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  • Debate... T onight is the first presidential debate. I'm almost afraid to watch it. I feel like I will be sitting in front of some crossroads waiting for a train wreck to happen. Will Kerry be run over by the B…

  • Draft... T he remnants of hurricane Jeanne blew through my area yesterday. At times, the rain came down heavily, and the wind almost blew the umbrella out of my hands. When I got home, I checked all our windows…

  • If it's Tuesday... L ife goes on. Two classes today, and nothing special really happened. Lately, I've been so exhausted that I don't even have any good topics to write about. Me, no topic... Nothing to talk ab…

  • Karoshi A re we created to withstand whatever God throws our way? Are we made to endure the insults of man and nature? These are the questions men and women probably ask when they feel overworked and overlooked…

  • Distasteful joke alert: Check your PP A PG Story I have placed limitations on some jokes because I don't think the I should make sexual content available to underaged people. I know that young ones know what's…

  • Special thanks... ... to aznquarter and Jason for Bookmarking me at RBJ. I've added you to my RBJ Tomodachi list above on the comment page and in the left column on the main page... as if that meant anything, hahahahaha…

  • Various Asians II Y esterday, I spoke to the issue of affirmative action. And just so everyone knows, it is only my opinion. I am no policy maker, thank God. I don't even speak for some Asians, like Japanese Am…

  • Various Asians M y comments area for yesterday's post became a mini-forum concerning an Asian woman who obviously leans to the right. Michelle Malkin opposes affirmative action and has recently published a book…

  • Dealing with it I think my relationship with my stepson is difficult because we are both "adults." Kids, little ones, I have no problems with because, well, they are kids. I have no expectations. But a 23 year …

  • Taking care of your own needs S ometimes I get so frustrated. I don't mean to put my frustrations on anyone specifically. God knows that I am not the perfect human being. Indeed, I am far from it. *shudder* So …

  • Sleepy Sunday O utside, the sky was azure, the air was crisp. In the distance, kids squealed as they played with their friends in front of their homes. On the coffee table was Sunday's Washington Post ready to …

  • Final: UCLA 37 Washington 31 vs. Washington. The Bruins beat Illinois last week, and they beat them pretty soundly. Is this cause for optimism? Not quite. The offense DID look like they were clicking, and they limite…

  • This month's Senryu The topic for this month is beef. Click here if you have a verse to submit. Sleepless in Virginia R ecently, I've been having problems sleeping. Getting to sleep isn't the problem. It's st…

  • This month's Senryu The topic for this month is beef. Click here if you have a verse to submit. Waking up early I re-discovered something today: If you wake up early, you have ample time to do the things you …

  • Senryu Topic for September: It's amazing how three lines of verse can express so many different emotions. I had never really appreciated poetry in the past, but I'm beginning to see what all the fuss is about. I think…

  • Senryu Tsubame 川柳つばめ吟社: August W ith every kai (meeting) we have, the poems get better and better. I am having a hell of a time choosing the best ones. Some poems that would have easily made the t…

  • Final: UCLA 35 Illinois 17 vs. Illinois. The Bruins lost to Okie State last week in a game they could have won had they held onto the ball. Well, maybe they would have won. It's impossible to know what would have hap…

  • RBJ Tomodachi: I haven't been going to RBJ that often these days, as I am busy enough as usual, but it's nice to know that some of the people over there come to visit me from time to time. Thanks to hyojin and the Calif…

  • update: I added a couple of pix of my mother. Also thanks to fooky11 for catching a typo in one of the poems below. In Memory T oday is my mother's birthday. She would have been 74. I used to think it was …

  • When is an Onigiri a Musubi? I n response to Saturday's post, let me assure you that the rumors of my coma have been greatly exaggerated. I am most certainly NOT comatose. After the loss of my beloved Bruins, I…

  • Happy Labors Day M an, I have way too much on my plate. No, no, no, I don't mean that I'm over eating from the BBQ--that was yesterday and I did eat too much, as usual. I'm talking about my life. Way too much w…

  • Fall Requiem T oday, my husband--Onigiriman--went to the store to by sausages, rolls, relish, sauerkraut, corn chips, potato ships, and two cases of beer. Since this was Labor Day weekend, it did not strike me …

  • Second day of classes T hree classes today. Yeah, they basically treat us like pack mules or something. I teach four classes, and the load is pretty heavy. And three classes on Thursday is a burden, but its oka…

  • First day of classes T oday was the first day of class and I had my Japanese Literature in Translation. It's a class that anyone can take, since it's in translation, and it fulfills a humanities requirement in …

  • New Academic Year W here does the time go? I cannot believe that it is already time for the Fall semester. I wasn't able to accomplish an iota of what I needed to do. Whew! I don't want to sound like I'm whinin…

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