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Bottled Water
In general, bottled water from France is expensive and disgusting. Funny, it doesn’t taste nearly as bad drinking it when you’re in France. Maybe they save the good stuff for…
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Red Mystery Beetle
Anybody know offhand what this bad boy is? (click on image to enlarge) I found him crawling on my car last month. When I tried to touch him, he flew…
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Akashi Kaikyo Bridge Photos
Some photos Nam took with her new Coolpix S6 when we passed under the longest suspension bridge in the world (4km) last month on the Taco Ferry (this “taco” means…
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Parking Inspector Assault #2
This time it happened in Okayama, the home of Momotaro (the chldren’s story character, not the kaitenzushi chain): Man busted for biting parking inspector Now I’m just waiting for the…
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Lead Belly
I was doing some research on Lead Belly for a blues project I’ve been kicking around in my head, when it occurred to me that he lived until 1949 and…
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Kentaro redux
Somebody upped a better version of the DJ Kentaro/Shinichi Kinoshita clip from NHK’s LiveJam last year. This is basically his best stuff so far, besides the Solid Steel compilation, so…
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Doggy Love
Some Japanese really love their pets… And among those that do, some choose to express that love in strange ways.
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Why Ads on Your Website Suck
Most people who know me also know I am generally opposed to ads on personal sites. But do you really know why? This basically sums it up. Note: If you…
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Butcher Standard
That video I posted yesterday is stuck in my head. On one hand, it’s been positively liberating having that tune on my lips all day. Delivery truck cuts me off…
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Never called on a long solo
Dave just sent in this article regarding the King of Thailand’s love of jazz. (I hereby refuse to use CNN’s pathetically retarded titles as links anymore.) No denying the king…
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my new monday song
Warning: DATBNSFW (definitely applicable to, but not safe for work) c’mon, laugh! you know it’s funny! IMPORTANT UPDATE: This is a Canadian band called Sons of Butcher. Just thought I’d…
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Sumoto River Update – Explosion of Turtles and Mullet
The view out of the bus window this morning was unusually interesting. A huge crane pontoon was working in conjunction with a tugboat to maneuver a trash barge (used to…
