Oct 31, 2002 | Culture, Fukuma, Photography
I thought some of you might find this interesting (the rest of you can piss off. 😉 The other day, the Third Year students participated in the school’s Adopt Program, which is basically the Fukuma version of Adopt-a-Highway except we go and clean up the local...
Sep 25, 2002 | Commentary, Culture, Fukuma
by Fukuma Fletch Hair Flap Correspondant 10 (More) Little Things Here, for your reading pleasure, I present the long awaited and highly anticipated second installment of “The Little Things.” (The first part to this series can be found here. -Scott) 1) The post office....
Sep 10, 2002 | Commentary, Culture, Fukuma, Raves
I feel I should say something about today’s picture. Normally I’ll optimize and tweak the digital photos I post here to compensate for the sometimes flat contrast produced by my point-and-shoot digital camera. Even then it’s just some color...
Aug 7, 2002 | Commentary, Culture
Right, so the Health Check the other day was utterly ridiculous. 2nd graders playing doctor could have performed a more revealing inspection than these “doctors.” The only thing the 2nd graders would have lacked was the 400 year-old X-ray machine in the...
Jul 22, 2002 | Commentary, Culture, Fukuma
Only in Japan by Fukuma Fletch Hair Flap Correspondant Inkans I’m going to let everyone in on a little known fact about daily life in Japan: no one uses signatures to sign anything. In fact, no one in Japan “signs” anything. So how do the Japanese people identify...
Jul 15, 2002 | Culture, Experiences, Fukuma, Raves
A neutron goes into a bar and asks the bartender, “How much for a beer?”The bartender replies, “For you, no charge.” Hahahahahaha, nothing like starting the week with a science joke. Recently Heard in English Class Shiraki-sensei: What sports...