(Yomiuri Shimbun)
Luminarie in Kobe
(Yomiuri Shimbun)
Luminarie in Kobe
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(Yomiuri Shimbun)
The world's first computer-controlled,
crystal-glass
carillon on a 15-meter Xmas tree at the Mediage
entertainment complex in Minato Ward, Tokyo
(American Museum of Natural History)
This
Xmas,
I
would
like to put
up
a tree in my
heart,
and instead
of
hanging presents,
I
would like to put the
names
of all my friends.
Close
friends and not so close
friends.
The old friends, the new
friends.
Those that I see every day
and
the ones that I rarely see. The ones
that
I always remember and the ones that
I
sometimes forget. The ones that are always
there
and the ones that seldom are. The friends of
difficult
times and the ones of happy times. Friends
who,
without meaning to, I have hurt, or, without meaning
to,
have hurt me. Those that I know well and those I only know
by
name. Those that owe me little and those that I owe so much.
My
humble friends and my important friends. The names of all those
that
have passed through my life no matter how fleetingly. A tree with
very
deep roots and very long
and
strong branches so that
their
names may never be
plucked
from my heart. So
that
new names from all
over
may join the existing ones. A tree with a very
pleasant
shade so that our friendship may take a
moment
of rest from the battles of life. “May the
happy
moments of Xmas brighten every day of
the
new year.” These are my sincere wishes.
MrLarkins.com
This is the most amazing Xmas light show synchronized to music.
Christmas movies by Mary Robinson Reynolds:
Christmas Season
Silent Night
Brilliant 2005 Christmas Light Displays
Bill
Egan's Christmas World
(learn about Christmas traditions in over 50 countries)
How to say "Merry Christmas and Happy New Year" in 350+ languages
Santa passing Mt. Fuji last year
The official "NORAD
Tracks Santa" website (2005)
(get ready now for Christmas Eve !!)
Click here for a very unique Season's Greeting from Ashland University
The Texas Longhorns are Rose Bowl-bound for
the 2nd consecutive year to face off against the
USC Trojans for the national college football
championship in Pasadena, California on January 4, 2006.
Navigating
this site:--------------------EXCITING
PHOTO
GALLERY--------------------
(over 400 images)
Take
me straight to the Exciting Photo Gallery
Exciting Japan Photos
Exciting Texas Photos
Exciting Mountain
Photos
Exciting Disney Kid Photos
Exciting Halloween Photos
Exciting Friend and Family
Photos
More Exciting Friend
and Family Photos, Page 2
More Exciting Friend
and Family Photos, Page 3
Exciting President George W. Bush Photo Gallery
Exciting Body Sculpting in the Northern Japan Alps
Exciting Mt. Suisho-dake & Mt. Washiba-dake, Northern
Japan Alps
Exciting Cherry
Blossoms in Japan
Exciting Fall Colors in
Japan
Exciting Mt.
Jii-ga-take (elev. 2670 m),
Northern Japan Alps
My exciting tribute to Larkland P. "Larkie"
Colebrooke
Exciting Halloween 2005 in
Tokyo Photos 
Exciting Fall Colors in Yoro Keikoku Valley
--------------------EXCITING SLIDE SHOWS--------------------
Life on the Train
(pps)
Marvelous Antarctica
(pps)
Spectacular Pictures
(pps)
Wonderful World (pps)
Amazing Picture Show (pps)
Happy
Canada Day (pps)
The
Interview with God
There is hope for us all.....right
now
The
Center of the Bible (pps)
Wishes
(pps)
Live a Life that Matters
(pps)
Colors of the World
(pps)
Magnificent World Mountains
(pps)
Golf Truisms (pps)
Winter
Day (pps)
(These
PowerPoint
(pps) files are rather large and
may take a while to download, depending on the speed of your connection.
Perhaps it is better to save them to your hard disk first, and then to view them
locally.
If you do not have PP on your computer, you can download a free viewer here.)
-----------------A TRIBUTE TO DAD-----------------
(Dec. 22, 1932--June 7, 2004)
-- take the tour through the almost 50-year career of one of the
best fast-pitch softball pitchers who ever walked on this planet --
Also, you can read dad's obituary here.
