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SPF 16 (Thai Commercial)
It’s comforting to know there are some familiar points in the society into which I shall plunge: Slapstick, vampires, hot chicks on TV. On the other hand, sometimes it is…
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A Prison Camp Memoir
Excerpts from another great memoir over on the JPRI site: “The radio went dead. All the servants had long disappeared–stealing everything they could carry. I locked all the doors and…
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From the Brink of Despair…
I just scared myself real good. I thought I’d lost my wallet. The thing is, I couldn’t remember the last time I’d seen it, and I hadn’t used it for…
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Algorithm March – With Ninja and Everyone Together
Is this the new Macarena? I can’t claim to watch Pythagoras Switch (?????????) on a regular basis or anything, but this is some damn fine educational television programming for 6-…
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Japanese “Lawsuit” Guitars
They are known as lawsuit guitars because they are of such good quality (often matching or even surpassing the original Fenders and Gibsons they replicate), that: Around 1981, though, Fender,…
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Dogtards
Oh, my shaka. “PuppyPurse makes it easier to take your dog with you, whether you’re shopping, fly fishing or just taking a walk and nothing gets in the way of…
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How to Make a Baby Stop Crying
This is one of the most amazing videos I’ve ever seen. Those of you with babies (hint, hint, hint, and lord forgive me if I forgot anyone else’s child) might…
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Fly Guy
Here’s a cool piece of Flash to make you feel better after a long day in cubicle hell: http://www.trevorvanmeter.com/flyguy/flyGuy.swf (belly-dancing monkey alert!)
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defambulatoriness
Don’t you want to hear the full story behind the use of my name and the word “hymen” in the same sentence? Sorry, Kevin made me swear not to tell…
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Wherein I solve global terrorism
Okay, since this would ostensibly allow me to carry bottles of (gasp!) drinking water onto planes again, can I get a fucking “amen” for the following course of action? 1.…
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Hardcore
Did someone forgot to take their meds? In the essay titled “Killing Kittens” in the newspaper’s Aug. 18 evening edition, Bando, 48, wrote that she owns three pet cats and…
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Ryukyu Underground
I came across this fascinating article over at the website of the Japan Policy Research Institute: A Wild Start: Okinawa in the 1970s Excerpts: “Gate Two Street and BC Street…
