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On the bathroom shelf
peko-chan
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What, then, is a parm?
Parmanent!
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Fly on Flower
I hate flies, but this one was cooperative. Taken on a nature trail at the Awaji Highway Oasis last Sunday.
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Rules is rules…
From the Bangkok Post: An ancient Thai marriage rite in which wives prostrate before their husbands should be revived to bring back the disappearing happy family, Social Development and Human…
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Random Japanese Graffiti
Found this in Kobe between a stairwell and a hidden shotengai a couple weeks ago. The artwork is reminiscent of gishigishikun (an ultraviolent schoolboy manga) for some reason… Maybe that…
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Snow Crash the Movie
It seems like the rumors about a movie version of Snow Crash from a few years back have basically disappeared. If so, good. I have zero faith in Hollywood being…
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Feel Good, Inc.
The Gorillaz, live at the MTV Europe Music awards: LINK Plus, a background article on how it was done. (via mofi)
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Stephenson as Prophet
I just figured out why I loved Google Earth so much from the very first time I tried it. The concept and the interface were already planted in my brain:…
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Utensils, and proper usage thereof
I am extremely proud to announce that I ate an entire soboro donburi exclusively with chopsticks today. In its most basic form, this is a bowl of loose rice topped…
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Symptoms of the BIRD FLU…
The Center for Disease Control has released a list of symptoms of bird flu. If you experience any of the following, please seek medical treatment immediately: 1. High fever 2.…
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Ghosn Away
So Nissan is moving corporate headquarters from California to Tennessee. Hmm. While “more timely information sharing” with production facilities may be important, I wouldn’t be so quick to leave your…
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Dem Bones
A character study of 22 present and past cartoon characters This is just awesome, but what I really want to see is a full edition of TMNT done in skeletons.…