--------------------FUN STUFF--------------------
Happy
Firecracker Day to you !!
(Oh, you mean it's not the 4th of July
yet? Darn....)
ATTENTION
ALL WIVES: Wanna be sure of pleasing your man?
Then "The Good
Wife's Guide" is a must read !! (he-he)
Feeling
a bit down? Click here to boost your spirits with the "Automatic
Flatterer"
How
to identify if your cow has MAD COW DISEASE
(courtesy: Mr. Lenny Burns)
A really cool Honda Accord
advertisement
An Amazing
Clock that follows your mouse pointer around the screen
DRINK MORE BEER -- It's GOOD for
you and HERE'S the proof !!
The History of the
"F" Word
(Not for virgin ears. Recommended
ages: 18 or over)
Engrish.com -- Engrish Favorites from Japan and
around the World
An
absolutely HILARIOUS cartoon of George W. Bush.....
you just GOTTA check this one out !!
If
there was ever any question as to which brand
of soy sauce you should use, here's your answer.
The
Bush-Gore Dance
(It may be over, but the
dancing never ends!)
Springtime Flowers
in Texas
(a virtual slide show)
The
history and lyrics of the song, "The Yellow Rose of Texas"
The
Paradox of Our Time
by
former pastor of Seattle's Overlake Christian Church
The Twilight Zone page
(the original splash page for
www.garywolff.com)
-------------------FEEL
GOOD-------------------
STUFF
Thank You to
our Troops for a Job Well Done !
Character Counts!
(Commentaries by Michael Josephson)
The
Center of the Bible
(if you have PowerPoint & a
high-speed connection,
it's worth the wait....trust me)
Cowboy
Bush
(hey, WHAT'S wrong with being a COWBOY,
anyways ??!!)
Former U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell's 12 Rules for
Life
The
very moving and inspirational "Interview with God" presentation
(The
words to the poem can be viewed here)
Don't be discouraged. There is hope for us all.....right now.
Inspiration
and Hope
(updated November 3, 2005)
Love
Poems
(updated November 28, 2005)
The
Summer of '99 is Over, but the Memories Linger On........
(a short slide show)
--------------------JAPAN STUFF--------------------
Please check out my
favorite
English Conversation Lounge,
Mickey House
The
Small Print
(this week’s required Japan
reading by Rick Kennedy)
Photo
of the Week
(from Metropolis, Japan's No. 1 English
Magazine)
A
Photo Documentary of Kamagasaki, the largest slum in Japan
(by Shannon Higgins)
TokyoDV -- News, Photos, Products, and Online
Videos from Japan
Japanese Streets -- Exclusive Shots of
Japan's Trendy Street Fashion -- 150% Cool
Click
here to see some spectacular fall scenery
from the Northern Japan Alps
Live Concert Schedules for Some of My Favorite Tokyo Musicians:
Charlie
Fukami
Alan Patton
Bottleneck Blues Band
Marble Tears
Aki Sasaki
Red*Thread
Donna Burke &
Bill Benfield
Miya
Ishida
More
Tokyo Concert Info
A
Live Minicam View of Mt. Fuji
(Japan Time = GMT + 9 hours)
Rob's Japan FAQ: Know Before You Go
(Visiting or relocating
to Japan? Get your questions answered here)
-------------------SKY/SPACE STUFF-------------------
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Attention all stargazers !! If you're interested in satellites or astronomy, you've come to the right place! Their aim is to provide you with all the information you need to observe satellites such as the International Space Station and the Space Shuttle, spectacular events such as the dazzlingly bright flares from Iridium satellites, as well as a wealth of other space flight and astronomical information. They not only provide the times of visibility, but also detailed star charts showing the satellite's track through the heavens. All their pages, including the graphics, are generated in real-time and customized for your location and time zone. |
Wake-Up Call --
Flight Day 15 -- Columbia Space Shuttle Mission STS-107,
a 12mb
music video essay by Chris Valentine
(Background music: "Imagine" by John Lennon)
(If you have a slow connection, it will be a LONG
download!)
