Sunday, January 18, 2009

Thank You, Ken, for the Bloggerrific Evening

Ken Worsley at Japan Economy News & Blog put together a great event for us bloggers, friends, significant others, and the readers who make our efforts worthwhile. I also got to move several bloggers to my “I’ve met” list. I take this opportunity to note that two of them were featured in Andrew Leonard’s fine Salon column. Congrats. Japan-heavy, English-language blogs rarely receive notice in the mainstream media. It couldn’t have happened to two nicer people.

10 comments:

Benjamin said...

Great to finally meet you in person, Jun! Thanks for the shout-out.

Jun Okumura said...

My pleasure too. Too bad we had so little time to talk.

Ken said...

Thanks for coming Jun! I wish we had more time to talk, but there was almost a bit too much going on...

Jun Okumura said...

...which creates demand for more...and that's a good thing.

Our Man in Abiko said...

Lovely time. Here's that link you might (and your readers) might find interesting if you ever want some dirt on UK politics - http://www.order-order.com/

Jun Okumura said...

Marc Francois, Dominic Grieve, and Eric Pickles... lovely names!

Our Man in Abiko said...

Lovely names, not so lovely people. Let's not forget the current Chancellor of the Exchequer (finance minister) Alistair Darling. Reporters love shouting out "Darling, Darling" to get a quote from him.

Jun Okumura said...

My all-time favorite real English-language name, though, is June Jones, the American football coach. There's a name I came across in Brazil that I definitely would not want to have on my passport, but it's a German name, so it doesn't really qualify.

Younghusband said...

Too bad we couldn't catch up at the party Jun. Next time I am in Tokyo we can meet and I will buy you a drink. Cheers!

Jun Okumura said...

Wait, your profile says "Location: Canada". Oh well, next time.