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Why Science Fiction Sucks

Posted on October 1, 2021October 1, 2021 by bakatsundoku

I have written previously about why I like science fiction.  Now let me tell you why it sucks.  And how that relates to our current political situation. I’ve always been a fan of science fiction.  I enjoy thinking about speculative technology, and like nothing more than learning about a new

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Administrivia: I am a Friggin’ Moron

Posted on September 4, 2021 by bakatsundoku

So I have had this blog up for pert near four years by now. It’s at least as old as 2018. And in this entire time, the contact form has been misconfigured. Oh, I configured it. I did that. But I forgot to hit the “update” button. So… yeah. It

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Uncategorized blogging, Contact, meta, misconfigure, moron, stupid Leave a comment

My Most Embarrassing Japanese Mistake

Posted on September 4, 2021 by bakatsundoku

So ready for a laugh at my expense? Here ya go. Back when I was first starting to learn Japanese, I was trying to find all of the Japanese stuff I could. I found a World Market at the local mall, and they had a litle stuffed toy – it

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Uncategorized japanese, mistake, stupid 4 Comments

Our Sociopath with Dementia for a President

Posted on August 26, 2021 by bakatsundoku

I feel like I need to post something tonight. Not because I have an expectation on myself that I should post every night, but just that I feel like I have a post in me that wants to come out. I tried writing one earlier, but that one is, again,

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Uncategorized Afghanistan, anti-vax, Biden, botched, bumbling, dementia, Harris, idiot, sociopath, stupid, vaccine, Walgreens Leave a comment

Vaccines

Posted on August 1, 2021 by bakatsundoku

I am now going to, quite deliberately, touch a third rail. In my country, there are quite a few people who have taken one of the three available vaccines (and they are not the same vaccines that may be available in your country). We have available the Pfizer, the Moderna,

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Uncategorized CDC, conspiracy theories, FDA, moderna, pfizer, stupid, vaccine, wacko Leave a comment

Ariana Grande’s BBQ Grill has Seven Rings

Posted on February 1, 2019September 9, 2021 by bakatsundoku

I’m sure, by now, if you pay attention to anything Japanese or related, you’ve found that a major US pop star with lots of beauty and very little talent has decided to get a tattoo with Japanese kanji. It is supposed to say “seven rings”, which I assume is the

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Japanese, Pop Culture Ariana Grande, japanese, kanji, stupid, tattoo, 日本, 日本語 Leave a comment

Post in Japanese #1

Posted on June 10, 2018September 6, 2021 by bakatsundoku

Hi all.  I am going to try to write a weekly post in Japanese, mostly to address the issue in “Crisis of Confidence“, which I wrote about earlier.  It will have a lot of mistakes and I will need to look a lot of things up.  Feel free to correct. 

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Hidden, Japanese embarassing, japanese, stupid, ばか, 日本語 2 Comments

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