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Choose your own bitter pill
I found some really good videos on YouTube, but they are all downers. I don’t know if it’s wise to watch so much sadness and suffering in one go, so…
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Hu Jintao doesn’t read this blog…
And now I know why – this site isn’t commie compliant! China is blocking my domain! (According to these guys, at least.) I am deeply, deeply honored. In fact, I…
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Peyton Manning – The United Way
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50 Years of Skyline
If the grand tour of Japan proposed on this Nissan page doesn’t include a couple of timed laps around the Osaka sotokanjo, it just ain’t worth doing. I remember one…
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Banks and Blades and Monster Geckos
One of the coolest things about rural Thailand is the prevalence of bladed tool vendors outside of banks and government building selling scythes, spades, hatchets, axes, machetes, and cooking knives…
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The Ballad of Black Mesa
this is the coolest thing i have ever seen. for today, at least.
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A Young Lady’s Illustrated Primer
Old news, but: “Diamond Age, based on Neal Stephenson’s best-selling novel The Diamond Age: Or a Young Lady’s Illustrated Primer, is a six-hour miniseries from Clooney and fellow executive producer…
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Adam got Farked
One of Adam’s old posts on Oita Aquarium (link) got farked over the weekend (it’s on the front page of the Tech section right now). It seems to have been…
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All you ever wanted to know about using squat toilets
I’ve lived in Asia for over a decade, so I’m used to squat toilets (as opposed to western-style toilets that you sit on). I prefer squat toilets everywhere except for…
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Nam’s ducky cowboy hat
We came across a roadside vendor selling cowboy hats at the end of last year, and this one just stood out. In related news, I found a hidden horse ranch…
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Le Beat Box
Here’s another clip of his performance where you can see that he’s unaccompanied on stage; it also reveals more about where he is performing and adds insipid French commentary: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t3nzAikczEQ
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Mainstream Nyotaimori
Hadaka Sushi, West Hollywoood At least cut off your pinky finger, waps! |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| (definition: nyotaimori)
