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There is no love in your violence…
This sounds like a scene straight from Ishi the Killer: …Nagasawa then punched the victim in the face, saying he did not answer politely enough… …Nagasawa then allegedly followed the…
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On Inspiration and Foreign Language Study
Uninspiring story #1: The Japanese girl who really went to Los Angeles in pursuit of life ala Beverly Hills 90210. (seriously.) Uninspiring story #2: Her best friend, who followed two…
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Medical Tourism in Mosonmagyarovar
So it has finally come to this: The incidental tourist An American woman opts to pay $4,300 for a ten day vacation/medical trip to Hungary where she gets dental work…
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Asbestos
Check out this article in the Guardian: Japan’s asbestos time bomb This is a HUGE problem on my island. Before they built the longest, tallest, and most expensive suspension bridge…
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Matsuda Yusaku
I totally scored an out-of-print DVD box set of the entire Tantei Monogatari (Detective Story) series on Yahoo Auctions last night! This was a very famous TV series in Japan…
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International Symbol of Marriage
Thanks to all you truly compassionate friends and readers who have sent me this over the past couple weeks – HAHA… But the joke’s on you, because in less than…
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Penki-e
Bathhouse murals fading fast in Tokyo I’ve never been to a sento in Tokyo, but I’ve seen these murals in Shizuoka and Nagano. The one in Nagano was at an…
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Herbs like herbicide
Jesus Christ on a pogostick, didn’t any of these assholes watch Little Shop of Horrors? GM crops created superweed, say scientists Stick that in your pipe and smoke it. (via…
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Shovel in the gut
My, oh my. Real life is just a parody of commie propaganda in North Korea: Bodyguards & Mass Games
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No TP for the Bunghole
Someone was cool enough to rip three entire seasons of Beavis & Butthead and upload to mininova. The thing is, all the music videos are edited out so each episode…
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Crash
Just gotta say that this movie and Sin City have semi-restored my faith in Hollywood. I downloaded the rip (mad props to the FiCO CREW) but liked it so much…
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Rubber Johnny
From the official site: “Johnny is a hyperactive, shape-shifting mutant child, kept locked away in a basement.” Some crazy, brilliant stuff by Chris Cunningham and Aphex Twin: LINK
