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Get fucking real
Somebody at work today actually got all teary-eyed when he was told Japan is now out of the world cup. He turned to me and said, “Well, America’s out of…
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South Park Memo
My favorite line of the memo from Matt Stone to the MPAA: “Although it is not animated yet, we put a new storyboard in for the scene with Saddam Hussein’s…
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Birdy Nam Nam
The name of the track is Absesses. It’s really laid back, but it got stuck in my head for a long time, in a good way. The name of the…
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Eels! Getcher Pipin’ Hot Eels Here!
Had a yummy lunch today – unadon. If the Beef Bowl chain in the states (menu) began serving unadon, would they call it Eel Bowl? As any self-respecting kabayaki snob…
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Gnarls Barkley Revealed
NY Times magazine has put up an excellent profile of Danger Mouse: The DJ Auteur You know what? You can kind of hear the fact that he digs Portishead in…
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CNN Breaking News 2006/06/19
“Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger to be cited for failure to wear a helmet, not having a proper license at time of his June 12 accident.” And this affects me and…
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Forbidden NK Photos
Check out this translated gallery of subversive photos taken by a Russian visitor in North Korea: LINK hint: It’s not just that first page, it goes on and on.
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Environmental Monarch
Thai fishermen have declared they will no longer intentionally catch the Mekong Giant Catfish, in honor of their king: LINK Granted, this only covers part of the problem as the…
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Free 80’s Music
A digg user has posted 100 free 80’s mp3s over on his blog. Go download some and relive the glory years of commie-fearing, plastic neon superconductivity. By the way, I…
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Access Interrupt
If we’re Skyping and I suddenly go offline, you’ll all know why: Fiber Haters, a.k.a. Cicadas UPDATE: Oh, great. The crows are out to get me, too. (via Magnoy)
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Benikamikiri
T solved my weekend bug mystery. The answer is Purpuricenus (Sternoplistes) temminckii, a name even your best friends couldn’t remember. Let’s just call him beni-kun.
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Future Spirits
Taro’s aunts called from Horyuji to say they were harvesting this year’s plums from the ancient trees in their front yard and to ask if I wanted to come pick…
