Bout two of the Rat City Rollergirls was yesterday and KeyArena was packed. As I just found out, the big rivalry is between my Sockit Wenches and the Derby Liberation Front. The first half was a closely fought defensive battle and, well, the DLF made some crazy half-time adjustment and then dominated the Wenches.

What happened, Wenches?
I just got ( Read more... )

When it comes to internet dog videos, I always thought Rusty was king. I think Rusty has just been dethroned (be sure to watch the whole thing).

Also, F My Life is hilarious.

Why didn't anyone tell me that Retro Game Challenge was out?

Classified on the back page of this week's The Stranger:
Sex offender registration got you down?
(It's an ad for a law firm)
Yoyogi Park on a Sunday is a must if you visit Tokyo. My favorite thing to watch were the Greasers, of course. One of them in particular had a seemly impossible coiffure. Here they are in a music video and the awesome guy is ( Read more... )

I had heard of the Rat City Rollergirls a couple of years ago but I didn't really understand what roller derby is. I knew that mixmaster_morty and animatronicat were fans, so it was one of those things I always "meant to do." This year they've become so popular that they're playing most of their bouts at the KeyArena right by my place so I have no more excuses. Yesterday, Jon ( Read more... )

I experienced my first Seattle earthquake at about 6AM this morning. It was slightly less than the Tokyo 5.0 in October, but it felt stronger. JC was trying to take a nap during the Tokyo one and now I know how he felt. I was thinking "5 more minutes" before I woke up and remembered that I live alone ( Read more... )

The roads and sidewalks are such a disaster because we don't use salt:
By ruling out salt and some of the chemicals routinely used by ( Read more... )

I guess infinite toys are a recent trend in Japan. Enjoying the little things in life is certainly not a bad idea, but of course Japan has to make it creepy.

The Virtual Bubblewrap toy looks to be the best of the bunch (look how much fun you can have with it) but it's more than meets the eye:
The toy makes a sound effect every 100 pops, including ( Read more... )

This is making the rounds everywhere so you've probably seen it, but give it a shot if you haven't already. I think it's more fun than it should be just because there's a time limit. At the end, you get to see the stats so far, which is a nice touch ( Read more... )

I've always felt badly for poodles. They're very intelligent so they must realize how dumb they look. However, I didn't know how bad it could get.

(Bonus fun on the first image: find her right hand)