I appeciate the clarification. No, I don't have a vagina but hearing about all the doors it seem to open for you, maybe I should consider getting one!

Hey! What's this all about?! I thought we decided on a bros before hoes policy here and you just throw me in front of the bus for ... ... her? We gotta keep it real Holmes or I have to show how bad it gets when I try to do ghetto talk (growing up in middle class Sweden is not the best place to learn to talk street...).

Oh and yeah, about those books, I doubt that people buy those anyway?

Nice! Seems like you had a good GW! I squeezed in two BBQs myself, but less funky boomboxes and more small kids running around, but still, the best season of the year right now before the mean heat strikes...

Wow, I'm impressed, this post really got everyone sharing their experiences and views! I feel a bit bad for not having anything that exciting to say more than that I'm sure you did the right thing to avoid it. Nothing more dangerous than someone who has nothing to lose and not sharing the regular person's perception of reality...

That stance is nothing I can really oppose to as one person's works and private life should be seen separately, I just have difficulties shaking the fact that people like Mel and Tom Cruise are involved with some strange stuff on their free time... But it's more my problem than anything else=/

Wow, this is bound to inflame some people! Not that you have been shy to that before though ;)
I dunno about 'ol Mel though, the Mad Max movies gives him a lot of leeway with me, the drunken anti-semitic rants are of course disturbing, but him being quite hardcore Christian disturbs me as well... I have that movie somewhere but haven't gotten around to watching it yet, the "Passion of the Christ" movie kinda turned me off watching it (but that might be my loss). The only good thing you can say about the whole Japanese-Nazi deal though is that "they don't know better"...

Sorry to be late for the party!!!
"I'm the best in Japan. I've been saying it for years.
Where's Salaryman at?
Salaryman !!??"

That's true, feels like an eternity ago since you did the school blog, but yep yep yep, you've been saying that from way back then. Since I've never seen you teach I can't have a first-hand opinion on it (but take your word for it), but judged on your halloween and BBQ parties I would think that you probably hold the best of those of any English school!

This is indeed a shameful part of Japanese "culture". The sexualization of underaged girls is really really bad and it's not just the obvious child porn part, it's also driven by these semi-nude picture books of very young idols that are sold in regular bookstores ... I would feel pretty uncomfortable getting those hits looking for kiddie porn that you seem to be getting (those "nude kids" searches I sometimes get feel very tame in comparison). You are completely right to be angry about this topic!

I feel your pain completely! Time is definitely one thing that's a big hurdle, but also that I usually read new posts as soon as I see them on blogs I like and then come back later on when I find myself with a little more time and feel like I have something to say. As much as I love the iPad, that little addictive device is also making me slower to comment as it's just too damn convenient to use to surf, but less so to quickly drop a comment (ok, the soft keyboard is way better than mobiles, but still, takes a lot more time). Anyway, never feel like you *have to* comment on my blog just because, I completely understand that work, girls, caring for sick kittens, BBQs and other stuff also need their due and I can't always be priority number one!

Oooops... Looks like you caught me on your cam there...