Jamie Burnside

Long time no ride. in Home & Family JoeUser Forums

My father-in-law recently purchased a small (50 cc) motorbike. He and five of his buddies from the Lions' Club each bought identical bikes. He said they're like an "Old Guys Bike Club." (It sounds funnier in Japanese.) Yesterday he let me ride it around the neighborhood. (Apparently he doesn't let anyone ride it. I was touched.) I drove around the fields and farms in the neighborhood. Eventually, I found our house and I came back home.(Roads are rea

Fishing, golf, acupressure massage, and video golf. in Home & Family JoeUser Forums

Hello there! I hope that you are having a happy day. I have lots of odds-and-ends to write about. I apologize to the casual readers who may have just stumbled onto this article. I doubt that it'll be very interesting. The big news in Minnesota baseball is that Doug Mientkiewicz was traded to Boston. In exchange, the Twins received a minor-league pitching prospect. I have mixed-feelings about the Mientkiewicz trade. Traditionally, first base

Reply to The Simpsons Go Queer in Movies & TV & Books JoeUser Forums

Maybe Ned Flanders will come out...

The political bent of this site. in Politics JoeUser Forums

I enjoy using JoeUser. I like writing articles and having other people comment on them. Every once-in-a-while, I read other people's politically-related blogs. Those are really disturbing. Personally, I hate to discuss politics with anyone who doesn't agree with me. -It isn't likely that anyone's position will change by a pointless argument between diametrically opposed positions.- But some of the articles/comments that represent the opposite of my personal b

Old times tour. in Home & Family JoeUser Forums

In Japanese, there is an adjective (which can be used by itself as a sentence) "Nadsukashii." It translates something like: "Something which brings back memories," or "Something that hasn't been thought of for a long time." I'd compare the phrase to "Walking down memory lane" or "That rings a bell." To change Japanese adjectives to nouns, one has to add a -sa to the adjective. This is the story of my "Nadsukashii-sa Tour." Today, Kazuko and Kenny had plans

Reply to Would John Kerry do this?? in Politics JoeUser Forums

Couldn't agree more! [ To emphasize, why would any politician pass up free (good) pub? It is part of the job.

Reply to Would John Kerry do this?? in Politics JoeUser Forums

Would john kerry take a photo-op? I dont see why not. Couldn't agree more!

Reply to What's your favorite unusual sport? in Sports & Leisure JoeUser Forums

On my weblog I have written a few articles about Japanese sumo. I have been following it pretty closely for nearly ten years. I am even more of an avid follower now that I live in America. (I watch the matches on Japanese satellite TV.) By the way, Northfield is a nice place to live, isn't it? Of course if it weren't for academics, there wouldn't be much reason to live there, right?

Reply to Who Will Be the Next 007? in Entertainment JoeUser Forums

Statham has come a long way in his acting career if he is being considered for James Bond. Wasn't he a street thug before Guy Ritchie cast him in a movie? By the way, whatever happened to Robbie Williams as James Bond? I think that would be a good fit. Other than that, Ewan McGregor would be my choice.

Reply to This site still sucks ! in Life Journals JoeUser Forums

I have written about 300 blogs over the past year. In that time I have been surprised at which articles get comments, and which ones don't. I have written some really good (I think) articles, but have gotten no comment. Conversely, I have written some relative stinkers that have gotten tons of responses. I think a lot of it has to do with what time an article is posted. By your name, I assume that you write on-line poetry? I don't like poetry.

Reply to How I Wish They'd Go Away! in Blogging JoeUser Forums

Fantastic list! That's pretty spot-on as well as comprehensive. The only person that I would differ with would be Tom Arnold. For some reason, I have always liked him (especially on talk shoes. He's always so unhinged.) (What has Lily Tomlin done to deserve your ire? I thought that she was pretty inoffensive.)

There is a typhoon coming. in Home & Family JoeUser Forums

Recently the news has been airing reports that a typhoon is heading for Central/ Southern Japan. Apparently, we will be enjoying a typhoon some time between tomorrow afternoon and Saturday. When I used to live in Japan I always enjoyed typhoons. They are the equivalent to the "snow days" that we have once or twice a year in Minnesota. An unscheduled holiday from work. I'd stock up on snack foods and rental videos (my satellite would go out), and enjoy the day.<

Reply to Why as Americans we should speak up about TV programming in Entertainment JoeUser Forums

A lot of the more "objectionable" programming that you're mentioning isn't exactly prime-time fare. I don't know about Korea, but living in Japan for nearly five years I have seen some pretty racy stuff on television that is at least as mindless as a Jerry Springer episode.

