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Zato #2
I’d review it, but why bother? Opinions on chambara are fairly polarized; when a chambara swordfight flashes by as you flip through channels late at night, either you stop and watch somebody slice through 30 opponents in front of a tea shop, or you don’t.
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RE: How to Order from a Buddhist Bartender
“Make me one with everything.”
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The Getaway
This guy’s been playing waaay too much GTA.
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Cows of Awaji
A couple weeks ago a calf was born on my coworker’s mini dairy farm. These mini-farms are prevalent on the more remote parts of this island, often limited to less than a dozen cows. Anyhow, I got around to asking how the calf was doing today and was told it had gotten sick and died. This was of course sad to hear, as this is apparently a fairly rare occurrence in this day and age. My coworker said the last time a calf died on their farm was over fifteen years ago. He said that the mother was in great distress for a few days, udders swollen with milk and…
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Parking in Japan
… is about to get worse, if that’s even possible: No quarter for illegal parking from June This may have changed since it’s been a couple years since I got a parking ticket, but the cheapest one is generally well over a hundred dollars, plus you lose a couple points off your license (well, technically, you gain two points, but still…). I predict that turning it over to third party metermaids is going to result in some beat up metermaids, at least in the short run.
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Bruce Lee Lost Interview
Filmed on December 9, 1971
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Further Delegation
Today I found another blogging assignment for Adam when he goes stateside. Be sure to read this supplementary article on the Oki (Okinawa) Dog as well. Also, I can’t resist mentioning that the recipe at the bottom of that page pushes for Kikkoman, which is good enough of an excuse to link to his awesome tribute page again: Kikkoman (Show me, shoyu – English version).
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Where the menudo runs in rivers
I was going to ask my bro to do something just like this since he’s going home in a couple weeks: The Great Taco Hunt: A guide to the Los Angeles taco scene Oh well, I guess he’s gonna have to think up something else to blog (fire hydrants of Orange County, or Surfer Photos from the Pier…)
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Musical Observations in Thailand
1. The most popular western band in Thailand is the Eagles a. I have heard Hotel California more times in one week in Thailand than I did growing up in Southern California in the late 70s/80s b. Thais singing Life in the Fast Lane at karaoke are no better at it than Japanese singing Country Road c. Or, for that matter, Americans singing karaoke at all 2. The most popular band among Thai taxi drivers is Carabao a. There is also an energy drink of the same name sold everywhere, one with a green label and a brown one marked XO b. The one marked XO tastes like frog penis…
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The World’s Fastest Indian
This is the best movie I’ve seen in a long, long time. Although this is partially because all other movies I’ve seen the past year or so sucked, it really was a damn good movie. Anthony Hopkins is the man. Simple story, simple plot, simple dialogue, flawless acting, no bad guy, no glamtastic CG, excellent cinematography, and just enough racing/greasemonkey scenes (like watching Hopkins cast his own pistons). Just a hunch, but I think gearheads like Gen and Gaijin Biker would especially get off on this movie if they knew that the bikes filmed on the Bonneville flats were Ducatis (not to dis the featured Indians or Triumphs, though).
