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Reply to Renting DVDs of the TV shows You Have Already Seen in Entertainment JoeUser Forums

Okay I hope I'm not polluting your blog. lol no worries about that... interesting questions Japanese woman have some kind of meat on their heads and they stick their hea

Thanks to JU for Posts about Entertainment in Business JoeUser Forums

I just wanted to thank everyone for posts made about the world of TV or movies back home. Reading your posts about this stuff helps me keep in tune to what is going on media-wise back home. It's not just finding out what is on the tube or what is getting the critics' picks or pans. It's great to read about people's reaction to the stuff. Particul

Renting DVDs of the TV shows You Have Already Seen in Entertainment JoeUser Forums

Living in Japan without cable TV has been good for me in that it forces me to watch Japanese so that I get more language practice. I am getting to the point where I get most of what is going on in some of the shows I watch regularly. Still don't enjoy most of the variety shows as I think it is stupid to watch people whack each other or roll around on the floor laugh

Reply to I just..don't..have it... in Business JoeUser Forums

Love that! I will use it in the future and attribute it to you when I do! use it anytime!

Reply to I just..don't..have it... in Business JoeUser Forums

I understand the sentiment, but someone who can put things together from a variety of different sources to create a product has to be a jack-of-all-trades (JOAT). Sometimes a master can produce incredible work, but runs the risk of narrowing the breadth of his or her output. The JOAT is often the person who applies the master work in ways not envisioned by a master. Okay, there was Da Vinci, a master of many things and a JOAT, but people like that are one in a million. The id

Reply to Darkroom or photoshop? in Photography JoeUser Forums

Good advice, Stubbyfinger. And the rental thing is just something I recently discovered. Not that I'm renting Haselblaad, but I have tried out some neat lenses this way. Do you like the Nikon better than the Canon 20D? I have heard a lot of good things about that Epson.

Reply to Sewage Spawning School Sex-Switching Spate? in Current Events JoeUser Forums

I read a book related to this topic. It's called "The Feminization of Nature" by Deborah Cadbury(1999). It was all about this and included discussion of this effect in humans, but mostly how it shows as reproductive cancers. It's pretty depresing, but an interesting read. Halfway through the book, I was feeling evangelical about estrogens etc in nature, then by the end of the book, overly depressed and not knowing what route to take so doing

Reply to Darkroom or photoshop? in Photography JoeUser Forums

And, no matter what, if you don't learn how to produce a good image, you could be a god in PS and still have a bad image in the end. Yep. That is really the beginning and ending of the whole process. If you start out with a bad image (composition etc) there's not a whole lot one can do in the darkroom

Reply to Virginia schools ban game shake to curb fighting in Current Events JoeUser Forums

I agree this is strange. Instead of banning handshakes, why not set up a policy that kicks kids off the team (or suspends them) if they do the spitting or kicking? Why should kids who are unable to demonstrate sportsmanship be allowed to play? I don't care how good an athlete the kid is. There is NO excuse. You are right, I think they have missed the point.

Reply to Shower vs Bath in Misc JoeUser Forums

I like Japanese style. You shower up first and clean yourself, then settle into the bath for a nice, hot soak. I have a... shower room? Bathtub and shower are in a separate tiled room. Pretty standard for over here. You get a little stool to sit on, scrub off, rinse off, then soak. If you go to a public bath and do the soak first, you get the most evil glares. By tub isn't long, but with a slight bend of legs, I fit into the tub

Reply to 100 ft Squid: The search continues on the Squidblog in Pets & Nature JoeUser Forums

A 25 ft squid!!!! Can you imagine the calamari? How about the cookware needed to prepare it? A couple of years ago, I saw this really bad movie about a giant squid. It starred...Treat Williams? I looked up his filmography but couldn't find it. I saw it on TV in Japan and it had a different title... Now I'll never find it. Anyway, this giant squid is killed, dragged to a marine park and is put into a pool. The scent of the dead s

Reply to The return of the Evil Sock? in Blogging JoeUser Forums

!!!! I see what you mean. That would be quite icky otherwise. What part of Hawaiido you live in? I went to Kona when I got married and really liked it. Hardly any people so it was a good break from the crowded train stations in Osaka.

