Oh, and I forgot: we actually found one of the toys from the Tomy video in a Yokohama bar last Worldcon.
Hard Gay has been around for a while (wiki article for background). In fact, I think Masakai Sumitani has retired the character due to overexposure (snerk).
I recommend the ramen and Tomy episodes.
Having said that, there's also this little voice at the back of my head that last got its workout after I saw Spike Lee's Bamboozled, one that says, "Jackass, you're laughing at a minstrel show!"
Well, I know what I'm going to make after next weekend's trip to the farmers market. Plus, I think adding some Parmesan or a like cheese to the crust will add to the awesome.
...though it's superhero-esque, now that I think about it. There are capes.
I'm pretty sure most people here have seen The Order of the Stick. If you haven't, and you ever spent time making saving throws, take a look. The simple art style allows for a lot of experimentation in layout, and the writing is wickedly sharp.
From the ADL's site, via Orcinus:
The Redemption scheme takes a dramatic departure in arguing that because there was no longer any legal money (i.e., gold and silver) after 1933, the U.S. government had to find some other way to discharge its debt. It did this by seizing the energy of the country, in the sense of energy produced by individuals. In 1936, suggests Redemption theory, with the advent of Social Security, the U.S. government began to take birth certificates and place them with the Department of Commerce as “registered securities.â€
Man, that sounds like a steampunk version of The Matrix. Throw in a couple of vampires, and you'd have a hell of a story. A completely loony story, but entertaining, sure.
I think Asian Kung-Fu Generation has just become my favorite band name. Cool song in that post, too, though the video was nowhere near the weirdness (or the sheer rockness) of Supercar's "White Surf Style 5."
And Tor takes another step toward conquering the Web. Next up: FlickrPedia, moderated by a TNH AI. Looking forward to meeting you for the blogging/LJ/Intar-tube panel.
About eleven years ago, I went to a lecture at the Huntington Library by Paul Conrad, former editorial cartoonist for the LA Times, three time Pulitzer winner, and Enemy of Nixon. Conrad read some of his hate mail, and one letter that tore Conrad a new one for having the audacity to criticize Ronald Reagan came from Ray Bradbury.
And only a few years before, Bradbury had come to speak at my college. He signed my friend's lab coat and my copy of F451. And the latter experience, I'm sad to say, spoiled the former just a little bit.
PNH @ #54
That was a story.
Oh, man, that's not fair to leave us hanging like that! At least tell us what kind of cereal it was.
Also, thank you, Old Jarhead. I've enjoyed your comments on the Whatever, and this post gets a [this is good] tag.
Can't say I'm familiar with his oeuvre, but every time I see the name "Dafydd" I think of this character from Little Britain.
Holy shit: Rummy resigns!
http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/11/08/rumsfeld.ap/index.html
Hell, yes. I hope the 110th Congress is ready for the severe prodding they're gonna get from their constituents. I know I've been sharpening my pitchfork for some time now.
To paraphrase Stephen Colbert, everybody gets their own facts now. Simon and Drudge are just truthier than, y'know, reality.
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