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Thu, Dec 2 2010

CROSSROADS TO SOMEWHERE: Cold Means More Than Heartless

Also tagged: Black Friday, Bruins, cold weather, CR2S, INTERNMENT CAMP, Jerry Brown, la times, lakers, Los Angeles Lakers, Norm Chow, North Korea, Pacific Palisades, poston, Riverside, South Korea, UCLA, USC, WASABI, wimpy, wimpy hiroto, WRITING

By W.T. Wimpy Hiroto (First published in The Rafu Shimpo on December 1, 2010.) === If I’ve been asked thrice I’ve been asked a jillion times: “How do you come up with Crossroads to Somewhere (CR2S)...

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Thu, Nov 18 2010

INTO THE NEXT STAGE: Racial Bullying-Hope From a Former Victim

Also tagged: bullying, COUNTERPUNCH, Filipino, GLEE, hawaii, HAWAIIAN, into the next stage, itns, LATINO, MAD TV, MANAA, Occidental, occidental college, OXY, pearl harbor, People Magazine, PORTUGUESE, RACIAL SLURS, RACISM

By GUY AOKI (First published in The Rafu Shimpo on November 18, 2010.) === Over the last month, it’s been hard to avoid reading stories about students who were bullied so relentlessly, made to feel...

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Thu, Oct 7 2010

CROSSROADS TO SOMEWHERE: Taking Credit—Who Cares?— I Do

Also tagged: COMEDIANS, Don Rickles, FIRSTS, JOHNNY CARSON, TONIGHT SHOW, YAMATO RESTAURANT

By W.T. Wimpy Hiroto (First published in The Rafu Shimpo on October 6, 2010.) === We all know about Henry Ford, Alexander Graham Bell, the Wright brothers and the dude who concocted the atomic bomb. They...

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Thu, Sep 23 2010

CROSSROADS TO SOMEWHERE: Is it Immoral to Talk About Death?

Also tagged: Columnists, CR2S, crossroads, DEATH, humor, MORTALITY, religion, wimpy, wimpy hiroto

By W.T. Wimpy Hiroto (First published in The Rafu Shimpo on September 22, 2010.) === The doorbell rang early Sunday morning. An unusual occurrence. When knocks on the iron screen door followed in quick...

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Thu, Sep 16 2010

THROUGH THE FIRE: Since 1980

Also tagged: 'art', AMBITION, ARTISANS, CAREERS, Columnists, crafts, Japan, mari nakano, through the fire

By MARI NAKANO (First published in The Rafu Shimpo on September 16, 2010.) === My business card doesn’t state a particular job title. It just says under my name, “Since 1980.” I figure I’ve been...

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Thu, Sep 16 2010

CROSSROADS TO SOMEWHERE: From Hirsute to Being Embarassed

Also tagged: crossroads, wimpy, wimpy hiroto

By W.T. Wimpy Hiroto (First published in The Rafu Shimpo on September 15, 2010.) === Making a valiant attempt to at least appear to be a normal, peace loving human being, I finally shaved and got a...

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Thu, Sep 2 2010

CROSSROADS TO SOMEWHERE: Popourri, Miscellany & Pastiche

Also tagged: Columnists, Donald Bren, election, Fashion Island, Harvard University, hideo nomo, hiroki kuroda, Irvine, Kenji Ishizaki, Lindsay Lohan, Meg Whitman, Newport Beach, Pakistan, wimpy, xenophobia, YAMATO RESTAURANT

By W.T. Wimpy Hiroto (First published in The Rafu Shimpo on September 1, 2010.) === Let’s try a different approach this week. Trepidation is the byword when attempting something new at this stage...

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Thu, Sep 2 2010

THROUGH THE FIRE: My Japanese American Identity: Everything But the Kitchen Sink

Also tagged: Columnists, culture, ethnicity, Food, gardena, janm, Japanese American identity, Joey Furutani, nisei week court, RACE, Sports

By JOEY T. FURUTANI (First published in The Rafu Shimpo on September 1, 2010.) === My parents were insistent on having my brother and I experience things outside of our comfort zone. Due to their involvement...

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Thu, Aug 12 2010

CROSSROADS TO SOMEWHERE: Questions and Answers

Also tagged: fun, games, gameshow, Name that Tune, nostalgia, quiz, quizzes, television, The Blue Book, trivia, wimpy

By W.T. Wimpy Hiroto (First published in The Rafu Shimpo on August 11, 2010.) === I was once a sucker for quiz shows, memory tests and the like dating back to radio days. Television later introduced us...

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Thu, Aug 5 2010

OCHAZUKE: Down Humor Lane

Also tagged: humor, ochazuke

By MAGGIE ISHINO (First published in The Rafu Shimpo on August 5, 2010.) === On May 5, 2010, an Ochazuke entitled, “More Down Humor Lane, Part 2” was published. A few kind readers requested a copy...

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Tag Archives: personal essay

CROSSROADS TO SOMEWHERE: Cold Means More Than Heartless

INTO THE NEXT STAGE: Racial Bullying-Hope From a Former Victim

CROSSROADS TO SOMEWHERE: Taking Credit—Who Cares?— I Do

CROSSROADS TO SOMEWHERE: Is it Immoral to Talk About Death?

THROUGH THE FIRE: Since 1980

CROSSROADS TO SOMEWHERE: From Hirsute to Being Embarassed

CROSSROADS TO SOMEWHERE: Popourri, Miscellany & Pastiche

THROUGH THE FIRE: My Japanese American Identity: Everything But the Kitchen Sink

CROSSROADS TO SOMEWHERE: Questions and Answers

OCHAZUKE: Down Humor Lane

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