I’m not sure when this happened, but The Hanso Foundation has a very fancy flash website now with all kinds of video… definitely a must-visit for any LOST fan (although with the way the show’s been going, I’ll understand if you decide not to check it out).
Ok, I really think it’s official now. Ska is alive and well in Japan.
Tonight I saw the first episode of the Japanese drama “What’s Wrong with Money?” on my personal dream channel iaTV. I’m not sure who did the theme song, but it is unmistakably a ska band! This coupled with Tokyo’s Japanese Ska Festival last year is more evidence that we had of the existence of the Loch Ness Monster that ska is alive and well in Japan!
During a scene in this week’s episode of Extreme Home Makeover, a definite ska track was playing in the background. I couldn’t place it, but I hold it up as yet another piece of evidence that indeed, ska is not dead. ABC is owned and operated by The Disney Corporation, so if such a huge company is using ska in their productions, we can rest assured it’s only a matter of time before the genre dusts itself off and rises once again!
When I was little, I was visiting my friend’s house and his sister came to the door and asked, “Do you guys want some doggy juice?” Doggy juice?!? I didn’t want to offend anyone, so I played it real cool… my friend seemed pretty excited about it, so I decided to hang in there and see what would happen, you know? A little while later, she came in with two glasses full of milky goodness, and I drank it. Why, it didn’t taste anything at all like doggy, much to my surprise! Puzzled, the foreign devil as I was, I asked my friend coyly, “Why do you call it doggy juice?”
Is it then replicated as a tower of steel and plastic and converted into a cel phone antenna?
http://www.calvinphelps.com/projects/monotrees/monotree1.html
I’d told people about these marvels of southern California, but those who had not seen them did not believe me. I kept meaning to take pictures every time I go down there but I always forget. Luckily, I randomly happened upon this student project of photos of these “unnatural wonders”. Click through and bask in the splendor of human achievement!
I found this list of, um… ascii owls… on Mike The Actuary’s blog. For those who are curious, an actuary is “a statistician who computes insurance risks and premiums.” Okay… Mike also has an affinity for freeways, highways and road signs.
What Am I Gonna Do Next?
This gem of a flash site lets you explore various career paths to see which is best for you. Interestingly enough, they all end up horrible! That is, of course, unless you join the US Air Force… then everything will be a-ok. Come explore your options for the future and be discouraged from doing anything except join the force!
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