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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…
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Gandalf Bridge: A Farewell to G-Man Fam
G-man is transferring to Osaka this week, so we spent a great part of this past 3 day weekend hanging out and contemplating our lives and times on this great…
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Big Stuff Done
We have successfully moved to our new webhost, Dreamhost. Our old host, iPowerweb, was cheap but there was way too much downtime, we were running out of room for all…
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Upgrade to Movable Type 3.3b1
That’s right, we’re running beta software, baby! The MT upgrade took longer than it should have because of a weird FTP glitch that prevented all the necessary files from being…