mr.sumo.snr. wrote:
>
> Anyone in the group ever actually met this guy?  We never seem to
attract
> any of the people who have bothered to write and succeeded in having
> published anything about Japan.  Or do they all secretly lurk here -
I can't
> believe they would shy away from posting here or any of the other
gaijin
> forums.  Or are we all THAT sad?
>
Jan Dodd used to lurk here and in rec.travel.asia, IIRC. Never met her
except via email, but seems very nice (and the book on travel in Japan
is an excellent guide book). But yes, we are all THAT sad.

> I do have one celebrity gaijin friend - a taiko drummer - first
gaijin ever
> to be granted a visa to study and teach taiko. He's been featured in
several
> TV shows - and he's also pretty handy at covering some of my classes
when I
> go on holiday!  "What shall I teach them?" he asked me - "Well, bring
your
> small drums one week and let everyone mess around with them.  Play
UNO the
> second week!"  (Who needs an MA in TEFL when you can think up lesson
plans
> like that on the spot.)
>
It's the MA that gives you the ability to think up such lessons.
McNovaites can't do it (or quit when they learn how).

John W.