Jamie Burnside

Japanese baseball and karaoke in Misc JoeUser Forums

Hello friends. I hope that you're having a happy evening! I have just returned from an evening of karaoke with my mother and father in-law. That was fun. Looking through the karaoke catalog, I was impressed to see how much the selection of songs has increased since I lived in Japan three years ago. I am looking forward to the next time that I have a chance to sing karaoke. ************** Before leaving to sing karaoke, I was watching a basebal

Reply to our song in Music JoeUser Forums

nickYgirl you're about 14, right? (I gleaned this from your recent string of articles.) If that's right, then enjoy your relationship. If you're substantially older than that, the infatuation is disturbing...

Reply to William Hung is Dead. in Music JoeUser Forums

The only thing missing is a byline. Good stuff.

Reply to My first foray into internet sumo was a success. in Misc JoeUser Forums

Yeah, it is okay here as far as flooding goes. It is just hotter than all-get-out.

Reply to Confessions of an Athiest in Humor JoeUser Forums

I am a little surprised that this post is receiving so many comments.

My first foray into internet sumo was a success. in Misc JoeUser Forums

The Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament is over. The winner of the whole thing was Yokozuna Asashoryu. It was a fun tournament to watch. (As a side note: I read in the newspaper that Aerosmith's Joe Perry was at the sumo matches on the same day that my family was. Had I known, I would have kept an eye open for him.) As well as watching the tournament on television, I enjoyed playing a fantasy football-type game on line. <A href="http://www.japan-guide

I went to see sumo yesterday. in Home & Family JoeUser Forums

Hello there! I hope that all of you are having a happy day. Yesterday I went to see professional sumo in Nagoya with my wife, my son, and my wife's parents. We had really good seats, and everyone seemed to enjoy themselves very much. We got lots of souvenirs and took lots of nice pictures. Among the pictures that we took was one of baby Kenny being held by a sumo wrestler. I found some wrestlers outside of the stadium and asked them if they could take a

I don't get poetry. in Blogging JoeUser Forums

I am a regular blogger here on JoeUser. I write fairly often, and I read about ten-or-so blogs each day. A lot of blog entries feature poetry. I see that the poems are well-received and commented upon. That is good for the poet and his or her audience. The deal is that personally, I just don't "get" poetry. There aren't many poems that I can read from beginning to end without getting immediately disinterested. Sometimes it amazes me how popular wr

Jet lag in Home & Family JoeUser Forums

Hello there friends. Today is our third day here in Japan. It has been nice to see our relatives (we haven't met with friends quite yet.) It seems that we're finally getting over the 14 hour time difference. We went to bed at around ten PM, and we were sleeping during the night, but the three of us all woke up at 4:20. (Almost a full night's sleep...) Baby Kenny seemed to have the most difficult time acclimating himself to the time differenc

Stewardesses in Misc JoeUser Forums

Just yesterday my family and I were on an airplane. We had a nice flight, the baby was very well-behaved, and the food was about as good as any airplane food that I have ever had. The thing that struck me about the travel however were the stewardesses. Being a stewardess -although probably not the easiest or most rewarding job in the world- doesn't seem like all that bad of a job.&n

Reply to Baseball Stats in Sports & Leisure JoeUser Forums

I just wrote a baseball article, and then I read: Apparently there are no baseball fans on JU! *GASP* I think that splitting records into twenty-year "eras" would be a good thing. Of course there will be problems with players of past eras getting forgotten, or players whose careers straddled two eras. Part o

Does anyone care about the All-Star Game this year? in Sports & Leisure JoeUser Forums

Have you ever wanted to know how over half of the New York Yankees' starting lineup would do against the National League All-Stars? Yeah, me neither... Major League Baseball's All-Star Game is next week. The starting lineup is voted on by fans in stadiums and on the internet. Because of this voting system a lot of Yankees players are chosen. I think that Yankees players get a lot of their votes because their team gets a lot of media coverage,

