Happy Independence Day baws.....

There's the OT baller

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If you have something you want to do in life, what the frick are you waiting for?

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Mainly, all these kids bleeding me dry. When that stops, maybe I can afford a cardboard box on a beach somewhere.


Don't be a stranger Lanier.

Cheers

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If you have something you want to do in life, what the frick are you waiting for?

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amen, brother

Wife is burning through these buzzbaits bro. You got the new 1/8 oz version ready to go?

Lanier lives! WDE Baw. Staying away from this shithole for months can probably cure cancer.

Great to hear that you are alive and kicking. Nothing but the best. See you in Japan soon (135 JPY / US$) is Monopoly money. Let's do it.

Whatcha gonna do to make a dream survive...?

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If you have something you want to do in life, what the frick are you waiting for?

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The right time. "Timing is everything". I have been waiting and preparing for over 20 years to save our world and ourselves from each other. Laugh all you like, but I shite you not. I named my 18 year old son Ryoma. Ryoma was the ultimate "indispensable nobody". I took that message to heart more than 20 years ago. I hope and ask you to take a few minutes to learn something important. If any one person truly cares enough, he or she can make our world a much better place. Wiki link to Ryoma

With the sudden assassination of former Prime Minister Abe, it is time for me to try to follow in my personal hero Ryoma's footsteps. I can't even vote in Japanese elections, but I can be another indispensable nobody. My friend Jeff's assessment of Ryoma

Yes, Jang, I am certifiably mentally ill, and that is a big reason why I can maybe do seemingly impossible things. Doubt me as you like, but also remember that I named my only son for this guy more than 18 years ago. I have connections and a plan, and maybe, JUST maybe, this indispensable nobody can help avert WW III. Stay tuned. It's game time. I have been preparing for 20+ years.

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Not gonna lie, this is some troubling language. Be cool man! Don’t get yourself into trouble because you’re not thinking straight. You seem like a well intentioned guy, but intentions do not always manifest the way we’d like. Again, just be cool. War Eagle!

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Cheers, and a sincere thank you. I am mostly used to most things-trouble, and just maybe I am seeing and thinking more straight than a very scary-large number of others. We are living in extremely troubling times, everywhere you look, every day, and unthinkable things continue to happen, every day. Abe's assassination is just one example, that hit home here, and hit me personally, very hard, and I was no big fan of Abe. But his assassination, and what we are discovering about the reasons behind it is some seriously fricked up shite. The past week or so has thrown many people for a fricking loop. But no one needs to go back too far to remember Pres. JFK's brazen assassination, also in broad daylight for the World to witness and somehow try to come to terms with, and I believe that most of us will never know what truly happened that day, and the people and reasons behind it. And then Bobby Kennedy. And then Martin Luther King, and then John Lennon of all people, and the attempted assassination of President Ronald Reagan. And of Lincoln. And the assassination of my hero here in Japan, Sakamoto Ryoma, for whom I named my 18 year old son, and many others.

For me, yes, I guess I could choose to be "cool" and just continue to watch history repeat itself over and over again. Or, I can take a stand and say that enough is enough. I have two teenage children who mostly hate me at the moment, but one day, I hope more than most anything, they will understand and appreciate their father drawing a line in the sand, saying enough is enough, and doing my part to make their future, Japan, and our world a better place, as many others have done before me, and some continue to do so. I can't explain here in a few words about people I have met, known and nurtured relationships with for many years. But they can make a very positive difference here with a few subtle nudges here and there and a plan and reminder of Ryoma's role and sacrifice to ACT, to make his / our world a much better place, as insane as it may sound. I already have the blueprint and history on my side, thanks to my Hero. The people I am referring to are mostly all descendants of those who, along with Ryoma, drew a line in the sand and forced the peaceful overthrow of the 270 year old Tokugawa Shogunate and restored power back to Emperoro Meiji. The ultimate indispensable "nobody", a no-name low ranking nobody samurai checkmated the 15th Tokugawa Shogun, Tokugawa Yoshinobu in 1867. Like I said, I can't easily explain this, but Ryoma serves as a daily reminder that ANY and ALL and EACH of us nobodies can change history, forever, for millions (billions), for the better, IF...we care enough. Best synopsis I can give is here: Sakamoto Ryoma, The Indispensable “Nobody” by Romulus Hillsborough

Author's real name is Jeff Cohen, a friend who lives in California. His pen name easily may come across as uppity, but it just a clever translation of Sakamoto Ryoma's name. Ryoma=Rome (Roma, in Japanese) and latinized. "Saka" means hill, or slope, and "moto" translates to "origin / home, or burough". It's a little difficult to explain. Again though, cheers and a sincere thank you. Happy War Eagle Day!

ETA - as hard as it may be to imagine, I have been arrested for 5 DUIs and a few other fairly harmless crimes, but LUCKILY, LUCKILY I have never in my life been involved in a traffic accident, until a my most recent DUI, 5 years ago - a one car crash when I plowed into a brick planter by the roadside coming around a sharp, dark curve and reaching for the radio, and I have never physically injured anyone. In all honesty, I should have already died / been killed enough times to count on 2 hands, and have smoked for 30 years and counting. I choose to believe I am still kicking for a reason, and that I am playing with house money, so...I really don't feel that I have much to lose, but I do have many things still left to do and a role to play. I'm working to put all those puzzle pieces together, and have been for a very long time. War Eagle.



Sorry the pic is sideways, but this is a sample collection of "business cards" of many indispensable SOMEBODIES. My friends, who can once again, "wash Japan clean" and show us all a better way forward towards peace and better lives, and hope, HOPE, for a great many people, especially for my two teenage children. If no one else is willing to stand up, draw a line in the sand and say enough is enough, then I will. House money bro.

ETA that I have too many other memorable and life changing events to not be more than a coincidence. One case in point - my Japanese driver's license was canceled for 2 years after my most recent DUI and only DUI in Japan during my 27 years here. On of all days, November 15th. Statistically, that is a 1/365 (or 66) chance. Just coincidence I guess, until it becomes ever more clear, year after year, that it is not.