An odd coincidence
This morning I woke up with an old song running though my head: The Ballad of Jesse James. Not the whole song, just the second verse: It was Robert Ford,… Read more »
Category: Wonderful and Strange
The World’s Most Terrifying Creature
As described by The Oatmeal.
The World’s Worst Santa
Promoting a department store in China: via Sankaku Complex (site NSFW).
How to tell time
Honestly, is this really necessary? What is the world coming to? I swear, young people these days…Why when I was their age we had to make our own sundials out… Read more »
I Hate to Break it to You…
…but if you were under the impression that Japanese TV broadcasts anime ’round the clock, nothing could be further from the truth. With very few exceptions, anime is only broadcast… Read more »
Be An Action Figure
Cute or creepy? A store in the Akihabara will make a posable doll that looks like you. Pricy but apparently worth it to some people.
Simian Copyrights
Law Professor David Post blogs about an interesting legal problem. A wildlife photographer left his camera on the ground in an Indonesian national park. A monkey picked up the camera… Read more »
Where Were These Made–You Get One Guess
via The Daily WTF.
Robot Cop Scatters Live Grenades in San Francisco Street
If this isn’t an anime it should be. In an apparent instance of mindless mechanical nihilism, a police robot in San Francisco scattered live grenades across a street using its… Read more »
Crab Vending Maching
TokyoMango links to a Japanese TV segment about a Chinese vending machine that dispenses live crabs. The Japanese reporter sounds pretty enthusiastic, so maybe they’ll be showing up in Japan… Read more »