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Sumoto River Construction Update
One of the berms they built on the river yesterday partially collapsed, leaving a tracked crane stranded out on the water. I was driving by and saw as it happened. Now I have seen a lot of things swallowed by the river – houses, rice fields, even a brand new 350z, but a crane? That would be something new. But the owner of the crane wasn’t ready to give up on it yet. He sent his men out on a boat, and they probed the sunken area of the berm with bamboo poles. It appeared the road had sunk around half a meter into the river. One man got off…
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SazaePod
Sazae-san + iPod mashup: Alternatively, get all old school with the original full-lenth opening.
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This cannot be a good thing
Japan: Lawyers Wanted. Really. So what do you call 10,000 lawyers chained together at the bottom of the Japan Sea? A good nuka. //////////////// Update: nukamiso
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Exchanging Dollars in Thailand
This is just a short topic I wanted to write down for future reference. Anything older than the very newest US dollars can be a real pain in the ass to exchange in Thailand. – I was flat out refused at one major bank and two exchange booths trying to exchange $100 bills. – One bank had a note written on the window saying that US currency from 1990, 1993, 1996, and 2002 of any denomination, could not be accepted. (I suppose we have Kim “supernote” Jong Il to thank for that.) – To determine if a note is real or counterfeit, the following procedure is used by the cashier:…
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Site Factoid
Although I have no idea why you would want to do such a thing, for the next couple of months (until the registration expires), you can reach C. Buddha’s Hasty Musings through the alternate domain: http://lepetit.us So end my aspirations of putting up a French midget foot fetish blog there.
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The Art of the Lightsaber
The Star Wars fan movie I posted the other day got some positive feedback, so here’s another pretty good one:
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Earth is Boooooring
Google Mars, biotches.
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Tsukuruing?
One interesting phenomenon is the Japanese tendency to add “-ing” to the end of every verb when speaking English. I guess this is just an extension of that in written form, but I’ll be damned if I know how to pronounce it.
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New Awaji Ferris
I was shocked to see they are building a new ferris wheel at the Awaji parking area close to the big bridge. That’s just what this island needs! A new ferris wheel (there’s already one at Onokoro amusement park). That’s it, fuckers – take my tax money and RUN!
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Skinny Fugu
The skinniest fugu in the world, seen in the fish tank of a Chinese restaurant in Tenri.
