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    500-Pound Recruit

    Continuing in the vein of WWII, have you ever heard the story of Voytek? Check it out: The Iranian soldier-bear of Monte Cassino Longtime readers have often heard of my…

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    Bus Otoko

    I nominate Napoleon Dynamite as the worst retitled-for-Japan movie of the year. I understand why they didn’t release it in theaters here – I mean, the majority of the humor…

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    Stone Cold Killer

    Proving once again that Praying Mantis technique is superior to Flappy Bird: Go see the final result (actually, this is the final result in a sense; the bird doesn’t come…

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    Reclaiming Anazarbus

    I have decided that the future capitol city of my empire shall be named Justinopolis. City Codes of Justinopolis (work in progress) 1. Stupid people shall be shot on sight.…

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    Fo tha Ho

    This one is for the Big Ho, who once wrote to me about his one-eyed cat and how it likes eating used Q-Tips: WHY DO CATS LIKE EATING EARWAX ??…

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    Penki-e

    Bathhouse murals fading fast in Tokyo I’ve never been to a sento in Tokyo, but I’ve seen these murals in Shizuoka and Nagano. The one in Nagano was at an…

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    Herbs like herbicide

    Jesus Christ on a pogostick, didn’t any of these assholes watch Little Shop of Horrors? GM crops created superweed, say scientists Stick that in your pipe and smoke it. (via…