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The Downside of Turing
All I was trying to do was sign up for a Yahoo Group… Can someone please tell me what code is hidden in this capcha? I’m all for anti-spam countermeasures, but this is ridiculous.
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Request: Test my comments
An old friend left a comment on the post I left right before going on vacation. That’s my homegirl, Molly, who can be forgiven for living among the Cheese Nips (my affectionate and uber-PC nickname for Japanese-French friends) in Bordeaux for so long mainly because she kicks so much ass… Anyhow, I’m corresponding with her via e-mail now, and she mentioned that she couldn’t post the word “ass” in my comments. I assume that something in her comment got caught in the blacklist I use to keep spammers from filling my comments with “EXXXPLODE HER W1TH YOUR PURPLE-WARR10R’S BEST FR13ND, V1AL1S” type of shit, but I don’t think it was…
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“Have chronic diarrhea? You may be a Jedi.”
And now for our first break from post-vacation vacationblogging, with the most hilarious rant I have seen in a galaxy far, far away: I hates Lucas! I hates it forever! It’s funny because it’s true, which also makes it sad… Like I said, a truly excellent rant. *Warning: Contains spoilers of the new movie!
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Disposable Lighters
The following has been transcribed from a crumpled paper napkin that I found the pocket of my jeans when doing laundry from the trip: Disposable plastic lighters pass from hand to hand, borrowed, stolen, sometimes even purchased. You might think that you can tell a lot about a man from the color and type of disposable lighter he buys. For instance, the piezoelectric “clicker” type lighting action could very well be more appealing to lazy people than the old-school flint roller-type mechanism. Also, transparent plastic construction might be more suited for control freaks than solid colors since butane levels are always visible. However, even though a red plastic Mini-Bic may…
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Campuchean Border
I started viewing the photos I took last week in Thailand and didn’t really intend to start editing yet, but this one sparked a memory. I took this shot out the window of our truck as we passed by – the little boy was washing off the sidewalk and brandishing a mysterious ping pong paddle. The Thai-Cambodia border was really just too hot to be pleasurable this time of year, and I was glad we put off our trip to Angkor Watt until next time, preferably in December or January when it’s cooler. I’m finding the few pictures of me quite entertaining because my trademark black t-shirts are all encrusted…
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Thai Rice
There was a lot of rice in Thailand. Unfortunately, I was not in the mood for taking pictures of it, so I leave you with this little morsel instead.
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a damn good trip
My friends, I just came back from a most excellent vacation. It was so good, here I am writing about it instead of answering the 1,106 e-mails in my inbox, for fear I will forget the highlights before having a chance to write them down. Just a note before I start: Between the auto-downloaded TV torrents I previewed last night and the ever-dull CNN feed before work today, it is apparent that the only significant news I missed during my respite is that JACK BAUER HAS SINGLE-HANDEDLY INVADED CHINA (presumedly to direct attention away from historic Japanese atrocities by creating a new American one), and that makes me feel warm…
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No work for 12 days!
I’m off to the airport tomorrow. I may update when I’m Thailand. Or, I may just lay on the beach…
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Mitsuoka Jidosha
Most people have never heard of the Japanese automaker Mitsuoka. We rode in a Mitsuoka taxi once and the driver really loved that car – it was, indeed, a very well crafted car, and he kept it impeccably clean. I see less and less of these cars on the road every year, which is kind of a sad thing, but it does make each new sighting more significant.
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Kotatsugakure desuka?
I forgot who sent me this link, but whoever it was, props: Japanese sexual positions as illustrated by AIBO Once again, someone has WAY TOO MUCH TIME!
