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Yes. This is Xmas

Posted on December 27, 2013 by spikekalashnikov

I set off for California where I am to spend the festive season. Xmas day in Okinawa is grey, rainy and cold, well, er,you know 19 degrees. I am leaving my car at the airport, so that a student whose girlfriend is … Continue reading →

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Throwing Up

Posted on December 22, 2013 by spikekalashnikov

It is Winter in Okinawa. Then, too, they say, thro’ all the burthen’d Air, Long Groans are heard, shrill Sounds, and distant Sighs, That, murmur’d by the Demon of the Night, Warn the devoted Wretch of Woe, and Death! Wild … Continue reading →

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Alabama, Arkansas, I Sure Miss My Ma and Pa

Posted on December 17, 2013 by spikekalashnikov

Today was a very painful day. The morning was spent at the dentist having root canal treatment. This entails Mori sensei sticking red-hot wire into the nerves of your teeth, or something like that. He says, ” Hai!! much pain! … Continue reading →

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Voyeurism

Posted on December 15, 2013 by spikekalashnikov

I like to watch. I pick up garbage from the beaches and watch shells. I wander in the undergrowth by the house looking for things to watch. I then go to watch the stinking pond. There are two super rare … Continue reading →

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Low Self Esteem

Posted on December 14, 2013 by spikekalashnikov

I have been very sick of late with continuous cold and fatigue. The weather has echoed my health. Then comes the traditional yuletide abscess under tooth. Mori sensei, my best friend, utters the seasonal cries of “Pain?!” and “So desu … Continue reading →

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Gimme Eat

Posted on December 7, 2013 by spikekalashnikov

So we have a party to mark the on-moving of Yukiko, Anna and Mary, all of whom are delightful. I think I was most marked by the incredible amount of meat that was scarfed. Like in Japan you do not, … Continue reading →

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Here Is the Six Quid I Owe You

Posted on December 5, 2013 by spikekalashnikov

I was trying to explain alliteration to a colleague today. “The sick squid suddenly squirted slime.” says I.  She did not get it. This she got: Betty Botter bought a bit of butter. The butter Betty Botter bought was a … Continue reading →

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Quade Cooper

Posted on December 1, 2013 by spikekalashnikov

Saturday afternoon we held a concert at the university. It was an evening of J.S.Bach, the ancestor of Barbara Bach, who is Ringo Starr’s wife. It was exquisite. There were two fiddles, a viola, a cello, a harpsichord, which I … Continue reading →

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Shaking All Over

Posted on November 30, 2013 by spikekalashnikov

One of the most pleasurable of all decisions is the decision that you really are too sick to go to work. I have much guilt about sickness engendered by my years at boarding school. Skiving off was the worst of … Continue reading →

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Seán Ó Duibhir a’ Ghleanna

Posted on November 26, 2013 by spikekalashnikov

So I have to write about this.  Ireland play New Zealand at rugby. I have always watched rugby. As soon as we had a television some time in the 60s, my Father would sit us down in front of it to … Continue reading →

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