Monthly Archives: November 2003

Black Beetle

Taro’s aunt Tatan got all hipster and bought a bubblecar. Cute. But Strange.

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Drum Box

In Taro’s genkan. I think this is the shipping box for a Meinl djembe or other African drum. Not really African since they’re made in Thailand, but in this great age of ameliorization, why be picky?

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Staying Alive

Taken, of course, at Taro’s house. I wouldn’t keep this dreck in my collection. I mean, I bought the Bee Gees and Air Supply separately, thank you! Coincidence of coincedences, this movie was on the tube last night and I … Continue reading

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Reviled Feline

This is Taro’s wife’s cat. Miki is the meanest fucking cat in the world, besides the three-legged one with rotting skin that I saw pounce on a rat in Osaka a few years ago. It is so fucking mean, I … Continue reading

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Memories of Spain

The cheapest cure for hangovers in Spain. 500 yen bottle on sale at Yamada-ya in Nara.

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Yasui kamo…

This is one of the cheapest escort services I have ever seen in Japan. This poster was attached to an empty oil drum in the deserted parking lot of the semi-Autobacs “Hashiriya no Tengoku” on Hanna Doro in Nara (I … Continue reading

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Coding over beers

Just put Haloscan-powered comments on Taro’s blog. I hope he starts using it instead of that ghetto BBS for daily posts. I’m typing this on my baby U3 Vaio while sipping on a tasty bev. They are calling me an … Continue reading

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Good Wax Job

All bow to the king of drive-thru car wash “Ultra-sheen Rain Repellant” settings! 800 yen every time I go!

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Shrimp McNuggets

The masterminds at Mickey D’s Japan bring you… Shrimp and Chicken Nuggets! Three deep-fried shrimp paste nuggets Three chicken McNuggets And all-new packaging! Only sold as a set with the “Chinese-styled braised pork in rice bun” burger! If only I … Continue reading

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Just call me Max

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Max Payne 2:

THE FALL OF MAX PAYNE. This is totally the shit. The original Max Payne game was groundbreaking with the first bullet-time system, actual plot and storyline, and non-stop action. MP2 is much of the same, but darker. Better graphics. I … Continue reading

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Behold the Oracle's wisdom:

Hello, ass-clown. Nice try. Starbucks doesn’t serve “anything tasty” (though if they did you’d probably drink it). Try again, this time input something that Starbucks actually serves.

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Gourmet Mush (R)

Reserved, fools! It’s too late to come up with the brilliant copy “Gourmet Mush” on your mushroom packaging. Interestingly enough, “mush” is slang for “magic mushroom” in street Japanese (that’s a bit o’ underground wasei-eigo I doubt you will find … Continue reading

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Hewlett Packard 5551 Inkjet Printer – Bag Markings

Warnings printed on the protective bag of the printer we set up yesterday. Surreal.

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Dead and Bloated

Incidentally, Cosmic Buddha’s GF recently shared a scary story about a women’s restroom at the rear of a temple she visited in Thai a couple years ago. Apparently there was a dead rat floating in the barrel used for holding … Continue reading

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Work Request: Bran Muffins

Sometimes working in a factory office with constipated old men really has its downs. I have been waiting to take a crap for a couple of hours now. Its not that there are no stalls free – in fact, I … Continue reading

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It's 4:00 in the morning…

I get the strangest notions in my head about what would make an interesting subject at those godforsken hours.

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Fishtrap Lamp

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Borealis?

Crazy cool image, but I have no idea how this effect was created. Special things happen in the wee hours of the night.

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Bright Lightbulb

The lamp next to my bed is powered with Chinese electronics and a Russian lightbulb that burns long into the night, a veritable beacon of perestroika.

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