Pokemon Graduation Speech
When you ponder your upcoming struggles and triumphs upon graduating high school, if you can compare life to pokemon, I think you may need to refocus where you are heading. More
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$6,100 watermelons in Japan
Would you pay $6,100 dollars for a 17 pound Densuke watermelon, one of only 65 from the first harvest? Neither would I. However one man happily dropped that much money to be among the first to taste the sweet watermelon. Above average temperatures in April and May help boost the sugar content of melons this […] More
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Funimation Virtual Anime Festival
Just got this email from Funimation. Apparently Funimation has teamed up with Vside to host a virtual anime festival. Showing at this festival will be xxxHolic and School Rumble. I really enjoyed xxxHolic, so if you havn’t seen the series, getting your spot in this festival will be worth it. The first 75 who register […] More
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Yusuke Kamiji: World Record Blogger
Don’t know who Yusuke Kamiji is? Don’t worry, if you live here in America, there’s no reason you would know him. However Guinness has just recognized him as the World’s most famous blogger. The criteria used for giving him that title was his blog has the most unique visitors in one day. How many unique […] More
in JapanFOX to remake Japanese Human Tetris
Not to be outdone by ABC’s I Survived a Japanese Game Show, FOX has announced that they too will be airing a Japanese game show very soon. The difference is that FOX has decided to not create an original game show, but to take the the epitome of what America thinks of Japanese game shows, […] More
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in JapanI survived a Japanese Game Show
Well, it is official now. Japanese game shows have invaded the United States. On Tuesday, June 24th 9 pm – 10 pm EST on ABC, you will see a new game show that ABC hopes to be a hit. The show is called I Survived A Japanese Game Show. How appropriate. ABC writes, This unscripted […] More
A Marine Corps Cafe in Japan
When I think about going out and paying for a meal, the last thing I want would be someone dressed as an army sergeant screaming at me, and going through boot camp before my meal comes. But leave it to the ever so unique Japanese to open up a cafe appropriately named Sergeant Cafe. Upon […] More
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Beautiful Kanji Training
Here’s a new product over at J-List that I think would be really useful if you’re learning Kanji. Beautiful Kanji Training is a Nintendo DS game that teaches you to write, as the name suggests, beautiful Kanji characters. You hold the DS on the side like a book, and Beautiful Kanji Training acts as your […] More
A-kon 19 breaks Guinness World Record
Thanks to Crisu for first bringing this to my attention. Seems the short lived videogame cosplay Guinness world record has been broken by cosplayers at A-Kon 19 in Dallas Texas. The new event, which by the way is the largest continually running anime convention in North America, shattered the old record. 697 cosplayers were on […] More
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Smell like sushi everywhere you go
You may have wondered if there was any way to remind the people that you randomly pass by while walking in the mall of the first time they ever visited a sushi resturant. You wish that you can remind them of the subtle smell of vinegar in the air, the pungent yet inviting smell of […] More
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Soy Sauce Ice Cream Topping?
Talk about an unusual combination. Yamato Soy Sauce has created a new topping for Ice Cream made from… you guessed it, Soy Sauce. They are expecting the new ice cream toping to be a big hit this summer. Yamato Soy Sauce has been around since 1911, so they must know what they are doing. I […] More
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May 2008 stats for xorsyst.com
May seems to have flown by this year. It was a busy month for me offline. I went to visit my family in St. Thomas at the beginning of the month for a week. And I have been hard at work on my new website that’s going to detail some of my traffic and SEO […] More
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