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Thomas Dillon
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink
Oct 31, 2003
The humble Pacific-Rim fruit that roared
When ripe, the tropical fruit noni turns the kind of yellow-green most people associate with nasal congestion -- and gives off an odor pungent enough to clear that congestion away. Accordingly, noni's profile has long been low compared with that of more popular Pacific Rim fruits.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WHEN EAST MARRIES WEST
Oct 18, 2003
The stress of getting things right
If you're like me, one thing you do not need is more stress.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WHEN EAST MARRIES WEST
Oct 4, 2003
Surf is always up for Internet addicts
At least I have a decent excuse.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WHEN EAST MARRIES WEST
Sep 20, 2003
Tattoos ain't what they used to be
My older son now has what I do not.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WHEN EAST MARRIES WEST
Sep 6, 2003
Twenty-five years in Japan makes this old hand a 'half'
Late this past summer, I officially became a "half."
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WHEN EAST MARRIES WEST
Aug 23, 2003
A sound bite of married life
On the morning of his son's wedding, Frank Gibbs, the neighborly physician in Thorton Wilder's "Our Town," confesses to his wife that his chief concern in the early days of their own marriage was how to make small talk with his bride.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WHEN EAST MARRIES WEST
Aug 9, 2003
To your health -- Japanese style
"Just what is good health," a wise man once told me, "other than the slowest way to die?"
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WHEN EAST MARRIES WEST
Jul 26, 2003
A hundred columns of words on the wall
This is it: the one-hundredth edition of "When East Marries West." At least by my count, and, as my wife says, "You should know -- you're the only one who reads it."
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WHEN EAST MARRIES WEST
Jul 12, 2003
All's fair in love and sumo
Here's how my mind works . . .
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WHEN EAST MARRIES WEST
Jun 28, 2003
Extinction ahead for odd Japanese beasts
A news item earlier this year cited the upcoming extinction of the banana, giving the slippery fruit a life expectancy of but 10 more years.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WHEN EAST MARRIES WEST
Jun 14, 2003
Swallowing hook, line and endoscope
I am not squeamish by nature.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WHEN EAST MARRIES WEST
May 31, 2003
Longtime expatriates all play 'Survivor'
It's not reality TV. It's reality.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WHEN EAST MARRIES WEST
May 17, 2003
Family links are relative for third-culture kids
Here's a challenge for you:
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WHEN EAST MARRIES WEST
May 3, 2003
Tit for tat in the game of Japanese gift-giving
"Beware of Japanese bearing gifts!"
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WHEN EAST MARRIES WEST
Apr 19, 2003
The instant off switch -- it's all in your head
On the train, the guy to my left is telling a friend the following:
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WHEN EAST MARRIES WEST
Apr 5, 2003
The hardest adjustment to Japan: a slippery topic
I don't mind putting my foot in my mouth. That's one way to keep it clean.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WHEN EAST MARRIES WEST
Mar 22, 2003
The next taste treat is just a little bit fishy
When Julia Child retired in 2001, someone asked what she thought would be the next great taste treat to take the Western world by storm.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WHEN EAST MARRIES WEST
Mar 8, 2003
The Diaper Lady makes stink over stamp
Each month my house is the site of a battle.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WHEN EAST MARRIES WEST
Feb 22, 2003
Time proves relevant for aging Japan hands
"Oh really?" the girl says to me -- with the "r" stretched so painfully the word sounds as if it has been ripped from the back of her throat.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WHEN EAST MARRIES WEST
Feb 8, 2003
Here's a tip: You don't deserve one, pal
The only woman who has ever chased me was a willowy Japanese waitress who trailed me half a block from her restaurant door.

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