Yummy Wakame

Burger King 911 Call

Tokyo magazine PingMag interviews Australian Alex Kubalsky of Takaratomy in Tokyo - the sole foreign toy designer in Japan who designed all the transformations for Transformer’s Bumblebee, Mirage and other fan gear! It’s a fascinating interview.

You’re not going to believe this…

Protective cover for the iPhone

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As seen on Chapel Perilous!

The same water that the dinosaurs drank
Is the same water that the Persian fleets sank in
The very water that moistened the primordial ooze
Is now hammering on my metal porch roof

~ Vic Chesnutt

Andrey Dergatchev - Rain

Chihuahua puppy born with love-heart pattern in fur

Thanks Hamlet!

Tim Ferris has discovered after traveling to 30 plus countries that packing minimalism is a real art. It can save you from lugging around heavy bags everywhere you stay so you can freely enjoy your adventure - just you and your backpack.

I practice what I’ll label the BIT methodof travel: Buy It There.

If you pack for every contingency—“better bring the hiking books in case we go hiking, better bring an umbrella in case it rains, better bring dress shoes and slacks in case we go to a nice restaurant,” etc.—carrying a mule-worthy load is inevitable. I’ve learned to instead allocate $50-200 per trip to a “settling fund,” which I use to buy needed items once they’re 100% needed. This includes cumbersome and hassle items like umbrellas and bottles of sunscreen that love to explode. Also, never buy if you can borrow. If you’re going on a bird watching trip in Costa Rica, you don’t need to bring binoculars — someone else will have them.

Tim also gives other tips on how to get what you want on a tight traveler budget, like negotiating a crazy cheap rate on a rental car or getting last minute dream accommodation in high season.

You can read his excellent article on his blog…

Risque EU defends Internet orgasm clip

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Talk of monetary union and wine quotas gave way to controversy over orgasms and innuendo at the European Commission on Wednesday as it defended a risque Internet video clip highlighting its backing for European cinema. The EU executive’s usually dry daily news briefing sprung to life with questions over whether a raunchy 44-second clip was the best way to show how Brussels uses taxpayers’ money.

This clip:
(Obviously Not Safe For Work!! ADULT CONTENT.)

Spokesman Martin Selmayr appealed, “Let us for once also have a good sense of humor and let us not start the old wars of the fifties about what is sex, what is pornography and what is simply normal to watch on television.”

Thanks Nathan!

A Danish musician called Tommy Seebach covering Apache (originally by The Shadows) in the 1970s. His mom was so proud…

Thanks Shawn!