFEPAD.html

 

In fact that site has a lot of really essential stuff on it.

 

Including the USB Ashtray

http://www.thanko.jp/ashtray_usb.html

 

and the Flower Pot Speaker

http://www.thanko.jp/flower_speaker.html

 

[Ok are you worried]

We need a T.B.D.

[9/11 conspiracy theory]

This page is worth a read

 

http://www.erichufschmid.net/un_patriotic.html

[Thinking of buying an iPod]

Found a good quote about the ipod:

 

"I just don’t get the overwhelming appeal of the iPod, Apple’s MP3 player. It’s a beautiful device to be sure, but it does exactly what many, many other similar players do: It plays MP3s. Other brands are better, less expensive, have more capacity, are easier to use, and so on. But the iPod has something more than 85% market share. That’s incredible - that’s like finding that 85% of people in the country drive Toyota Camrys. It just doesn’t make sense."

[I'm going to do an "oishii" program]

Do tell us how it went cow

[Ebay tactics]

Lunch with Nirvana star

 

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=16071&item=2289137864&rd=1

 

Some weird things on there.

[Truly Big Dump]

No, I like white ones that come from the sky.

[Austria kicking off the season for Europe]

Hurrah for them replacing those things.

 

[Sports Authority brand ski]

I've never heard of Sports Authority - where are they?

[Truly Big Dump]

OK so we're all waiting for the first Truly Big Dump (TBD). So when is this TBD going to come anyone heard when its supposed to. Fed up of all the little sprinklings, we want that TBD to get things started.

 

[Happo web cam]

Looks like a nice day

 

Not much snow though, hey.

[Beat takeshi]

I think he is smart, just likes to play a fool as well. I saw one of his programs on Sky perfect just a short while mind. It was a fairly laid back, fairly serious interview type program. He was smoking.

[It gets worse...]

We too can be Yonsama. Cool. I want his haircut anyway. It's cool.

[what's everybody listening to now?]

Fatboy Slim Palookaville or whatever its called. It prefer his previous ones.

[Keitai & driving - the new problem]

Ah yes suddenly people want longer red lights. I've noticed that too.

[The Holy Grail]

So, where do you reckon it is then?

 

I've recently read the Da Vinci Code (why was that such a big success? I hear Tom Hanks is gonna take the role in the movie...), and then read this this morning

 

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/4044765.stm

 

Holy Grail "boom". I reckon Indy had it right, find that and you've got it.

[Thinking of buying an iPod]

The "cute" ipod is taking off here apparently.

 

http://quote.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000080&sid=ayuJ_AtnPApo

 

Perhaps Microsoft might learn something with their "bigger than an 80's video deck" sized Xbox.

[Ireland is named "best country"]

Sorry, whats the Craic?

[anyone near Hanamaki, Iwate???]

Pretty wild. I wonder if anyone actually wants to pay in that situation!

 

I'm not tall or big enough, but, ...Good luck!