11:11 11/11 1918 ARMISTICE DAY
Honoring those who served
in the War to End All Wars
11:11 11/11 2009 VETERANS DAY
Honoring those who served
in all the wars that followed
“Patriots always talk of dying for their country and never of killing for their country. – Bertrand Russell“
Older men declare war. But it is the youth [...]
An autumn barbeque can be delicious,
Seared steaks, roasted pig, boiling hot stew,
The fire’s products are tasty, not malicious,
Till you get beyond the standard menu.
Your belly bursting and your head aswoon, Your eyes transfix on the blazing embers,
Standing or sitting
‘neath the Autumn moon,
The carnal heat thrills
your outstretched members.
Closer you stand, poking and prodding,
Teasing the flame into [...]
Seven-seven, lucky seven, romantic seven. The seventh night of the seventh month is the time the star crossed lovers of Japanese and Chinese legend redeem their forbidden love.
Once upon a time of Asian mythology, Tentei, God of the Universe, matched his lovely daughter Ori Hime with the handsome young cowboy Hikoboshi. The young Goddess of [...]
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This is what it’s all about, all the picnics, fireworks, parades, flag waving,and corny songs; the document that set the English colonies of America on an irreversible course of rebellion and secession.
Today, the 1,145 word list of grievances that fill the body of the paper with the justification for what constituted an act of treason, having [...]
Yuji Happy Birthday!
Dane My birthday isn’t for a month yet. I’m growing old fast enough as it is, you don’t have to hurry it any.
Yuji No. I mean Happy Birthday America. Today is Independence Day.
Dane Oh that? I had been ignoring it for so many years, I had forgotten about it.
Yuji Ignoring your nation’s birthday? [...]
MEMORIAL DAY – America’s Day of the Dead drew a comment by Mal that I want to highlight. This Kiwi offers a well stated perspective unburdened by America’s sacred cows. He also gives us a glimpse of how the people of New Zealand remember their war dead.
You hit the nail on the head identifying [...]
Yuji: Did you hear Mari’s gone to New York for a week?
Dane: Really? She picked a bad time to go.
Yuji: Yeah, she might come back with the swine flu.
Dane: The swine flu? Forget about it!
Yuji: Well, why is it a bad time to go?
Dane: It’s the Memorial Day three-day weekend. A [...]
On May 3rd, 1947, Japan promulgated its new constitution heralding a new era of peace and democracy. The highlight of the document, co-authored by MacArthur’s GHQ, was Article Nine, the peace clause that unequivocally renounces war and the means of war.
None of the usual Japanese ambiguity here:
“…land, sea and air forces,
as well as other [...]
It’s May, It’s May, the lusty month of May…
I wondered why this is the only melody that runs through my head when I think of this most sensuous of months. A search of Youtube, Wikipedia and Google told me why – songs praising the glorious month of May are about as scarce as Chrysler futures. [...]
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