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Cheap Cheap
One of the great joys while shopping in Thailand is the bargaining – there is a definite art to it. One must find the equilibrium between getting the best deal on an item and becoming frustrated and looking like an asshole. In this context, an asshole is either a jerk using noobie bargaining tactics, or more commonly, someone who is expending copious amounts of time and effort for a negligible monetary return, i.e., battling it out with an old lady over a dollar difference on a twenty dollar purchase. Is a dollar difference worth sealing a deal but leaving one party with a sour taste in their mouth? Some people…
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LSD con el Capitan
I’m ashamed to say I actually have this song on CD. I guess this means I’ll be using Google Video quite frequently from now on.
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Under the bridge in Nakatsu…
…there is an old Corolla… …that will probably still be here in 20 years. There are also… …a matching set of Canters.
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Scratch the Planet
I’m testing the embedding feature of Google Video. Let’s see if this works: (Click the play button to start playback) Wow, that works pretty well!
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choose your pwned adventure
This is the funniest shit I’ve seen for a long, long time: “Choose Your Own Adventure” Books That Never Quite Made It I really used to be into those books, and the Zork series as well. The Zork books had moralistic endings (“You chose to cheat by stating you had the Sneakers of Lightness, so the story ends here. Think about what a bad person you are for a while.”) built in for cheaters, like me.
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But was it Jungle Style?
This is perhaps the grossest thing I’ve ever seen before lunch: In-N-Out 100×100 In other news, I have officially decided that Chuck Norris references are already too wack.
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High Heel Theory
At the end of last year, Nam interpreted in Bangkok for a famous Yoshimoto comedienne, High Heel Momoko. They ended up hitting it off, and Momoko invited us to dinner this past weekend. This is how I, the guy who basically holds Japanese TV responsible for the heinous dumbing-down of the past few generations, found himself in a room full of famous people and their agents on Saturday night. It was thoroughly enjoyable. Momoko and her entourage are a close-knit group and at first there was of course a lot of industry talk going on, which was interesting in the sense that people who work in television are always viewing…
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Bird’s eye 24
Go check out this Google Maps hack that traces Jack Bauer’s movements during this season’s episodes of 24: Jacktracker Who’d have thought we’d have this kind of awesomeness, even just a year or two ago?
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Google China
Last week I railed against Skype for selling out to the commies, so it’s only fair to spread the love to Google as well. Here’s to hoping you have the good grace to perform a reacharound when you’re getting fucked: SAMPLE GOOGLE.CN SEARCH FOR “CHINESE ATROCITIES”
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My Genius Wife
Nam just finished her last interview and it looks like she’s set to receive her PhD in March! ALL THESE YEARS OF STUDY AND WAITING ARE FINALLY GONNA PAY OFF!!!!! YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY! I AM SO FUCKING HAPPY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I’m alone tonight (she’s staying out in Nara), but I think I’ll drink to that anyway…
