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Triumph on Jacko
Put down that drink and shield your monitor: Triumph takes on fans outside the Michael Jackson trial
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Unconventional
This is a good story about thinking outside the box: TO MEASURE THE HEIGHT OF A BUILDING WITH BAROMETER
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Osaka Taxi
Just remembered this from Sunday: Four of us got in a cab and headed toward the Hankyu department store to grab a bite on one of the upper floors, before…
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My Ainu Roots
A while back, somebody explaining my family ancestry told me that I’m part Ainu. Which is funny, because when I first met my fiance’s dad, he said I looked part…
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Pedro offers you his protection
What could even hope to match the Goonies 20th Anniversary Celebration? (my sister actually attended it!) Only one thing: The Napoleon Dynamite Festival
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Nuclear Duct Tape
Dammit, they really should be marketing this stuff as the perfect Father’s Day gift: High Performance Duct Tape, Nuclear Grade
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Club Sazae Umeda
Through a fiendish twist of events involving Air France stewardesses and fresh squeezed lemon chu-hi, I found myself at a club in Umeda on Saturday night, actually their opening weekend.…
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Star Wars Analysis by Neal Stephenson
Over at the NY Times: Turn On, Tune In, Veg Out The first “Star Wars” movie 28 years ago was distinguished by healthy interplay between veg and geek scenes. In…
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Luc Besson is a fucking sell out
I mean, is the guy hard up for cash, or what? I sure as hell couldn’t forgive him back in 1994 for whoring Nikita out to Hollywood for an effortlessly…
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On the Crossvader
In a way, hearing these breakbeats over the Imperial March was better than the entire second trilogy.
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Cooperative Art
This is most interesting when there are people who can draw on the same page as you: The Scratchpad I chose pad #2 because there are hordes of 13 year…
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The Cow Says…
Found this really cute site featuring onomatopoeia performed by children in different countries: ***bzzpeek***** (hint: click one of the symbols around the main window there to start things off)