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I was born in Tacoma, Washington, way back in 1960 and grew up in Santa Barbara California. Nowadays, I run a language school and live with my beautiful wife, handsome son, industrious mother-in-law, and too-cool-for-obedience-school Labrador retriever in Saitama, Japan.

Life is pretty good. I like my job and have interests outside of work: my family of course, history, politics, music, books, movies,...

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Texas Style Chili Con Carne: This chili con carne recipe will show you how to whip up authentic and delicious Texas style chili with a modicum of time and sweat invested, and also introduce...; Updated 3 days ago | Chili Con Carne › bloody mary mix
Santa Barbara California: Santa Barbara, for me, is like a beautiful woman: I didn't realize just how beautiful she was until I done left her. I grew up in Santa Barbara, but it wasn't...; Updated 183 days ago | Santa Barbara › american riviera
Sakamoto Ryoma: Sakamoto Ryoma is one of Japan's best-loved historical figures. He was a low ranking samurai who is credited with engineering a bloodless revolution that...; Updated 249 days ago | Sakamoto Ryoma › bakufu
Shinsengumi | The Shogun's Last Samurai Corps: Shinsengumi origins: on Feb. 11, 1863, Matsudaira Katamori, the Daimyo of Aizu Han, marched into Kyoto with 1,000 samurai to take up the newly created post,...; Updated 240 days ago | Shinsengumi Samurai › bakufu
kanji tattoos: Kanji tattoos are beautiful, intriguing, and have been gaining in popularity. Unfortunately, the kanji literacy of many of those who get and give kanji tattoos...; Updated 259 days ago | Japanese Kanji Tattoos › chinese characters
Brooks Bicycle Saddles: Brooks bicycle saddles are uncontroversial: everybody raves about them. And why not? They are beautiful, functional works of traditional craftsmanship with a...; Updated 3 days ago | Brooks saddles › barbican bicycle messenger bag
Saigo Takamori: In Japan, Saigo Takamori is known as the "last samurai" His final quixotic rebellion against the recently founded, modernizing Meiji Imperial government...; Updated 412 days ago | Samurai Saigo Takamori › ansei purge
Seppuku: Seppuku, Japanese ritual suicide, is the act of self-disembowelment by plunging a sharp knife or sword into the belly and cutting horizontally across the abdomen....; Updated 412 days ago | Japanese Seppuku › 47 ronin
Best Books on Japan: T hese volumes are essential reading for anyone interested in learning about the real Japan; particularly someone who is planning to live and work in Japan,...; Updated 412 days ago | Books on Japan › books on japan
Bianchi Bicycles: Edoardo Bianchi opened a small bicycle repair shop on the Via Nirone in Milan in 1885 (Bianchi will celebrate its 125th birthday next year). From the very beginning,...; Updated 412 days ago | Bianchi Bicycles › best hybrid bicycles
Famous Misquotes: Have you ever been misquoted, misrepresented or just plain misunderstood? If so, you are not alone, it happens to the best of us--in fact, you are in some pretty...; Updated 412 days ago | Famous Movie Quotes › beam me up scotty
The Annotated Alice: The Annotated Alice, The Definitive Edition is a beautifully bound, finely detailed, and authoritative volume that belongs in the library of every lover of Lewis...; Updated 412 days ago | Alice in Wonderland › alice in wonderland
The Funk Brothers: The Funk Brothers Join Motown Records: "Detroit Michigan, 1959. Berry Gordy gathered the best musicians from the city's thriving jazz and blues scene...; Updated 412 days ago | Funk Brothers › berry gordy
The Free Market Myth is the Underlying Cause of Our Current Economic Crisis: It Is Abundantly Clear That The Free Market Myth Is The Underlying Cause Of Our Current Economic Crisis "The Market" doesn't exist. Supermarkets,...; Updated 67 days ago | Market Fundamentalism › alan greenspan
Quiz: English Vocabulary: A rich vocabulary will always stand you in good stead. Hopefully, this word quiz will either confirm that you already have an awesome command of the English...; Updated 412 days ago | English vocabulary quiz › dictionary
Elizabeth Warren: I love this lady. Elizabeth Warren is just a little ol' gal who was born in Oklahoma in 1950, the youngest child of parents who had endured the hardships...; Updated 412 days ago | Elizabeth Warren › american economy
Santa Barbara Wine Tours: Welcome to Santa Barbara Wine Tours Santa Barbara is the perfect place for a wine tasting tour. As you can see from the picture at the left, it has verdant...; Updated 36 days ago | Santa Barbara Wine Tours › california wine tours
Ooma Telo: Ooma Telo is an extremely cost effective replacement for a landline phone. It's a VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) device that allows you to make and receive...; Updated 412 days ago | Ooma Telo › internet phone
Wendell Potter: W endell Potter is a man of rare courage who gave up his handsomely compensated position as Vice President of corporate communications at CIGNA, the health insurance...; Updated 412 days ago | Whistle-blower Wendell Potter › bill moyers
SunRun Solar Financing: SunRun home solar financing is a very doable option for someone who would like to convert their home to solar power, but might balk at having to pony up as much...; Updated 44 days ago | SunRun-home-solar › affordable solar financing

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scrapperkare Jan 19, 2012 @ 1:18 pm | delete

Congrats on reaching the 3-year trophy mark with Squidoo. Nice variety of lenses . . . aren't you having fun?? ;)

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Tipi Oct 8, 2011 @ 9:55 pm | delete

Wishing you all the best!

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---Chazz Apr 5, 2011 @ 2:28 pm | delete

Just a heads-up. A link to your Sakamoto Ryoma lens has been added to http://www.squidoo.com/lenses-blessed-by-this-squid-angel. Keep up the great lenses!

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hankasawat Jan 14, 2011 @ 4:38 am | delete

Thanks for becoming a fan. Nice to meet a fellow American here in Japan. I'm in Kobe, originally from San Francisco. Been here 11 years now. Keep up the good work.

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