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View from our stoop
In an effort to destroy the cattails, because her son is allergic to the snowy fluff it produces this time of year, the development manager instructed her minions to burn…
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The Romeros Playing Bach
The Romero Guitar Quartet Japanophilic trivia: Bach, in Japanese, is pronounced Baha.
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Culinary subversion (Pancake Puff vs. Moffle)
A while back, G-man tipped me off in the comments that he’d found something pretty funny: Pancake Puffs, which seem an awful like something we’re used to seeing in Japan…
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Liukowleezation
This photo has been floating around for a month, usually with a variant of this explanation: “Preparing for English-speaking visitors, a restaurant in China recently ran its name through an…
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Calvin and Jobs
Oh my. If only Susie Derkins could have seen this: Calvin and Jobs Kick Steve’s Nuts
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Doh!
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FTW: The candidate who pledges to reform/elim TSA gets the traveller’s vote
Wherein airline pilot Patrick Smith (of Ask the Pilot fame) gets jacked at a security checkpoint for airline eating utensils stowed in his luggage. Seriously, how can you travel by…
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Generation Kill
A new HBO show worth watching, although this week’s episode was kinda slow: Generation Kill
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Smile
Homebiscuit now weighs 5.8 kilograms (12.8 pounds). (Birth weight was 2.5 kilos.)
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Thailand Gas Crisis?
It’s not unusual to pull into a gas station up here in the Northeast region only to find your favorite petroleum formulation (95 benzene, 95 gasohol [E10 / E20], 91…
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Bombay to Bangkok (Jam. Jam K. Jam Jam. Jam K.)
This is a great movie to see on Bad Movie Day. Exhibit A: IMDB entry (User rating 5.8) Exhibit B: – There can be only one, and his name is…
