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Welcome Parasite
This is the single most interesting article to appear on kuro5hin in recent memory: How to cure your asthma or hayfever using hookworm – a practical guide I so want this to be true! I can see it now: Medical tourism in Cameroon… This is a definite a one up on the Nigerian scams, dirt-poor Africans selling shit to sniffly fat westerners!
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Translation: Ouch.
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Bad Baby Names
So I have this female coworker, right? She’s off for a year on maternity leave now, but she has been working at the company from before I joined, and we’ve always been tight. She’s always had my back, and I have hers, too. So it kills me to say this, but she has given the stupidest name to her newborn baby boy, and that’s kind of unforgivable in my book. The name? “Shishimaru.” The kanjis used are for “lion” and “circle.” (I dare not write it in Japanese cuz this page will surely float to the top of the search results – for now filled with pets and monster movies…
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Star Wars Nerds, Rejoice!
Original Unaltered Trilogy on DVD Once again, Han Solo is a sneaky bastard who shoots a green alien in cold blood. And that is all that really matters.
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Mabonasudofu Pasta = mabo + nasu + tofu + pasta
Having lived away from home for so long, I’ve accumulated a kitchenful of spices and worn cooking utensils, and a few original recipes worth sharing. This is the first one I will publish here, and it is a good one. In the past, women have even offered brief glimpses of their ankles to me for it; now that I am married I prefer to empower you with it, for free. – BACKGROUND – Mabodofu is a popular spicy tofu and ground meat dish served in Japan, but with definite Chinese influence. Mabonasu is a variation on this dish, substituting nasu (eggplant) for tofu. After thinking about how much I loved…
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Golden
We are at the end of the Golden Week holiday in Japan and ironically, I’ve been too busy to blog. Getting ready for the big move to Thailand in October and hanging out with friends who came to visit Awaji. This island turns into a huge tourist trap during the spring and summer holidays – a nice change, but kind of messed up if you have to drive anywhere. I’ve been taking some photos, which I will post a set of later, and got – wait for it – even more wedding photos off of people. If you are not completely sick of seeing me in a white tuxedo yet,…
