You have to see it to believe it, folks.
Last week at the Asian Festival in Gainesville, Florida, a Taiko group was supposed to follow Thai Elvis—yep, he was a Thai impersonator of Elvis.  The only problem was, as the Taiko group started, Elvis played an encore.
Don’t get me wrong, I like Elvis.  It’s just when [...]

Hmmm…  I need to rethink the pedagogical value of our videos.  Here is a comment from Youtube:
私は今ているおかげで私と言うのおかげで帽子を教えて
(translation)
thanks. i can now say thank you in japanese
Usually a machine translation of Japanese is funny.  It is funny because you can see how the error erred.  But I have no idea how any of this “translation” became what [...]

Very important new Poll!
Anime is…
1) the very essence of life! Sugoi!!
2) –I could go a day without watching.
3) fun to watch because of the big eyes.
4) better than the Underwater BB Stacking Channel–but only just.
We need your input!  Vote now

So Jack is dying, his daughter returns for a stem cell miracle, and Season Seven comes to a close.  I have a feeling Season Eight will spend half of the day cleaning up Season Seven’s mess.
This was the first season I actually watched on TV.  Every other year, I waited until it was finished, bought [...]

One question has plagued the college student more than any other.  This of course is–which to dip first: the Peanut Butter or the Jelly?

He… (and I say “he” not to be sexist or as an attempted rebellion against political correctness, but because a woman would simply wipe the knife off before sticking it in the [...]

Thanks to Google for reminding me. (the Google Docs Page)

Last week, I reported a friend had helped rescreen our back porch and install a doggie door.

My friend called me the next day and asked if the dogs were using it.  I said, “Sure!  As long as I hold the flap up and push the dogs through!”
I’m happy to say Tevye (the boy dog) began [...]

Well, after a bit of arm-twisting by Harvey at JapanNewbie.com, I joined Twitter.  I’m not sure how much I will twit, but it could be a fun way to connect with people about theJapanShop.com sales, new items, and about Japanese in general.
If you would like to follow me in my twittings, please find me here: [...]

There is a joke wives love to tell of their husbands.  They all tell it as if it only applies to their particular husband, but I’m here to tell you it is universal.
Oh, that “weekend” project took him all summer…
Oh, that easy-to-setup patio only took him five years to complete…
So you want to buy this [...]

I haven’t watched all of his videos, but what I’ve seen, he has a unique gimmick–his character was raised as a Japanese but with unknown American parents. He is on a quest to find who his real parents are. Hmmm… This video is actually very useful–and quite funny! Thanks Tanaka-san. [...]