Wednesday, 16 September 2009

Japanese politics blog of the week - He's a guy and he's a jin (?)

a-wine-tasting

Hey, whatever happened to Blog of the Week? Well, it's been hanging around the back of the virtual bike sheds having a fag or two (in the British non-public schoolboy sense) biding its time. And that time is now, shall we christen it Blog of the Week Wednesday? (Howabout Got Naff All Else to Write About Wednesday - Ed.?)

Well there are a couple of close-but-no-cigar entries like here (really, two posts - no matter how good - in as many months just doesn't cut it) and here (great stuff, but lordy, waaaaay toooo loooooonnnnngggg, Our Man would like to be able to finish reading a post before his wine turns to vinegar, you know? But Secret handshake to Yumeiji's Theme all the same).

So the winner is here - who very nearly got disqualified for the name Guyjin (but then, hey, here's the kettle calling the pot black) and for asking for link love (breaking one of the Our Man 10 Commandments).

But, Mr G posts regularly, frequently about J-politics and happily lacks the gravitas that makes so many political blogs dull to read - in short he doesn't seem to be up his own arse.

Welcome aboard, your reward is membership of the Field Agents feed to the right there, which plonks the most recent posts on top. So keep it coming Mr G. - you don't want to hang with the nearly sunk Smashed and Sinking or (hardly ever) Daily English Show who post even less frequently than the snappily titled Reconciliation between China and Japan: A search for solutions (A search for bloody posts, more like).

Irrelevant pic lifted from here.

2 comments:

Yumeji said...

Nice find indeed. Why is it I always get theme-envy when I see a nice clean, bright Wordpress powered blog?

Our Man in Abiko said...

Hmm. Our Man still likes the clunky typewriter and carbon paper approach of Blogger. Clean lines are white space are for smart people.