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Calvin and Hobbes
Via Robot Chicken. I gotta check out more of their stuff!
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Important Yoshida Update
Maven asks: Do I know about Mr. Yoshida’s sauce? Just a bit. Just enough to stay away, that is: “Junki proved himself a consummate brawler, slashing and battling with a ferocity notable even by lower Kyoto’s brutal standards. First he ran with a gang, then he ran his own. He picked up both a collection of knife scars and a nickname derived from the American tough-guy films he loved: One-Eyed-Jack Junki. He had lost his right eye in an accident when he was three years old. A Buddhist priest had told him, “Junki-san, God has taken your eye and replaced it with his own. You will have a special insight…
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Thai New Years Food
Let me be honest with you: As much as I love Japanese food, I hate osechi ryori. It is – oh, how diplomatically can I put this – really boring and expensive (if you buy it rather than have it made for you by your grandmother/aunt/mother-in-law), which I’m sure you’ll agree is a horrible combination of traits for food. This is why I was so happy to wake up to what I found on our table this morning: The makings for “khanom chin” That’s a bowl of sliced pineapple in the middle (think of it as the center of a compass). To it’s West: Ground shrimp meal. NW: Limes. Further…
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Paint and Exercise
Going over my YouTube Favorites, I realized I had forgotten to post my favorite video of 2006. It’s truly something to behold – best after a couple beers, but it will trip you out even if you’re stone cold sober: Let’s face it, YouTube (and to a much lesser extent, Google Video and the new kids on the block like Revver, Break, etc.) completely changed the way we play online – props. Here’s to another year of innovation.
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Wired Science
Holy… Somebody please record this for me – I can’t get BT to work on my line. Oh, and happy new year!
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Bangkok Bombings
Just a quick note: We came back from Bangkok a day early and are back safe in Isan, so were fortunate enough to avoid the bombings. I got a touch of the stomach flu or something but am toughing it out and watching the news. Be safe, everyone. UPDATE: More bombs exploded just after midnight. There were reports that a bomb either exploded or was found to be a false alarm at Buddy Bar on Khao Sarn Road (this area, and this bar, always full of foreigners, might have been the most politically significant target). This map from the BBC site shows the confirmed explosion locations before midnight.
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Internet woes for the new year
There was an earthquake off the shore of Taiwan which damaged some undersea com cables – the repairs will take at least three weeks and updating here as well as access to email/skype will be limited until then. Happy new year!
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RIP JB
This is as fitting a remembrance as any. Notice: Anybody who links to the LA Style song today is just… no.
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The McSweeney’s List feed is discontinued
“I’ve been asked by McSweeney’s to discontinue this feed. It will not be updated further.” Well, Happy Holidays to you, too, bitches! McSweeney’s sucks donkey balls recently anyway… That’s it, take a big step back, Timothy!
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My Own Private SW Xmas SPL
My wife is working today, so I’m catching up on some YouTube. Merry Christmas! Wait! If you liked that last vid, you’ll love this one:
