I found this too bizarre and amusing to keep to myself: If Pokemon were ancient Japanese youkai picture scrolls

Yippee! New Monkey Island PC game, after generations of waiting!! http://www.telltalegames.com/monkeyisland
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Pedobear plush: http://shop.desutoys.com/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=dt0001

If you're a crazy mecha nut like me, you won't get greater burning hyper-masculinity outside of Gurren Lagann than this beautiful clip: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XjTCmzVNYdM

Just realized something. Feb 2009 started a Sunday which was the first of the month and ended on a Saturday, causing March's dates from the first to the twenty-eighth to fall on exactly the same days as Feb's, leading to consecutive months with a Friday the 13th.

What're the odds?

It's Sunday. I'm drinking champagne for breakfast.

Attention to all moonlanders ! http://www.japanprobe.com/?p=8266

Yesterday at a four-hour dinner with friends, somehow we started having a competition to see who could name THE WORST FOOD EVER.

A friend suggested "Yaki-puppy." I countered with " Deep-Fried Kitten." I was instantly declared the winner. 

 Stumbled upon the greatest. songs. ever.

http://blog.wired.com/music/2008/04/a-scientific-at.html
http://blog.wired.com/music/2008/05/survey-produced.html

The sad/totally awesome thing is that if the second song had different male vocals, it would sell 18 million copies and we all know it.

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I've been thinking about writing a satrical piece about ex-pats in Japan for a long time, and now since old friends have moved to Japan it seems like now's the time.

I've been thinking about writing a satrical piece about ex-pats in Japan for a long time, and now since old friends have moved to Japan it seems like now's the time.

As we all know, ( Read more... )