Reply to Hurt Feelings... in Home & Family JoeUser Forums

Developmentally, young adulthood is a time of self-discovery. Part of establishing oneself as an adult is to experiment with a variety of personal philosophies in small groups of trusted friends. That is why the college years are filled with late night conversations, endless debate, and the soul-searching roadtrip or study-abroad. Between the ages of 17-25 most young people don't have much to do with their families. Eventually however, everyone gets back

Yummy Mexican food in Home & Family JoeUser Forums

Today as my wife and I were out shopping, we got really hungry. Since I had been hungry for Arby's for a few days, we headed over there. Next to Arby's we found an authentic Mexican restaurant. (It is new in town.) We decided to scrap Arby's and have some good food instead. We had fajitas, tacos, and tamales. They were yummy.

Reply to I started playing a MUD in Gaming JoeUser Forums

The Woods Of Doom was n,n,n,n,n,n,n,n,e,e,e,e,e,e,s,s,s,s,w, Beauty! I was trying to get to that place!

Reply to Super villains for Spiderman movies. in Entertainment JoeUser Forums

fiance coming back as a bad guy? In the comic books, a moon rock turns John Jameson into a wolfman. I doubt that they'll make a movie about that though, that's digging pretty deep into the Spiderman villian files.

Reply to Super villains for Spiderman movies. in Entertainment JoeUser Forums

I think that they'd be sitting on Doctor Doom to use him in the Fantastic Four movie.

Reply to 60 things I want to do... in Misc JoeUser Forums

I received the baby clothes today. Thank you. The hat looks good on Kenny, and the rest of the clothes are sure to fit. Good luck on that list.

Reply to Idea for JoeUser: Editors in Blogging JoeUser Forums

More than editors, I would like a "Spam patrol." I wrote (what I thought was) a good article, but it was "spammed" out of the recent article list by some doorknob who wanted to repeatedly post about a "time travel" website under every category. It would have been cool if I had the power to "zap" him when I had the chance.

Reply to I started playing a MUD in Gaming JoeUser Forums

The old MUD that I used to play was Avatar, from a service named Walrus. The one that I started yesterday is another Avatar program. You can find it at : http://www.outland.org My nickname is Chipper.

I started playing a MUD in Gaming JoeUser Forums

When I was a senior in college, I would spend a lot of time playing a text-adventure MUD (multi user dungeon) game. I can't remember how many nights were lost spent typing those goofy commands into the computer in a simulated adventure game. That was ten years ago. Tonight I decided to give MUDding another shot. (There wasn't much else going on out there, and I wasn't ready for bed yet.) I found a game, made a character, and started playing. It see

Reply to Not much to say in Just Hanging Out JoeUser Forums

By the way, I wasn't using that funky font for an effect. It just came up that way. (It must be that the font carried over when I started off the comment with a quote.)

Reply to Not much to say in Just Hanging Out JoeUser Forums

The people here make me realize why the nation of America can not join together and fight for the same cause. We are fighting to remove God from our nation. We are fighing to allow homosexuals to marry. We are fighting against our own president. We are fighting against ourselves. I'm greatly confused by this. Give me a break. The

I broke down and bought a nice pair of shoes. in Misc JoeUser Forums

In 1994, I bought a nice pair of Converse basketball shoes. They held up really well. I wore them regularily until 2001. After 8 years, my worn-out basketball shoes were put to rest. After giving up on those shoes, I purchased a series of disposable shoes from discount department and shoe stores. Each pair of $20 shoes lasted me around three months each. A couple of days ago, the time came to buy a new pair of recreational shoes. I decided to end

Reply to A working history for Brad Wardell in Business JoeUser Forums

The true people who are at risk are the children of those who feel that they are entitled to a certain standard of living without working. It is really hard to not follow the example of one's parents. That said, it is awfully heartless to cut a family off of social support. One wants to get people off of the dole to make a good example for following generations, but the families may go hungry in the meantime. What are you going to do? It is impossi