As of about 27 hours ago, I am the only single Hagler left. That is correct: my oldest brother Max got married ( Read more... )

"Don't eat your own excrement or drink your own urine in the presence of others. If you do, you are sure to be branded a lunatic, however warmly you may protest."

-From a wartime English-language Japanese leaflet designed to scare Allied soldiers

I have no clever commentary. The quote speaks for itself.

You know, I've never been all that much of a dedicated sports fan. For me, sports on TV is really something I'll only watch socially, and I'm sort of a fair-weather fan. But one thing I do have is hometown pride. So while I won't be more than slightly disappointed if my teams lose, I'm very happy if they win ( Read more... )

I remain firmly convinced that Last Kiss (written by Wayne Cochran, most famously performed by J. Frank Wilson and the Cavaliers, recorded 1964) is the most pointlessly creepy song ever written.

( lyrics )

I've been looking for this for years, quite literally. My grandmother used to tape random kids shows off of TV for her grandkids -- this was way back in the day of betamax -- and she taped this one episode of Muppet Babies. Just this one. I used to snuggle up in her and Papa's enormous bed, and watch this song over and over again ( Read more... )

Abe's resigning! Take that, jerkface!

Ahem. Perhaps I should approach this with a proper sense of respect and all, but wow, he did a pretty bad job, and I'm only surprised that it took him this long to accept the responsibility. Japanese politicians seem to have a habit of fucking up and then resigning with the speed of light, almost even before ( Read more... )

It's sad that I always feel the need to post just to reassure people I'm still alive. It's just way too easy to drop off the face of the world for a few weeks. So. Quick bulleted list of "my life" before I hit the hay ( Read more... )

Been a rough week over here. But never mind about that for now. I need to be pretentious for a moment before I go to sleep.

I was just watching the featurette on the Karate Kid DVD, and found out that they almost got Toshiro Mifune to play Mr. Miyagi. Toshiro Mifune, people ( Read more... )

The third plague has arrived, as I knew it would.

1) Man-Yi Typhoon
2) Crazy Northern Earthquake
3) Locusts

... Well, not really locusts. Probably ants. All I know is that I'm covered in bug bites and completely miserable.

Say, kids, has granny Leah ever told you about that time that she was in Japan and had to run from a typhoon? Boy, that was quite an adventure ( Read more... )