Monthly Archives: March 2013

Jiggety Jig

Posted on March 31, 2013 by spikekalashnikov

*”To market, to market, to buy a fat pig, Home again, home again, jiggety-jig.” The recognized method to catch squid around here is called jigging. You cast your jig into the sea and jig  it up and down as you … Continue reading →

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Flags

Posted on March 31, 2013 by spikekalashnikov

As children, well more  accurately as a child,   I remember being taken by the Scottish name for Irises. We call them Flags. It seemed like a very good name for a flower rather than the usual impossible to remember … Continue reading →

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Impotent

Posted on March 31, 2013 by spikekalashnikov

So I wake up this morning to a dramatic storm. I always sleep with my windows open because my Mummy told me to. This has a disadvantage when you live by the sea, as in storms, huge waves come crashing … Continue reading →

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Billy Pilgrim

Posted on March 30, 2013 by spikekalashnikov

So taking pictures underwater is difficult. I have a tiny, cheap camera that is hard to maintain in an er like not jerking around state. If you are on the surface snorkeling then the stuff is happening too far away. … Continue reading →

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Low Tide

Posted on March 28, 2013 by spikekalashnikov

On account of recent mouth surgery I feel justified in not going back to work this afternoon. In a pain-killeresque environment, I notice that there is a very low tide. This must have something to do with the spring  and … Continue reading →

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Abe says, “Man you must be puttin’ me on”

Posted on March 28, 2013 by spikekalashnikov

It being in the springtime, I have excruciating toothache. I go to the dentist who says; ” Y’all got a huge decay thing in your wisdom tooth below the gum.” I say, “Man, you must be puttin’ me on, I … Continue reading →

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Some Things are so Unexpected that No One is Prepared for Them.

Posted on March 24, 2013 by spikekalashnikov

So Kevin is here to make the world’s best web site even better. He craves goat and so we prepare a goat stew. Good though that meal was, lunch was much better. Naoko had told me that   an ordinary house … Continue reading →

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Nature Red in Tooth and Claw

Posted on March 21, 2013 by spikekalashnikov

So yesterday was a public holiday, of which there are many in Japan. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_holidays_in_Japan We do not have to go to work. Yesterday was (春分の日 Shunbun no Hi?)  a day for the admiration of nature and the love of living things. Accordingly … Continue reading →

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Naked Lunch

Posted on March 18, 2013 by spikekalashnikov

I am somewhat bruised after a foolhardy encounter with young people but let me talk about my lunch first.The cafeteria at work is really good. It serves local produce cooked by wonderful Okinawans. I have to eat next to my … Continue reading →

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Rat and Creepy Crow

Posted on March 15, 2013 by spikekalashnikov

So, friends in France send me a drawing of a terrified rat riding on the back of  a kinda crow like bird wearing a pith helmet. Turns out that this is part of a school project that their daughter is … Continue reading →

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