NIKKEI VIEW: The Asian American Blog

Bits of pop culture, media and politics from a Japanese American’s perspective by Gil Asakawa

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Entries from August 2008

Food porn

August 16th, 2005 · No Comments

Buttermilk fried chicken from Chef E’s, with fried green tomatoes, spicy cabbage and mashed sweet potatoes.

Ain’t it great when a dining experience is positively orgasmic? I for one, live for those meals.
The first meal with the AAJA Link student staff at the AAJA convention in Minneapolis was one of those great foodfests.

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Tags: food · places · pop culture

The future of journalism

August 15th, 2005 · No Comments

The future of journalism, of course, is in the hands of the young journalists and journalism students who are about to enter the profession.
That’s why I’m happy (and honored) to be volunteering as one of the professional mentors working with a group of students on AAJALink, the student-run Web site covering the annual convention of [...]

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Tags: media

Video games can kill you

August 12th, 2005 · No Comments

With all due respect to David Thomas, my cohort who writes about video games in the Bloghouse, I couldn’t resist posting this link. It’s proof positive that playing games is dangerous to your health. Really:

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Tags: pop culture