One Columnist's Thoughts on Bush and Japan

1. Click!

2. Or For Something Completely Different, "Memory of Fire" by Stephen Osborne is a lovely piece of landscape writing that made me think of home.

3. And for something not so completely different, John Cleese said this (I got this from a friend who got it from nutbar.typepad.com):

How many Bush administration officials does it take to change a light bulb?

None. There’s nothing wrong with that light bulb. There is no need to change anything. We made the right decision and nothing has happened to change our minds. People who criticize this light bulb now, just because it doesn’t work anymore, supported us when we first screwed it in, and when these flip-floppers insist on saying that it is burned out, they are merely giving aid and encouragement to the Forces of Darkness.

4. An article from Salon.com on gender in Japan