"I made a dutch wife by myself"

I was deeply thankful that my Japanese is too poor to translate the text on this page. Mercifully, Google Translate only reveals veiled glimpses of the horrors being documented there.

via the delightful little blog Watashi to Tokyo, which may be the only evidence I've ever seen that Japanese culture is also strange to the Japanese.

…Cycles?

Much better than you expect. I again long for The Factory.

Dancing wrestlers

An ad for "Fat Noodles," a new product from Nisshin (maker of Cup Noodle.)



The commercial plays off this music video.

Olympic Figure Skating Highlights

Galactica: Sabotage

Hey Panic...is that you?

Another sighting of the Panic-Man. Well, sort of.



really hoping I'm not disappointed by this movie.

Super-Weird Beetle in Honolulu!

Saw (and caught) this on my back porch, in Palolo valley. Never seen anything like it. It was about an inch and half long (3.8cm in English). Seeing new animals here is totally shocking, because I've lived here almost two-thirds of my life, and I don't often see new species. Still, I shouldn't be surprised. Boats arrive here every day. Also, I don't really go outside that much.

the true story of batman

from the back of a bootleg batman toy (not found by me)