Archive for 2008
YOTSUBA&! Volume 4
Title: YOTSUBA&! Volume 4 Author: Kiyohiko Azuma Paperback: 200 pages Publisher: ADV Manga (July 4, 2007) Language: English ISBN-10: 1413903452 ISBN-13: 978-1413903454 These graphic novels are infectious. In this issue, Yotsuba learns to fish, Muira learns that she doesn’t like cleaning fish, but Ena enjoys it. Jumbo once again doesn’t get to spend time with […]
September 23rd, 2008 by alephnaught
Bail out foriegn banks? You’re kidding, right?
In today’s New York Times I read “Foreign Nations Pledge Support, but Not Financing” with some interest. I especially liked the following quote: “There’s a view in Europe that this is a U.S.-made problem, and that it should be solved in the U.S.,†said Charles H. Dallara, the managing director of the Institute for International […]
September 21st, 2008 by alephnaught
YOTSUBA&! Volume 3
Title: YOTSUBA&! Volume 3 Author: Kiyohiko Azuma Paperback: 192 pages Publisher: ADV Manga (October 3, 2005) Language: English ISBN-10: 1413903290 ISBN-13: 978-1413903294 And I just finished Volume 3. Jumbo is a florist, and Yotsuba got to go to the zoo and see an elephant and experience hand-held fireworks and then the real thing at the […]
September 21st, 2008 by alephnaught
YOTSUBA&! Volume 1
Title: YOTSUBA&! Volume 1 Author: Azuma Kiyohiko Paperback: 232 pages Publisher: ADV Manga (June 6, 2005) Language: English ISBN-10: 1413903177 ISBN-13: 978-1413903171 I finished Volume 2 Friday night, and finished Volume 1 last night. This series is keeping my attention well. Its neat that this is within the manga genre but isn’t about fighting but […]
September 20th, 2008 by alephnaught
Don’t pay me now, I’ll just print money
So I’ve been watching all the shenanigans surrounding our current financial crisis. And I’ve been reading and hearing about what Barack Obama and John McCain plan to do about it (you can’t miss it, just turn on any television in the United States). Let’s see, we’ve had quite a while where taxes were reduced for […]
September 20th, 2008 by alephnaught
YOTSUBA&! Volume 2
Title: YOTSUBA&! Volume 2 Author: Azuma Kiyohiko Paperback: 184 pages Publisher: ADV Manga (August 1, 2005) Language: English ISBN-10: 1413903185 ISBN-13: 978-1413903188 Yotsuba&! is a manga series that follows a little girl, Yotsuba, who moves with her father to a new house. Next door live three sisters: Asagi (the oldest), Fuka (the middle one), and […]
September 19th, 2008 by alephnaught
Saudi Women Find an Unlikely Role Model: Oprah
Found this article today in the New York Times. Its very interesting – young Saudi women are watching Oprah Winfrey’s show in droves because she addresses subjects Saudi women rarely get to discuss, for example racism. When I was in Jubail, I noticed (through side-ways glances – you never “eyeball” a woman in Saudi Arabia, […]
September 17th, 2008 by alephnaught
Another big news day
I like reading the New York Times every morning, along with the Wall Street Journal. And there’s a lot to consider today. For example, our embassy in Yemen was attacked by thugs; luckily in this case, they killed themselves, unfortunately also killing innocent bystanders, but then that’s one of the goals for terrorists, since they […]
September 16th, 2008 by alephnaught
Harvey And Etsuko’s Manga Guide To Japan
Title: Harvey And Etsuko’s Manga Guide To Japan Author: Charles Danziger, Mimei Sakamoto Paperback: 160 pages Publisher: Japanime Co. Ltd. (August 8, 2007) Language: English ISBN-10: 4921205175 ISBN-13: 978-4921205171 I saw this book at Kinokuniya Bookstore in Little Tokyo; it intrigued me so I bought it. Its fun. The first half of the book is […]
September 14th, 2008 by alephnaught
Squirrels at the complex
There are a bunch of brown ground squirrels at our apartment complex. You see, we had grey squirrels in Chicago, so these were quite original for us, as they’re smaller, a bit less bushy, and, yes, brown. And people feed them in the complex, so they are pretty brazen. Here’s a picture I took of […]
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September 23rd, 2008 by alephnaught