Reply to He's not the man I married..... in Marital Issues JoeUser Forums

Fortunately for my wife, I continue to improve on a daily basis. I was an awesome catch then, and I get better every day.

Reply to Radio outside of the US. in Entertainment JoeUser Forums

So you say...

Reply to Stuff in Blogging JoeUser Forums

You know, that " x number of Short Films from Springfield," is my favorite episode of The Simpsons. (That's the one with the police men at the restaraunt talking like "Pulp Fiction.") I laughed my head off the first time that I saw that segment where Principal Skinner's kitchen burned down while he had the superintendent of schools over for dinner.

Radio outside of the US. in Entertainment JoeUser Forums

Major radio markets in the United States feature dozens of channels, each specializing on one genre of music or talk, with the advertising focused on the segment of the population that will most likely be reached by that type of music or talk. As a potential advertiser, that is a good way to focus on a potential market. I am currently in Japan. When I lived here, and when I have visited other countries, I was always surprised at the limited number of rad

Reply to A couple of pictures of guys singing karaoke. in Home & Family JoeUser Forums

Most people that I go with sing mainly Japanese songs. The pop music industry in Japan makes their songs with karaoke singability in mind. I usually stick to English songs (I especially like to sing Barry Manilow songs.) I do however have three Japanese songs in my repertiore. (Sorry for my possible misspelling Francophones.) My favorite song to sing in Japanese is Morning Musume's: "Love Love suru no da."

The business prospects of Xanadu in Misc JoeUser Forums

This afternoon as my wife and I were listening to the radio, we heard ONJ and ELO's song: "Xanadu." That got me thinking: In the movie "Xanadu," a downtrodden storefront album cover painter, Sonny Malone (played by Michael Beck), receives divine intervention to help open an extra-fancy roller-rink/nightclub. Considering that that roller-rink/ nightclub opened in 1980 (the year of the film's theatrical release,) I wonder what the prospects would be of it still bein

Reply to Japanese TV drama: "High School Teacher" in Entertainment JoeUser Forums

Looking on-line, it seems that there is a possibility that there is an English translation. It may be extremely hard to find though... As far as comparing it to "Twin Peaks"F‚h want to be careful about that. This drama is neither off-beat or humorously quirky like Twin Peaks. The similarity comes from the "darkness" and the vague feeling of sadness one gets from watching the show. Maybe I could qualify my comparison by saying that it is comparable with som

As boring as I want to be. in Home & Family JoeUser Forums

Soon after I started blogging here, I found myself in the top-ten for both "user score" and "Joe's top-ten." I had spent most of the past year in Joe's top-ten (usually between number 2 and 5), and I have remained steadily within the top-twenty users. Recently, my "Joe's" ranking has fallen out of the top-ten. In a way, I am relieved. From now on, I can be as boring as I want to be without worrying whether I can at least occasionally publish a popular article.&n

Japanese TV drama: "High School Teacher" in Entertainment JoeUser Forums

Over the past few days, my wife and watched an eleven-episode Japanese television drama from 1993 called "Ko-Ko Kyoushi" (High School Teacher.) While watching, it was hard to find a place to stop because we got really involved in the characters and their problems. It is really fun to get involved in characters and stories. It gives us something to think of as we go to sleep at night. The first few episodes are a bit sweet. The focus is on a hig

Baby has a tooth. in Home & Family JoeUser Forums

A few minutes ago I was playing with baby Kenny. I felt that he has a tooth coming out. It is a bottom-center tooth. Cute! I suppose that would explain his irritability and fever over the last few days. Fellow blogger, TrinaP wrote a similar article about her baby teething. I prematurely answered to her blog that our baby (of a similar age) hadn't broken a tooth yet. I suppose that was true up to a few m

A couple of pictures of guys singing karaoke. in Home & Family JoeUser Forums

Last night I went to sing karaoke with my mother in-law and father in-law. That was fun. I always like singing karaoke. I hope that I will be able to do it a few more times while I am in Japan this time. Here's otoo-san: Here's me (I'm not as photogenic as dad is...) <IMG alt="" hspace=0 src="http://www.geocities.com/chipperprime/jamer" align=baseli

Reply to She is teething in Home & Family JoeUser Forums

Our little baby just got over a thing that apparently happens to eight month old babies. They get a fever for two days, and then break out in a rash. Apparently that signifies that the immunities given by mother's milk is weakening. I have never heard of that, but apparently that's what happened. No teeth yet from our little guy. I hope that baby Elana enjoys brushing.