Casey Baseel
Born and raised in Los Angeles, Casey Baseel spent his formative years staring in frustration at un-subtitled Japanese TV programming shown on Southern California’s international channel. Taking matters into his own hands, he moved to Tokyo to study the language, then found work in Yokohama a decade ago teaching, translating, and marketing hotels he can’t afford to stay in. When not participating in the eternal cycle of exercising to burn the calories form his love of Japanese food, Casey scours used comic and game shops for forgotten classics, drags his wife around the country in a quest to visit all its castles, sings karaoke not nearly as well as he thinks he does, and counts the days until the summertime bars open on Enoshima Beach.
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Professor Poop wants to impart you with kanji knowledge during his temporary stay in your digestive system.
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Previously only available to other businesses, the tiny homes can now be purchased by anyone.
Dirty dishes? Just grab that shaft and work it until sticky liquid comes squirting out.
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The last time we tried wearing this outside the office, things didn’t go too well.
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