• Cars,  Music,  Videos

    Why, Ben, why?

    I remember seeing the original scene for the first time and that was all I could think. Revision time: Next station, Synthwave (I heard where we’re going is actually closer to Retrowave, but whatever): Tomorrow, I will blast this in the Crown (New! Improved! Exhaust Note!) with all the windows down and melt into the Tatooine sunset.

  • Our New Thai House,  Photos

    Farewell to Nam Kaeng

    Cats come and go at this house, but Nam Kaeng was special because she was so sassy and a patchwork quilt kind of mean girl. The first time she ran up to me, I thought she was rabid because she was so familiar and insistent on getting scratched on the head. It turns out she was just claiming her new servant. It turns out she came from a neighbor’s house and just decided to live here with our other cats, much to the consternation of her owners. I took her back to their house several times, and they kept her in a cage, but she managed to escape and come…

  • Exploits,  Japanese Society/Culture,  Videos

    Heisei Arigato

    平成から令和になる前の20時頃、戎橋から道頓堀川へダイブしようと思ったけど船に落下した瞬間の動画らしい… pic.twitter.com/O9O1mz9eH2 — こな (@aaosaka90) May 1, 2019 Alt. view: 道頓堀、令和カウントダウン飛び込みダイブで事故発生。危険ですのでやめましょう。 pic.twitter.com/zahGn8Tz4s — iva (@sui_uj) April 30, 2019 Apparently he just walked off when the boat docked. That’s the Ebisubashi bridge (Nampabashi/Hikkakebashi) under the famous Glico neon sign, where I spent approximately 0.004% of my total time in Japan. If I remember correctly, that was just enough time for me or my friends to throw someone else off that bridge… Was it me? I was pretty OK at drunk judo… Was it Dave? Was it on TV? For the life of me, I can’t even remember the name of the guy we threw off… I remember he was a real…