Nothing like politics to get the conversation boiling eh? Did you know that about the same time Obama was rising to power in America, Japan had a very similarly positioned man come to power. His name is Hatoyama, and he's the current Prime Minister of Japan.

Hatoyama is significant as a politician because he represents a new party. The American equivalent would be if an independent won a Presidential election. If Ross Perot had won instead of Clinton. If Nader of a Libertarian candidate won an election. That's what Hatoyama's victory was like.

Except my wife HATES Hatoyama. Hates him like I've never seen her hate before. If I had to draw a parallel, I'd say she's the Japanese equivalent of a staunch Republican. The kind of propagandist that heralds posters of Obama with a Hitler mustache.

Here are a couple of pictures from the Japanese political website she frequents. Would you believe one of them was in English? Of course the sentiment here is that Korea is trying to take over Japan as the enemy within.

Do you know??

The 'Democratic Party of Japan' is NOT
Japanese political party
They are the political party for Koreans!

Please notice!
A lot of Fake Japanese!! Invade now

You can find a lot of fake Japanese her in Japan But almost them hidden.
'Cause, they use Japanese name and also speak Japanese language.

You also dangerous if you won't notice. Be careful!

Real Japanese loves Mr. Taro Aso.
'Cause, He is a pure Japanese.

Guess if the people are real Japanese, hate Yukio Hatoyama.

Several Times a week, the Japanese school kids have their cleaning time. No janitors in Japanese schools remember--cleaning is everybody's job.

A few kids are always assigned to clean the teacher's room. If impeccable adults were doing the job, it would take about two or three people the allotted time. Using slacking Jr. High school students, diminishing returns kicks in with about a dozen. At the end of the cleaning time, I always laugh.

The kids line up, and one boy with a card in his hand asks, "Raise your hand if you think we deserve an A for today's cleaning time." Everybody raises their hand. He writes an A on the card.

I leave you with a piece of Engrish I found at a local mall. Its not just an accent, its a way of thinking. Kipring. I mean c'mon the frigging Kipling logo is RIGHT THERE!

I was in the 7-11 the other day when something caught my eye. Not something, someone. Britney Spears. Ah I remember back when she sang at my high school Disney World Grad Night. I totally hated her back then.

But here she is, doing the cover of some beauty magazine called Blendy. She still looks hot to me, but more in a MILF way now.

Although I've taken many pictures for the blog, and gone to many places, this might be the first purchase (aside from web hosting) I've made just for you. /feel special now

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I fought this nice piece of Engrish on the tag from a shirt I bought in Tokio. It reminds me of my favorite DJ Duo, SanedracHunter. Hear their latest mix, and give 'em the five star vote they deserve!

I remember when I first moved to Japan, flying over the Pacific, Zen in hand. I knew that it would be a long flight, followed up by years of riding around in trains. That's why I bought a Zen. It had a bigger screen than an iPod, a battery that you could change, and it used standard cables.

It served me well, but like all personal electronics I carry around with me everywhere, it broke after a year or so. Enter the second Zen I bought. This one had a wider screen, but was otherwise identical to the first. I loved it! There's not a train line in Tokyo I didn't ride with it.

But alas after an unfortunate drop, it too died. I found myself returning to Creative to buy my third Zen--this newest model called the Zen X-Fi 2.

Well the Zen X-Fi 2 sucks. It really sucks hard. Like major donkey balls. Okay I'll give you the details.

At first it seemed cool. Touch screen, light weight. The X-Fi 2, as you can see from the picture, is actually the size of the old model's screen. Yet I still found it big enough to be comfortably viewable. Then I tried to watch a video on it. At first I thought it was a problem with the video file--the movie kept on skipping and jumping.

After repeated tests, it become clear. The Zen X-Fi 2 is a piece of crap. Sure if you're watching a drama where there are just people talking on screen, it looks fine. But any sort of sudden movement or random action causes the damn thing to freeze, skip and jitter.

The piece of crap couldn't handle the intro to Big Bang Theory--which is one of my favorite montages. Why would Creative make two previous Zens that could play it just fine, then a piece of crap device that couldn't?

Neither can it play the introduction to The Colbert Report, The Daily Show, or even Family Guy without skipping. Bottom line is if you're planning on watching video of any sort, stay away from this now tainted product line.

Mourning the loss of the Zen--a once great product now fallen.

I went into a bathroom today and saw the usual assortment of buttons--along with a blog entry worthy addition.

The Extraordinary buzzer!

As you may already know, I'm an avid Daily Show / Colbert Report fan. Even though Colbert has totally sold out--his show equal parts comedy and commercial--I still love him.

And he often makes Japan references. The first one I personally investigated, you'll remember, was the Mayonnaise Kitchen. Then, on December 7, 2009 he mentioned the Windows 7 Burger King Burger. I had to find out for myself.

Though McDonalds is everywhere in Japan, Burger Kings are few and far between. I only know of one in Ikebukuro's Sunshine Plaza. An hours train ride later I was standing in line. A sticker on the wall proudly proclaimed Michelob to be the official beer of Burger King.

Americans, if you think you love beer, you're wrong. The Japanese, they love their beer. Can you get a beer in Burger King? Enough said.

I asked the woman behind the counter for a Windows 7 Burger. She told me that the Windows 7 Burger promotion was long over. I asked her the next obvious question--can I get a burger with seven patties? She had to check with her manager. I admired the always slender bodies of the Japanese ladies for a moment before she came back and told me yes.

The burger was big and heavy. It wound up being such a hearty meal that it took me four sittings to eat. But here it is, the Windows 7 Burger (or more accurately, just a Whopper with seven patties).