Oct 3, 2003 | Culture, Fukuma
I think it’s common knowledge that my long-time partner-in-crime, Fletcher has finished his stint on the JET Programe and has returned to the fair, metropolitan eden of Portland. In his stead, Fukuma has recieved the honorable Malik, hailing from New York....
Sep 10, 2003 | Fukuma, Language
For all the Japanese language students out there, I wanted to mention a sweet little app for OS X called Kotoba. ‘Kotoba’ of course means ‘words’ or ‘speech’ in Japanese and it’s appropriately named, since it’s meant to...
Jun 5, 2003 | Food, Fukuma
On the way to work the other morning, I stopped by 7-11 to pick up some coffee creamer, since I’ve had just about ENOUGH of Creap. The package proclaims that the new packaging theme is “Train Stations of the World.” Whatever, as long as it makes the...
May 28, 2003 | Food, Fukuma
This coffee creamer is actually called Creap. But how does it taste, you ask? Let’s just say that it’s well-named.
May 23, 2003 | Commentary, Culture, Fukuma, Photography, Rants
This site often switches roles in the kind of things I write. Sometimes it’s a documentary, sometimes a journal, sometimes a language book, and sometimes, like today, it’s an editorial. Make no mistake about it, there is not so much as a sliver of...
Mar 25, 2003 | Fukuma, Language
So Fletcher’s dad is in town this week which is fun because the guy is sweet and has integrated into our crew in no-time flat. Last night, me Fletch, Fletch’s Dad, Rory, Ben and Mihoko all went to yakitori. Suffice it to say by the time we got out of...
