Guy's Books and Thoughts

I was watching the subtitled Japanese police drama
Kochira hon Ikegami (Channel 26, KTSF). The new transfer Ryuzaki
insists on arresting the suspect Iguchi for robbery (actually
burglary). Other police officers think he is over eager. The police
chief calls Ryuzaki into his office and laughingly
tells him how his daughter can imitate accents
from different regions of Japan. Ryuzaki fails to
see the relevance of this and said he has to get back to work.
But before Ryuzaki leaves the chief points out his daughter
learned the accents from her classmates. Ryuzaki gets the hint.
He goes to the prison where Iguchi was released.
In the end it turns out that the real thief was a cell mate of
Ryuzaki who learned part of his techniqes from him and from
another prisoner. The chief did not tell Ryuzaki that the
real thief may have been someone who used a composite of
robbery techniques. It was a bit indirect.
Writer Gilles Poitras commented that the police chief in this
series represents the ideal Confucian. While this episode may
have been a bit preachy with the chief's commentary at the end, it was
interesting to see how the police chief guided his subordinate in the
investigation. Sometimes leadership or guidance is not always direct.
In the Karate Kid movie, Mister Miyagi taught Daniel how to block
by waxing the cars, and painting the fence.

Guy

This may be unrelated, but the food program, HELLO RESTAURANT has sort
of given me an idea for a short history TV program. I guess I could
call it "history moments," where snippets of history are given. I
realize this may not be as efficient as a classroom lecture. But I
wonder if history can be communicated in short tidbits of
information? I know Ronald Reagan would communicate his political
philosophy in short radio broadcasts. Why can't I communicate history
and my view of events this way?

While neither political party is perfect, here is my
view of things in general terms:

If you believe that tax money grows on trees, vote Democrat.
If you believe that tax money should be used wisely vote Republican.

If you believe that terrorism can be fought by ignoring it vote Dem.
If you believe that terrorism must be fought head on vote Republican.

If you believe that we should NOT secure our borders vote Dem.
If you believe that we SHOULD secure our borders vote Republican.

And if you voted Democrat, don't come crying to me if something worse
than 9/11 happens.

Guy

KTSF (Channel 26 regular or Channel 8 cable) airs a short five minute
program on Sunday nights called HELLO RESTAURANT. I have no idea
where they came up with the title. But the show gives brief profiles
of the various Bay Area restaurants.

It was aired once every two weeks. Now it is aired weekly with the
2nd,4th and 5th programs being reruns of earlier broadcasts. The
program has a website of the 110 restaurants profiled. Just do
a google search under the advanced search option using the
words Hello Restaurant. It will be the first website that shows up.
It is written in Japanese. So click on the translate option.
I am not sure if all the restaurants profiled provide great food, but
they do have a certain atmosphere and style about them.

Anyway here is the website reference. Those visiting or in the Bay
Area may find this of interest:

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