I remember my days in Chicago on the "L" fondly. Of course once it went into the subway, it was deafening. Open windows during the summer months. But now they've got A/C'd cars. My only gripe with them is that in my day, each train line was named...
The "default world", or physical reality has always been harsh and unforgiving. Humanity has had to deal with making a living since humanity arrived on the planet. Men and women lived in villages, and had children before marriage was sometimes consi...
"After living in Japan for a while, more often than not, your wallet or underpants will start to fill up with point cards from shops n restaurants." So that means the picture of the guy ahead of you at the KFC was fishing for one of his points cards...
Bizzare Sesame Street indeed! Where's the Muppets? It's hard to believe that Hensen Associates would licence that! As for festivals in "my neck of the woods", we have the <a href="http://upstatefair.org/">Upper Peninsula State Fair</a>. It was re...
AFAIK, Dunkin' Donuts and Mister Donuts two business models developed side by side through most of the 1960s and 1970s. DD went on to develop their coffee against Starbucks, while MD emphasized donuts exclusively. The health craze almost did MD in....
Bleh... My art isn't appaling, but it will never match the quality of most manga and anime artists. I have a selection of Masamune Shirow prints that I'd like to frame, but they are odd sized, so it won't happen anytime soon. They are too good to j...
Hmm. Cup noodles, or Erika? What would give me a heart attack quicker? Probably Erika. The cup can be watered down appropriately after microwaving to reduce the sodium concentration. :-)
In my home, I'm the short order cook. My wife makes the holiday meals. I run a fairly basic menu varying between pasta dishes and rice dishes all week long, and alternate with eating out when we go into Escanaba for shopping. I close the kitchen on...
I've been in the workforce since I was 15 years old. Did odd jobs before that. At 50, my body says I'm ready for retirement, but Uncle Sam says not until 67 years old. The scare is that there will be no money left in Social Security by then. Pfft...
I just watched the G4TV video on YouTube a few days back. I made a kind of snarky comment there, but I'm not that much into G4TV, I guess. They say once you're on national television, you've hit the big time. I've nejoyed your channel on YouTube a...
I can remember as far back as when the warning bell was actually a bell, and not a speaker. There is always going to be some loser that thinks they can move fast enough to avoid a train. Crossing gates in my area of the US are made up of 6 inch board...
This isn't *so* bad. Scary is where someone has Kagamine Len dressed in a two piece girl's swimsuit dancing totally female in the church set from Project Diva, without even the benefit of a dolphin bulge in the bottom half of the swimsuit. Poor kid...
Life is over when you get the "Black Spot". Arrrrr.... Or how about when the Singularity takes place? Seriously, where is the dividing line when you can't tell the difference between 60 cm dolls, 1:1 dolls, and candy dolls? My wife was sitting next...
You obviously need to post some pics!!! Make sure your daughter is dressed appropriately, of course. And not drinking beer. And not looking desirable. A nun's habit would be good....... :-)
WAAHHH! I want a Drossel figma even more now! These people that Photoshop just like to pull at my heartstrings! Seriously, though, it's an awesome set of images! ASIMO needs to be played offstage by keyboard cat.
"My Life as a Teenage Robot"? My three favorite artificial females in the whole world are Jenny Wakeman, Miku Hatsune, and Drossel Von Flugel, in that order. If a figure company ever decides to create an XJ9 figma, I'll just have to put a crowbar...
Nothing beats a cold bottle of Lipton Brisk iced tea on a hot day. (Sorry, Calpis!) DC, You take suck cool pics of side streets in Tokyo. I never realized so many streets aren't much more than glorified alleyways.
My wife loves liver and onions. I'll eat braunschweiger if it's Oscar Meyer brand. But stuff like head cheese and tongue and tripe are definately passers!
I was laughing pretty good until I got to "Folks who don't have a dolphin can also stick in figures...". Then I totally lost it! I'm so looking forward to seeing this hi tech dolphin waxer offered on JList. :-D