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Sigh... whatever happened to the good old days? I got my licence at 15 (in NZ). After a simple written test, a not-so-simple eye-sight test :D, and then a simple practical, I was as good to go as anyone else on the road (ie. no L or P plates). Then at 18 I got my heavy traffic licence. The...

No, just the style of his posts. (I'm talking about the guy in the article, not the one who wrote it ;)) GP

Hey, I think this guy used to post here. GP

Saw MacHomer at the Sydney Theatre Company the other night. What a hoot. It's a one-man show (with the help of a projector): Macbeth using practically the full cast of The Simpsons, and a few other cartoon characters besides. Rick Miller does all the character voices and mannerisms very well...

I'm half-way through Michael Chabon's "The Yiddish Policemen's Union". Despite a large array of Yiddish phrases that I'm not familiar with, and in some cases have trouble guessing the meaning of, the writing is absolutely wonderful. The guy really knows how to turn a phrase. So far I've enjoyed...

I had to get glasses when I was 15 and went for my driver's licence. Couldn't read the bottom two or three rows of the eye chart :rolleyes:. I knew it was coming though, as I used to sit up the back of the class at school and couldn't read the blackboard. These days I mostly wear contact...

1) The Shimogamo shrine in Kyoto, one of the two Kamo shrines. 2) A float taking a corner at the Kishiwada festival in Southern Osaka. 3) Soaking up the incense smoke at the To-ji temple in Kyoto on Kobo-san market day.

1) A corridor of torii gates at the Fushimi-Inari shrine at Inari, near Kyoto. 2) The bamboo forest outside the Tenryu-ji temple in western Kyoto. 3) A lily in the Kyoto botanic garden.

Just in the order we saw them: 1) The Jingo-ji temple in the Takao area of Kyoto (northwestern hills). 2) What I think is a hummingbird* in the herb garden at Kobe. 3) The Kobe port tower at dusk. *Edit: I just looked it up and it's actually a Hummingbird Hawk Moth.

Just got back this morning. We were on holiday, thanks to cheap Jetstar fares. I don't know the relative value of that buffet, as it's the only sushi one I've seen, but it certainly seems cheap compared to the equivalent amount of sushi bought in a supermarket or convenience store (assuming you...

Hey ho, hey ho, it's off to Japan we go :) Up at 4am tomorrow for eight days in Osaka and Kyoto (probably Kobe one day too). Weather's looking mostly okay - rain on Tuesday but otherwise mostly fine (although the later days depend on which forecast website you look at). Temples, shrines...

For those who think they have a few books on their shelves, take a look at Neil Gaiman's collection. If you click on the link lower down, where it says "Click here for the complete set", you can see all the shelves and click the pictures for a closer view to read most of the titles. He seems to...