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Go for Goya!

On: September 30th, 2005 at 10:54 pm | Number of Comments » 0

Those of you new to Goyablog or who know nothing about local specialties in Okinawa have probably been wondering what the hell’s with this “goya-this” and “goya-that”. My old blog explained it in the first entry so you can get the answer there. Most people assume it’s related to the Spanish painter, Francisco de Goya [...]


Dove HQ

On: September 30th, 2005 at 10:34 pm | Number of Comments » 0

I kid you not: when I first saw this marquee on 21st street in Nashville my first thought was peace doves and I got confused. Why would an Army and Navy surplus store advertize itself as a peace headquarters? Was this ironic? Was it like the signs in the airbase commanded by Jack T. Ripper [...]