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Lowriders of Thailand
These pics are from last year. We pulled into a highway reststop in the Thai countryside and were delighted to find a young entrepeneur selling coconuts from the back of…
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Thai Frog
I just liked this frog. He had this attitude like, “come TRY and step on me motherfucker!” and I was all like, “No, I’m faux-Buddhist when I visit Southeast Asian…
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The Glass Is Half Empty
This isn’t a good picture, but you can clearly see why I hate ordering draft beer in Japan sometimes. Where many would argue the aesthetic value of a 70/30 (in…
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Not Syrup Of Ipecac, But It Might As Well Be
Creamy wasabi dipping sauce??? No thank you.
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The Missing Kitten Epilogue, or, How a Ferret Stole My Thunder
So I suddenly got to thinking about the little black kitty I rescued a few months back, because, well, I miss him (BTW, the name Yoda stuck). I realize that…
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Kill Bill Volume ASCII
ASCII art translation of Kill Bill: http://disappointment.com/randomacts/ascus/killbill/page01.htm props.
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Food Carving – East Meets West
I guess the only thing that can beat that Japanese fruit carving site is the Spam Carving Contest.
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Charles Jenkins Interview
FEER has an exclusive interview with deserter Charles Jenkins: Four Decades in North Korea Props, props.
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School Lunch In Rural Japan
I just wrote an entry about kyushoku, or school lunch, on Higo Blog. I would have to say that the school lunches that I had in Ubuyama were much better…
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Goddamn Computers
Now they’re just fucking with me: (error encountered trying to comment on a livejournal site)
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All But(t) Puppets!
The best protest sign, ever: http://www.deanesmay.com/posts/1094017927.shtml
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Kimchi Packets?
A most important question was asked in the comments of an older post today: Does kimchi come in packets? As in, single-serving condiment-sized packets? And, if not, why not? (I…
