It seems that the news outlets in the US are going wall-to-wall with the capture of Saddam Hussein. That was a surprise, wasn't it? (Didn't Hussein look like Ted Kaszynsky upon capture?) Of course with the coverage, there is the obligitory footage of people firing guns into the air in celebration. I'll tell you what: I really don't think that's a good way to celebrate. It is bad for the hearing of the onlookers, as well as dangerous for whoever may be in the path of the bullet as it falls...

Hi there friends! I hope that you had a nice weekend. I am here, updating my weblog before I go to watch some Sunday night television. (I hope that "The Practice" isn't a re-run tonight!) We had a happy weekend. My mom and dad were here from Duluth. On Saturday, Kazuko and her mom and a lot of people from my family celebrated a baby shower for Kenny. That was a nice time. Usually men don't come to these sorts of events, but I stuck around to help translate for my mother-in-law while ...

Hey there friends! I had a happy night chatting with my parents. It was good. Other than that, I don't have much to say. I am awfully happy that it is the weekend! Yay! Christmas Vacation is coming awfully soon! Hooray!

Hi there. Happy Thursday! Tomorrow is finally Friday. Yay! Before I know it, I will be enjoying Christmas vacation. I hope that it doesn't come too fast though. I still haven't started Christmas shopping yet. Like my headline says: it was a pretty ordinary day today. I went to work, came home, had leftovers for dinner, watched Smackdown! and ER, and basically enjoyed the evening with Kazuko, Kenny, and Kazuko's mom. Among the nicer things that happened today were that we got a nic...

When I was in high school, I worked at a Bonanza restaurant. I worked there for about three years. It was a really good part-time job. I have lots of good memories from those days. I also learned a lot about working, cooking foods, and building friendships. The restaurant was a place where a family could get a lot of food for a reasonable price. Dinners included an all-you-can-eat salad bar, along with a steak, chicken, or seafood. The food wasn't always the highest-quality, but it was ...

After I wrote my last blog entry, Kenny started smiling. Here are a few video captures that we took while he was sitting on my lap. Cute, huh?

Hey there! I hope that Tuesday was a good day for all of you. I had a nice day. Work went well. I had a nice time with my students today. I also got a haircut on my way home. I look even more like Kenny now (especially when his hair stands up after he takes a bath.) -I will see about getting a picture up of the new haircut later this week. Anyway as I was driving home today, I heard the news that the Minnesota Twins (my favorite sports team) lost their closer to the Seattle Mariners....

Hello there. I hope that all of you are enjoying your Monday night! I was exhausted after I came home from work today. Once I got home, I cuddled up with the baby and slept for an hour-and-a-half. Now I feel a lot better. I have been pretty tired lately. I am thinking that there are a number of factors that are combining to make me tired. The first is that it is dark when I go to work in the morning, and it is almost dark when I come home. It is kind of like that "seasonal affective ...

Hey there. Happy Monday morning to all of you! I hope that you're having a good start to your work-week. The biggest sports news (here in Minnesota) as far as I am concerned is: the Twins signed Shannon Stewart to a three-year contract. He really helps the team. It will be a good thing if the Twins and Eddie Guardado can agree to salary arbitration. Now that they have that taken care of, I am convinced that the team will be at least better-than-terrible next year. Now they have to b...

Hey there! Well it is Sunday night. Another weekend flew by. It was fun though. I enjoyed shopping on Saturday and relaxing at home on Sunday. (The Vikings won. That was good...) One thing that I saw on television this weekend was "Spice World," the Spice Girls' movie. It was playing on Saturday morning on the USA network. I ended up watching the last 45 minutes of the movie. After watching the movie, I am now able to distinguish between the individual members of the group by name....

Hello there friends! I hope that you're all haviong a happy weekend. I am. Today was Kazuko's birthday. We went to Saint Paul to have lunch at the Mirror of Korea restaurant. Kazuko ate Bi-Bim-Bop, I had Bul-go-gi (yakiniku,) and my mother-in-law had some sort of seafood soup. That was a nice lunch for all of us. Besides lunch, we did a little shopping. We went to the Korean grocery store to get a little food and to rent some Japanese videos. We went to Starbucks to show Kenny t...

Hi there again! Over the past two-to-three months, I had been making a habit of watching "So Graham Norton" on BBC America nightly from 10:00-11:00 PM. Beginning last Monday however, the show was removed from the daily lineup. Looking at the BBC America website, I learned that it won't be coming back any time soon. The good news is that we will be able to see the show on Comedy Central beginning some time next year. I am wondering whether that will be a mixed blessing. If they are goin...

Hey there my friends. It is finally the end of a long week. It was a strange week. I wasn't any busier than usual, but I feel more tired than I usually am at the end of the week. Coming home tonight I was able to eat a nice "Karaage" (fried chicken thighs) dinner after cleaning the hedgehog cages. fter dinner, I fell asleep on the couch. When I woke up at 8:30 PM I noticed that everyone else in my family was already in bed! Not necessarily what one would consider a "crazy night." ...

Hello there. Thanks for coming to read my blog. I always appreciate as many readers as possible. Like my headline says: There is only one day left until the weekend. I think that I need the rest this weekend. After a long Thanksgiving holiday, the kids came back to school like little angels. By around Wednesday of this week, I noticed a big spike in the energy level of my students. I think that "cabin fever" is setting in. Because of this, has been taking a little extra from me to keep...

According to the counter on the top of my page, this will be the forty-seventh weblog article that I have written. Scrolling down to the bottom of the page, I can see which search engines have lead the various readers to my weblog. Looking at the "search" section of the weblog is really interesting. It is sort of a barometer of what people are searching the internet for, and how that relates to my own life experience. The following items are topics which have brought the most viewers to ...