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Monthly Archives: October 2012
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So I think I mentioned in a previous post that Tigh na Mara has no oven. Japanese don’t do ovens. I have to have an oven. I consulted my learned brother Ian as to which way I should go. Ian … Continue reading
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ジャイアンツは行きます!
This time two years ago I wrote this. http://spikekalashnikov.wordpress.com/2010/10/29/gigantes/ I don’t know much about Baseball but I will always remember the communal joy and solidarity when the Giants won the World Series in 2010. I was there. I have the … Continue reading
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Another Nail in the Coffin
The weather is perfect. No humidity, 28 degrees, blue, blue. I get up early and look at my new hibiscus. I then motor the 3 kms to Cape Maeda, one of the great dive er spots, places, entries, zones, you … Continue reading
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The Wind That Shakes The Barley
Last night I watched a movie called “The Angels’ Share,” which is the story of a bunch of Glaswegian rapscallions brought to self-awareness through interaction with the world of expensive whisky. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1924394/ During a whisky tasting scene, some ponce drones on … Continue reading
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Wonderful Feeling of Superiority
I think it is something about being British that makes me enjoy disdain. We revel in it. Best computer, football team, ski resort, band, brand of jeans, political party,whatever; I know the best and have disdain for those who think differently. … Continue reading
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Cowboy is a Verb, not a Noun
Today, I set off for the reef behind Tigh na Mara. It is a pretty good swim from the house across the lagoon to the deep water. However the lagoon is only about 4 metres deep and so there is … Continue reading
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Huerto Sellado
Tigh Na Mara comes with a sealed garden. It is actually a fully enclosed courtyard open to the skies. I intend to turn it into a home for fallen Hibisci. I see the poor things hanging around in garden shops … Continue reading
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Physics
I have one of these in Tigh na Mara. It is amazing! Induction cooking uses induction heating to directly heat a cooking vessel, as opposed to using heat transfer from electrical coils or burning gas as with a traditional cooking stove. For nearly all models of induction … Continue reading
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Sans Frontieres
You will remember about this time last year I posted about a film that two French people made for the university. Maybe not – so here is the link. https://quietripple.wordpress.com/2011/09/01/french-cinema/ Well, they came back to make an update. All filmed … Continue reading
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We Encourage Defecation
My friend Satoru sent this to me. I am a world famous photographer from Kochi, Japan. : )This from the A・La・Uno S, which is the make of my toilet see previous post, catalog and translated by Google translation, the center … Continue reading
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