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Steven Seagal can’t get no love

This is quite excellent: Tokyo Mango’s Interview with the Dalai Lama’s Youngest Brother
The money quote:

“And then, on the other side of the scale, there’s Steven Seagal. Oh my god. I met him when he came here. He was wearing a funny coat, a Chinese brocade, funny trousers, and funny shoes with that ponytail. I asked him, “Why do you dress in such a peculiar manner?” He didn’t say anything. He’s arrogant, and pretends to be a Tibetan reincarnate. But why? He’s a strange man.”

Dissed by the Dalai Lama’s brother. Dude…

Ekusupato vs. Ekisupato

Is there anything more annoying than the jet set expert on (pick any foreign country)? I just read a guide to eating sushi by a self-proclaimed successful author who visited Japan a few times and was probably taken to nice places to eat, and now seems to be a full-blown master of sushi, sake, and Japanese table manners (among MANY other things).
Shabure, shabure, Mr. Roboto.

Solar-barbecued chicken

This sounds interesting.
As a sidenote, Thailand is more “green” in some ways than first world countries. For instance, they sell B5 diesel here at major gas station chains – B5 is 5% biodiesel. And Hi-octane gasoline (95) is all but gone around these parts, supplanted by its E20 (20% methanol) equivalent. Whether this is truly better for the planet in the long run or not is up for debate. It sure isn’t better for some older cars!
I met a fellow who has made a small-scale biodiesel production facility in his garage; this is an area I am interested in.
I also want to try building a solar chicken barbecue array – as cheaply as possible. Maybe I’ll attempt an Archimedes’ death ray out of bits of broken mirror.