100 ft Squid: The search continues on the Squidblog in Pets & Nature JoeUser Forums

Elendil's article about some fossils reminded me of all the strange things in the sea and a story I saw on the news on TV about the discovery of giant squid. A 25 ft squid has been caught on camera and remains of squid in sperm whale stomachs hint at giant squid that could be up to 100 ft. long. Check out this link: L

Reply to Hmmm, sort of a coincidence? in Misc JoeUser Forums

I actually thought the digital rendering looked more like the prototype design for the "Aliens" monster. Not that this relates to the previous discussion. Just a kind of art coincidentally imitating life kind of oberservation. Unless the digital designers were influenced by the movie...

The return of the Evil Sock? in Blogging JoeUser Forums

Last winter I wrote about my evil sock. All innocent looking in cream and pink argyle, it is one of the itchiest socks I have ever worn. And it isn't both socks, just one of them. Now the season for toasty socks is approaching again and I am eyeing my wool sock bin. I see lots of favorites that promise a winter of warm and happy feet. Then I see the evi

Darkroom or photoshop? in Photography JoeUser Forums

I love printing in the darkroom. Ok, it's dark and that can be a little annoying, but I like all the fiddling that goes with creating a good print. Maybe there is some part of me that likes playing with chemicals, although, I sure don't like getting them on me. I don't have my own darkroom yet. I've been using the one at school after I finish my classes and

Reply to I finally made dinner in Blogging JoeUser Forums

See, that's where the time difference sucks. It's 11:40 pm here and I am now ready for a good night's sleep! Ahhhhhh..... comfy futon with fluffy quilt and perfectly soft pillow at just the right height for my neck....... ahhhhhh.

I finally made dinner in Blogging JoeUser Forums

I've been planning to make dinner on a weeknight for two weeks now. Hubby either takes me out for dinner (as neither of us has enery to eat or clean up after) or I am falling asleep at 8 pm after getting home around 7. The gym? Forget it! But I made a potato cream soup today. Sauteed onion, garlic and mushrooms and then added microwaved potatoes and carro

Reply to This little kitten has FINALLY finished her mittens in Blogging JoeUser Forums

Dang pictures. I even went with yahoo this time as I read somewhere that they post up... THanks for letting me know F. I do needlepoint, too. Great for watching TV that you only have to pay half a mind to. Someday I might finish a christmas stocking that I started three years ago as well. Maybe during the Christmas holidays. Embroidery is really cool though. I love the looks of it, but can't make nice stitches unless they are all slanting in one direction!!! <

Reply to This little kitten has FINALLY finished her mittens in Blogging JoeUser Forums

I like this photo because you can't see all the pattern mistakes, and shape/size differences.

Reply to Psychics, gargoyles and ungodliness. in Misc JoeUser Forums

Locamama... I never knew you had such a talent for poetic justice!

Reply to Psychics, gargoyles and ungodliness. in Misc JoeUser Forums

That's some scary stuff, Dharma. Seriously. Of course, I have to wonder what kind of stuff fox edited out, but even still, Scary. On a bit of an ironic note, when I clicked on the link, they had an ad for zombie hordes on the top right corner!

Reply to This little kitten has FINALLY finished her mittens in Blogging JoeUser Forums

Thanks, Lady! I've been knitting since junior high school (so long time) but don't often make anything nice. Making the stitches isn't so hard, it's following the pattern for increasing and decreasing that get me. I've only made three sweaters and only one of those looked good. It is really heavy though, so I don't get much chance to wear it anymore. I made a pair of mittens for my sister that really looked good (it

This little kitten has FINALLY finished her mittens in Blogging JoeUser Forums

I have finally finished a pair of mittens that I was knitting for my brother. I started them three years ago. If you count all the times that I have ripped them out and started over then I have actually made about five mittens. Not five pairs, just five. So if one was a pentapod... The knitting itself is ok... the shaping (I used 4 double ended needles)..

Reply to Jarheads as an Aphrodisiac in Entertainment JoeUser Forums

Hahahahahaaa! You crack me up because I know EXACTLY what you mean. I'm not married to military guy, but hubby is type (except for handling weapons, he is also not good with a hammer) in terms of body. I'm also strangely attracted to jarhead type and my friends just don't get it. And based on my brother's military friends, the attitude is not quite my type but I like the concept of heroic guys who look buff and are ready to save the day.<BR