More cherry blossoms - pt.2 (night hanami party)

Can i be Bosley?


this old-fashioned cart was selling little bowls of Ramen noodles. they were really good!


night-time cherry blossoms are called "Yozakura" and apparently are best viewed drunk...


this group was having a very quaint barbeque under the trees. fire codes be damned!


the human aftermath:


the somewhat more disturbing environmental aftermath:

More cherry blossoms - pt.1 (daytime hanami)

now that the season of pink is well and truly over in Osaka i thought i would share a few more pictures:

"stealing" the show...

One more reason to love David Copperfield. The Illusionist - not the classic Dickens character, ya mooks.

Of course, it would have been funnier if it been Chuck Norris and there had been round-house kicks involved... maybe next time...

I SEEEEEEEEEEE YOU...

so i finally downloaded Google Earth, the sweet little program that allows you to travel around the globe from the comfort of your own home and view, close up, anywhere (almost) on Earth. so i was looking at Toronto and showing people my old house and my high school (i see they still haven`t gotten rid of the protables). and i took a look over at Morriston; looks like the restaurant that took over next to the furniture shop is still doing well. i can get so close that i can see cars in the driveway! i love it! mwahahahahahahaa! (evil laugh).

What an age we live in....

UM...... yeah... okay.

Only In Japan Pt.942 (or maybe in Thailand... but only in Japan would it be devoid of any secondary, less kosher meaning...)

Can you find Mr. Bean????

i got this in an e-mail forward a while ago and i thought i would share:
Find the man between the coffee beans!

Doctors have concluded that if you find the man in 3 seconds, your right half of your brain is better developed than most people. If you find the man between 3 seconds and one minute, then your right half of the brain is developed normally. If you find the man between one minute and 3 minutes, then the right half of your brain is functioning slowly and you need to eat more protein. If you have not found the man after 3 minutes your right half of your brain is a mess, and the only advice is to look more for these types of exercises to make that part of the brain stronger.

The man really is there. In fact, once you find him, you cannot miss him afterwards.



...and now i know that coffee grinders are so loud not just because it was calculated to be one of the most annoying sounds the human ear could possibly hear early in the morning (and before getting to drink the coffee!) but also to drown out the horrible horrible screams of the Coffee Men.....

i laughed so hard i hurt!

This was buried in my inbox from an old friend.

check out the MATZAH RAP y`all. Peace t`all the real Rabb-ah-EEZ out there!