Posts Tagged ‘ kawaii ’

These Girls Rock–and They’re Pretty Darn Nice, Too!

June 25, 2010
By The Constructivist
These Girls Rock–and They’re Pretty Darn Nice, Too!

Picture this: a six-and-a-half and a four-year-old are at the end of their respective ropes as a dad and his parents are trudging from the Sports Zone back toward the clubhouse in the late afternoon yesterday at the LPGA Championship. A rookie on the...
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LPGA Championship Friday Morning: We’re Back!

June 25, 2010
By The Constructivist
LPGA Championship Friday Morning:  We’re Back!

Checking in real quick at the medis tent while my parents are watching the girls by the putting green. Would have been here earlier except imoto spilled a bunch of beads right before we were supposed to leave. A half hour later, we hit the road, and ...
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Blow Your Nose for Peace

May 3, 2010
By bill benzon
Blow Your Nose for Peace

I attended yesterday's (2 May 2010) anti-nuke demonstration in Manhattan, at which the Japanese contingent out-numbered all others by three or four to one. Some of the Japanese were handing out small packets of facial tissue, like this:I can't read Jap...
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Kraft Nabisco Championship Friday Afternoon: Can Anyone Pass Ochoa and Stupples?

April 2, 2010
By The Constructivist
Kraft Nabisco Championship Friday Afternoon:  Can Anyone Pass Ochoa and Stupples?

Amazing! I literally bored imoto to sleep during the last few updates to my rundown of the results from the morning pairings at the Kraft Nabisco Championship. So I have a little time before onechan comes home from day care to give a quick overview o...
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Kraft Nabisco Championship Friday Morning: Stupples Makes a Move, Ochoa Keeps Pace

April 2, 2010
By The Constructivist
Kraft Nabisco Championship Friday Morning:  Stupples Makes a Move, Ochoa Keeps Pace

Imoto woke up in the middle of the night afraid of alligators coming down from the ceiling to eat us, so I took her temperature and lo and behold she had a high fever. After a couple of hours with me of scaring away the alligators with a magic light on...
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Girls Playing Brass

February 12, 2010
By bill benzon
Girls Playing Brass

There's a boy or two, but it's mostly girls. And they're fantastic!
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New Year’s 1853: Ojamajo Doremi Style

January 1, 2010
By The Constructivist
New Year’s 1853:  Ojamajo Doremi Style

Yup, Doremi, Onpu, Aiko, and Hazuki are taking care of Hana-chan in a period drama:Have a not-so-very ojamajo 2010!
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Dai-chan, Mao-chan, Omedetou Gozaimasu!

December 27, 2009
By The Constructivist
Dai-chan, Mao-chan, Omedetou Gozaimasu!

Meet your 2009 Japanese national figure skating champions, Daisuke Takahashi and Mao Asada!That was the closest Dai-chan's come to landing a quad in competition since his knee surgery, but even though he had shaky landings on a couple of other jumps, h...
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Have a Very My Melo QSMS!

December 24, 2009
By The Constructivist
Have a Very My Melo QSMS!

OK, OK, the girls would never forgive me if I only did a (belated) Hanukah post this year. So for QSMS 2009 we're going Onegai My Melody!
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Happy Birthday, Onechan/Onechan, Otanjobi Omedetou!

December 19, 2009
By The Constructivist
Happy Birthday, Onechan/Onechan, Otanjobi Omedetou!

Happy birthday, onechan! It's hard to believe you're 6!We love you!
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