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Stench
I figured it was about time to really let you know my feelings about your bowels… There is definitely something wrong with them. Today I walked into the men’s restroom…
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THE PAOMNNEHAL PWEOR OF THE HMUAN MNID
Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn’t mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoatnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer…
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nardical
One of the rites of passage in an Asian American household is fighting with your sibling for the eyeballs of the fish served up for dinner (assuming one large whole…
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Prove Yourself Worthy
To my Air France stewardess friend, who is coming over tomorrow: Nothing says friend like a bottle of Chateau Margaux. May I suggest the 1961? But why am I telling…
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I, Enki
Dude. This is my greatest accomplishment in years. I inadvertently stumbled onto two Neal Stephenson short stories YOU NEVER EVEN KNEW EXISTED. Spew is on the WIRED site, but I…
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Nitsuj Adihsoy
Well, that’s the first time I’ve spelled my name backwards for a long, long time. The last time was in 5th or 6th grade when my best friend Ben Stebbing…
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Where’s me brolly?
Well, it looks like Typhoon #2 (Japanese don’t follow the western convention for typhoon naming – on one hand, I suppose it’s kinda nice not having to admit that your…
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Calamari
An excellent article on Architeuthis in the New Yorker: “There was this big thing hanging off the front of the net,” Robison recalled. “The suckers were still grasping.” Robison’s discovery…
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Wax on
The Japanese title for “The Karate Kid” is “Best Kid“, which is kind of funny if you think about why they felt compelled to replace a perfectly understandable title (to…
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309 KPH
And I thought I had it bad dodging black-and-white Skylines, GTOs, and Supras. Note to self: If you ever rent a car in Italy, splurge on something fast.
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OLD OR VERGIN
WOOOHOOOO!: LOTTERIA LA PRIMITIVA. AVNIDA DE AMERICA 137, MADRID – ESPAムA FROM: THE DESK OF THE PROMOTIONS MANAGER, INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT, REF: LP/26510460037/03 BATCH: 24/00319/IPD ( CONGRATULATION) DEAR SIR,…
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Chloraseptic
An absolute lifesaver. I must be spraying an equivalent of a full shot of the cherry-flavored stuff every night. It’s the only thing stopping me from scratching the inside of…
