I have a Windows Vista computer here now. Bought at Aldi {the no-frills grocery store!}. It's by Medion of Germany. (Its technical specs are here = http://sn.im/sdr001 )
I have used Apple computers infrequently. I had to compose my article about the...
The U.S.A. has no 'national' dish. Many metropolitan areas in the U.S.A. have their own 'local' dish. Philadelphia, PA. has cheese steak sandwiches. Chicago, IL. has 'italian' beef sandwiches, and 'italian' breaded steak sandwiches. Kansas City, MO....
The one in Honancho (off the branch of the Marunouchi Line) is easy to find. Go out the northwest exit {sorry - I don't have the map of that station handy} and walk one block west. It's in Horinouchi 1-4.
Video games, movies, and for that matter, most television programs, are *fantasies*.
They depict activities which would earn their protagonists _serious problems_ if they occurred in _real life_.
Most people can differentiate between fantasy and r...
Yokosuka is _not that far_ from Tokyo. You don't have to drive there either.
You can take any number of trains, from JR, or Tokyu & Keikyu. [Hyperdia (http://grace.hyperdia.com/cgi-english/hyperWeb.cgi?JP_MODE=0) is your friend!]
Look at these samp...
Is #26505 Shimo-Kitazawa grade crossing, which is going to be eliminated soon?
Danny, what are your settings on the Lumix DMC-LX3?
As for my happiness; I could use some increase, and I am trying to go beyond the "comfort level". But with my mom in...
The room looks better.
I don't have any items from Ikea yet. But I would not rule it out.
This new computer came with ULead PhotoImpact 12 pre-installed. It seems to be very powerful. But when I transfer images from the SDHC card on my Panasonic DM...
I'm chortling and snickering. I think of enough silly things to *not be fooled* by others.
I still think a better announcement would have been "uncensored" drawings of the DannyChoo mascots had been swiped from the Mirai Inc. offices, and were late...
I usually _do not exist_ before 12 noon. But I would eat breakfast if I was up that early.
Big lunches is where I concentrate. Restaurants have better pricing deals at lunch (v. dinner).
'No, no. We can't rent to gaijin.'
But the wannabe yakuza who'll use the unit to deal hard drugs is ok...
Anyhow, yes. I have experienced discrimination. Even amongst the people who you would perceive would be scrupulous in being tolerant and egal...
My first visit there was December 2005. I rode the Hibiya line to Akihabara station from Kiyokawa 2 (I had to walk to Minami-Senju station.).
Incredibly, the first shop into which I went turned out to be an 'underground' shop selling uncensored vid...
The snag with this is that your typical Japanese address is as confusing as understanding Kanji. Danny could tell you this ramen shop was at [e.g. - this may or may not be an actual address] 1-46-10 Higashi-Ikebukuro, Toshima-ku, but without an atlas...
The unspoken snag with 'women-only' train cars:
It *presumes* that there are *no females who are perverts* (and thus, might molest another female on that car).
No comments about foul toilets or undesirable 'extras' in restaurant meals.
I ate at the Burger King in Shibuya. Again, it was OK. I am still uncertain if the beef was imported from Australia or the U.S.A. (Tokyo Metro subway trains almost always ha...
There are six now in Tokyo. They're listed here = http://www.burgerkingjapan.co.jp/
On some sandwiches, the tomato costs extra. I need to learn the phrase "no tomato" in Japanese (since I don't eat them on Burger King sandwiches here).
Lots of toll roads here in metropolitan Chicago, and throught the states east of here.
The City of Chicago discovered (in the late 1950s) it did not have the authority to construct a toll *road*. So it constructed the 'Chicago Skyway' and called it...
It is cool. It depends on how much it would cost.
Barack Obama was *not* my state senator. He was from the district two away from here.
I *recommend* reading the entire story of how he was elected U.S. Senator from Illinois in 2004. The key point...
I'm still on v.92 modem here. It is *cheap* ($7.95 | mo when you pay for a year), but sadly, no match for when Danny posts articles as clustered with images like this (unfinished after 25 minutes - stopped it - blocked images from static.flickr.com -...
It costs only ¥150 to get there from Shibuya. Realize that it is not a JR line, but the Tokyu Toyoko (| Minato Mirai) line. The signs directing you from other lines still read "Toyoko Line". Even 'Limited Express' trains stop there at Jiyugaoka. (The...
I usually put my satchel on the rack, even if I am seated (directly underneath it). Many trains have the heaters underneath the seat, so it would block that, and it would also take up precious standing space when the train became crowded.
Tymmur; here in Tokyo, you can stand at a subway station and watch as trains of *different companies* are in service on the same subway line. On the Fukutoshin Line, you can espy Tokyo Metro, Tobu, and Seibu-owned consists, all slightly different, bu...
The green trolley in the top photo is modeled after the Arakawa streetcar route in northern Tokyo. That is one of the two routes left in Tokyo. The other is the Tokyu Setagaya Line in Setagaya-ku.
I'm taking a financial hit in Tokyo & Yokohama right now; especially compared to last December. I got ¥107.4 = $1 last December. This time, I got ¥90.13 one day, and ¥86.65 later.
I was in Shibuya today. I didn't eat there; but today was the opening...
I have used Macs. The last U.S. Open Cup Final I covered; I couldn't write it up on my computer because I had a flight the next day to Denver, CO. The next afternoon in Denver; I wound up in a tavern which had free computers for use. They were all Ma...
Yes, P Q R S, Ltd., an Illinois corporation, has always had a business card. Even if it did not tell you much about what we do. !=)#
I always have them with me. But they're in English [only]. However, they have complete contact information about mys...
I have 'haters'. Both on-line, and even in that area where on-line crosses over to the "real world".
I do not know if I am 'proud' of this, but I managed to convert at least two people who were promoting a monthly assemblage of real people who main...
It appears somebody at Kaguya finally noticed the popularity of reverse-crush "almost AVs". Even I bought one of those last time in Tokyo.
Yes, the girls are ferocious, even bordering on sadistic; but they always give you a very good glimpse of thei...
Shinagawa is where F.I.F.A. blocks a bunch of hotel rooms for journalists covering the Club World Cup. The 'official' reason is because one can board the Shinkansen at Shinagawa station. The room rate last year was ¥7,800 | night. (The FIFA hotshots...
