Providing news and information while helping aspiring writers and journalists, http://thesop.org/index.php?bio=geoff http://thesop.org/index.php?bio=geoff 118 67 http://thesop.org/images/thesop_118x67.jpg Tue, 1 Jun 2010 16:24:00 GMT Geoff continues to watch the Shakespearean tragedy that is Japanese politics and the Hatoyama Administration. "To be or not to be?" http://thesop.org/story/international/2010/06/01/japanese-coalition-shatters-pm-hatoyama-nears-end.php http://thesop.org/story/international/2010/06/01/japanese-coalition-shatters-pm-hatoyama-nears-end.php rabbigeoffdean@gmail.com (Geoff Dean) Fri, 21 May 2010 17:44:00 GMT Geoff agrees that Okinawans have not been taken seriously and that Japanese PMs have a history of amateur behavior but still thinks Hatoyama must go http://thesop.org/story/letters/2010/05/21/response-to-okinawans-sitting-at-kids-table.php http://thesop.org/story/letters/2010/05/21/response-to-okinawans-sitting-at-kids-table.php rabbigeoffdean@gmail.com (Geoff Dean) Thu, 20 May 2010 05:18:00 GMT Geoff struggles to imagine how Prime Minister Hatoyama is going to "spin" this one http://thesop.org/story/international/2010/05/19/futenma-comes-full-circle.php http://thesop.org/story/international/2010/05/19/futenma-comes-full-circle.php rabbigeoffdean@gmail.com (Geoff Dean) Fri, 14 May 2010 18:29:00 GMT Geoff wonders if Prime Minister Hatoyama can really be laid low by a "fashion crime". http://thesop.org/story/international/2010/05/14/loud-shirt-may-bring-down-japanese-pm.php http://thesop.org/story/international/2010/05/14/loud-shirt-may-bring-down-japanese-pm.php rabbigeoffdean@gmail.com (Geoff Dean) Wed, 21 Apr 2010 18:25:00 GMT Geoff is astounded to learn of the connection between earthquakes and the way women dress http://thesop.org/story/crazyworld/2010/04/21/the-real-cause-of-earthquakes.php http://thesop.org/story/crazyworld/2010/04/21/the-real-cause-of-earthquakes.php rabbigeoffdean@gmail.com (Geoff Dean) Mon, 19 Apr 2010 17:21:00 GMT Geoff continues to take advantage of the Futenma contoversy to brush up on his knowledge of obscure Japanese islands. http://thesop.org/story/world/2010/04/19/tokunoshima-island-says-no-to-futenma-relocation.php http://thesop.org/story/world/2010/04/19/tokunoshima-island-says-no-to-futenma-relocation.php rabbigeoffdean@gmail.com (Geoff Dean) Fri, 16 Apr 2010 18:05:00 GMT Geoff wonders if the Prime Minister can survive until the summer or if he may be replaced and/or forced to resign shortly http://thesop.org/story/world/2010/04/16/the-last-days-of-pm-hatoyama.php http://thesop.org/story/world/2010/04/16/the-last-days-of-pm-hatoyama.php rabbigeoffdean@gmail.com (Geoff Dean) Wed, 14 Apr 2010 18:10:00 GMT Geoff remembers eating pancakes at a family restaurant named Sambo's as he looks into a Japanese kindergarten's school play http://thesop.org/story/crazyworld/2010/04/14/little-black-sambo-comes-to-a-japanese-kindergarten.php http://thesop.org/story/crazyworld/2010/04/14/little-black-sambo-comes-to-a-japanese-kindergarten.php rabbigeoffdean@gmail.com (Geoff Dean) Tue, 13 Apr 2010 17:39:00 GMT Geoff tries valiantly to be clever by using a lot of T's in his title. Tad too trite? 'Tis true! http://thesop.org/story/world/2010/04/13/tide-turning-in-thai-tussle.php http://thesop.org/story/world/2010/04/13/tide-turning-in-thai-tussle.php rabbigeoffdean@gmail.com (Geoff Dean) Mon, 12 Apr 2010 18:39:00 GMT Geoff tries to discuss hummus without salivating too much (it is very hard to come by here in Tokyo) http://thesop.org/story/crazyworld/2010/04/12/the-worlds-largest-plate-of-hummus-and-middle-east-peace.php http://thesop.org/story/crazyworld/2010/04/12/the-worlds-largest-plate-of-hummus-and-middle-east-peace.php rabbigeoffdean@gmail.com (Geoff Dean) Fri, 9 Apr 2010 06:45:00 GMT Geoff is in a hurry to finish this article so he can rush out and buy some Kim Jong-Il-style work overalls. http://thesop.org/story/crazyworld/2010/04/08/kim-jong-il-the-dear-leader-as-fashion-leader.php http://thesop.org/story/crazyworld/2010/04/08/kim-jong-il-the-dear-leader-as-fashion-leader.php rabbigeoffdean@gmail.com (Geoff Dean) Thu, 8 Apr 2010 18:14:00 GMT Geoff finds that Japan just got what it needed least, a new minor opposition party, with only five members, but internal divisions, nonetheless. http://thesop.org/story/world/2010/04/08/japans-newest-opposition-group-the-stand-up-japan-party.php http://thesop.org/story/world/2010/04/08/japans-newest-opposition-group-the-stand-up-japan-party.php rabbigeoffdean@gmail.com (Geoff Dean) Wed, 7 Apr 2010 20:51:00 GMT Geoff regrets not having visited this somewhat un-pc amusement park in neighboring China. Maybe. http://thesop.org/story/crazyworld/2010/04/07/chinas-dwarf-empire-amusement-park.php http://thesop.org/story/crazyworld/2010/04/07/chinas-dwarf-empire-amusement-park.php rabbigeoffdean@gmail.com (Geoff Dean) Wed, 7 Apr 2010 05:45:00 GMT Geoff takes a brief look at North Korea's computer network. They won't let me look longer. http://thesop.org/story/crazyworld/2010/04/06/north-koreas-red-star-software-system.php http://thesop.org/story/crazyworld/2010/04/06/north-koreas-red-star-software-system.php rabbigeoffdean@gmail.com (Geoff Dean) Thu, 1 Apr 2010 06:12:00 GMT Geoff stands back in awe at how Prime Minister Hatoyama has managed to accomplish so little and enrage so many on the Futenma issue. http://thesop.org/story/world/2010/03/31/japanese-pm-hatoyama-to-risk-his-life-over-futenma-resolution.php http://thesop.org/story/world/2010/03/31/japanese-pm-hatoyama-to-risk-his-life-over-futenma-resolution.php rabbigeoffdean@gmail.com (Geoff Dean)