Venus,
the 3rd brightest object in the sky, has once again
graced our evening western sky for the past several months,
and the above represents
the planetary alignment as of June 5, 2005.
Input your own custom set of parameters at Solar
System Live.
Secret
Worlds: The Universe Within
View the Milky Way at 10 million light
years from the Earth.
Then move through space towards the Earth
in successive orders of magnitude until you reach
a tall oak tree just outside the buildings of the
National High Magnetic Field Laboratory in Tallahassee, Florida.
After that, begin to move from the actual size of a leaf
into a microscopic world that reveals leaf cell walls,
the cell nucleus, chromatin, DNA and finally,
into the subatomic universe of electrons and protons.
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-------------------KARAOKE ROOM-------------------
OK,
well there's no little bouncing ball, nor color-highlighted text,
but you've got the words and the music, so.....Get After It !!!
What I
Like about Texas
by Gary P. Nunn
London
Homesick Blues
by Gary P. Nunn
Thank
you (to our Armed Forces)
by Hank Brake
Good Morning
Beautiful
by Steve Holy
Truly, Madly,
Deeply
by Savage Garden
Who am I
by Casting Crowns
I
Like Dreamin'
by Kenny Nolan
In My Daughter's
Eyes
by Martina McBride
Could
I Have This Dance?
by Anne Murray
Imagine
by John Lennon
A
Place in the Sun
by Stevie Wonder
Everything I Do...
I Do It For You
by Bryan Adams
Do You Remember?
by Phil
Collins
Open Arms
by Journey
Happy Xmas
by John and Yoko Lennon
The Yellow Rose of
Texas
by J. K.
--------------------BORING STUFF--------------------
Gary's
Past Life in the States
-------------------ARCHIVES-------------------
Previous Versions
of this Welcome Page:
Japan's Spectacular
Fall Colors (2005)
Summertime !!! (2005)
Spring has Sprung in
Japan !!! (2005)
Happy Chinese New Year's 2005
New Year's 2005
("2004--the Year in Pictures" photo collage, plus Samurai Gary)
Christmas 2004
Fall 2004
Run-up to the 2004 Presidential Election
(Click here to see my
special Election 2004 page)
Happy Summer !! (2004)
In Loving Memory of Dad--1932-2004
(June 2004)
Golden Week Boredom
(2004)
I Love Spring !! (2004)
Mars Rover Photos -- February 2004
New Year's 2004
("2003--the Year in Pictures" photo collage)
Christmas 2003 (Blue Santa Gary)
The View from the Top of
Japan -- Fall 2003
Japan is NOT a Safe Country
!! -- Summer 2003
Operation Iraqi Freedom -- Spring 2003
A Special Tribute to Space
Shuttle Columbia -- Feb. 2003
Christmas 2002 (Santa Gary)
Fishing, Climbing, C&W Dancing -- Fall 2002
Fuji-Xerox World Cup Soccer Ad -- Summer 2002
Christmas 2001
Body Sculpting in the Northern Japan Alps -- Fall 2001
Cherry Blossoms along the Tama River -- Spring 2001
Email to President George W. Bush --
Feb. 20, 2001
Happy 21st Century !! -- New Year's 2001
Christmas 2000
Japan's Spectacular Fall Colors -- Fall 2000
A Summer Night in Japan -- Summer 2000
Spring 2000
New Year's 2000 (Geisha Gary)
Fall '99 (Ricky "Gary" Martin)
Summer Fun in Japan -- Summer '99
Spring has Come (春が来た) -- Spring '99
Christmas '98
'98 Nagano, Japan Winter Olympics
Original Home Page published January 27, 1997
Sayonara
Well, I guess that's
all for now. Thanks for visiting.
I sincerely hope this web site has been a culturally rewarding experience
for you (joke).
It's grown considerably since first being launched in Jan. '97,
and it is unlikely you will be able to see everything in only 1 visit.
So please bookmark this site and come back when you can stay longer.
Or as we say back in Texas,
"Y'all cum back now, ya heah?"
Happy surfing !!
And don't forget to drop
me a line if you have time.
If you have any comments, suggestions, complaints,
or would just like to yell at me,
you can send email here:
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