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soul enka
His name is Jero. His blog is here (both links JP lang. only). (thx T) ////////////////////// I still prefer this one, tho:
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git up a git git down 911 119 191 is a joke in yo town
It made so much sense when I found out in Japan that the number for the popo fire department was 119, because like so many other aspects of Japanese culture, it was the exact opposite of what I was used to. Namely, 911. But it is kind of strange that Thailand has taken the only unique left in that series and dubbed 191 the number for emergency services countrywide. So the real question is, why don’t they standardize the number for emergency services worldwide? ////////////////////////////////////////////////////// Flava Flav says “Ho!”
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origami tetrapods
This origami tutorial kind of made me miss my island home on Awaji, with miles and miles of tetrapod coastline. The more times you see tetrapods, the more they start looking natural, beautiful even.
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holy. doog.
Definitely the best movie poster, ever. Comes with its own website, too: WWNPHD? /////////////////////// Kumar Trivia: Kumar was a terrorist on 24 Kumar was the name of a terrorist state on The West Wing Kumar loves Obama That is all.
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Matthew Santos for President
Previously in this series: David Palmer for President “For what those West Wing fans stunned by the similarity between the fictitious Matthew Santos and the real-life Barack Obama have not known is that the resemblance is no coincidence. When the West Wing scriptwriters first devised their fictitious presidential candidate in the late summer of 2004, they modelled him in part on a young Illinois politician – not yet even a US senator – by the name of Barack Obama.” See the full article here: LINK All I know is that John McCain ain’t no Arnie Vinick.
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White Tribble
Cosmically sublime. /////////////////////////////////// My older cousin, Susumu, sat next to one of the members of Jefferson Airplane (don’t remember which one – sure as hell wasn’t Grace Slick, but there were many members over the lifespan of the band) on a plane ride from LAX to Osaka back in the 90’s. He said something to the effect that it was cool talking to someone who was so famous when he grew up. Myself, I’d rather sit on a plane for twelve hours with Don McLean and have a chat about his greatest hit so someone could finally give this guy some closure.
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ubertunez
On ebay: The World’s Greatest Music Collection 3 Million Records, 300,000 CDs, 6 million+ Song Titles “Every recording in the collection was purchased by the collection’s owner over the past fifty years and represents a lifetime of work and his desire to see the music preserved for future generations. Advancing age and health concerns are forcing the owner to sell… The new owner of this magnificent collection will also acquire (1) the rights to Spin-Clean, the owner’s patented vinyl record cleaning system, considered the best on the market by audiophiles the world over, (2) the rights to Discmist CD cleaner, (3) CD Saver 2-part archival CD storage sleeves, (4)Yellow Jacket…
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Intestinal Flora, The Importance of
Clive Thompson (the Giant Squid Overlord) has just put up a very interesting post: Why C-section births might cause eczema in babies Now, in the midst of making some very important choices about how our boya is going to be born, this type of information is key in confirming our choice in a natural birth, if at all possible. We know that the C-section is a valuable tool, indeed a life-saving one as proven time and time again, but the reasons we have heard for having one out of want instead of need recently really cause some concern. Some women who have had them (numerous times in some cases) claim…
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Climbing Motorcycle Show @ Red Cross Fair
What is the Red Cross Fair? Every year in February, for Chinese New Years, the downtown area of Mahasarakham (Maha Sarakham) around the clock tower is swarmed by vendors and street sellers of every kind of unsanitary food and useless street fair item imaginable. Entire avenues are blocked off for a few weeks, both officially, with rolling steel roadblocks, and unofficially, with sheer human mass. This is the Northeast Thai version of Carnival, sans dancing or fucking in the street, since that would take entirely too much energy (this is the tropics, after all). Somewhere at the center of activity is the real fairground area complete with rickety-ass fair rides…
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2nd Anniversary Dinner (at home)
From 12 o’ clock, clockwise: Samoo – A special delicacy of ground pork and a whole bunch of special herbs, from the Ubon area. Nam’s mom made a pot of it for us a few days ago, and she’s the only person we know who can make it. Sukiyaki-sliced beef we found at the local Tesco. I fried it in butter/sesame oil with garlic and sprinkled with coarse ground salt, pepper, and kaffir lime. Deep fried tabtim (hybrid tilapia, pink/orange in color). They fry these (and any other fish) up for you at Tesco. Tom Ka Gai, spicy/sour chicken soup with coconut milk Thai version of a mixed salad with…
