Tell me in no more than 12 words (negative contractions count as 1) what did I think of the movie “City of God”. The winner gets a free toaster, the losers get pictures of me wearing nothing but a Chinese knock-off Rolex watch. By participating you legally oblige yourself to look at the pictures for [...]
Today I would like to talk about Japanese education. Japan has a similar school system to that of the US and most of the West. You have your elementary middle and high schools, followed by universities. Nothing spectacular there, right? Well, you might be surprised to learn that in Japan compulsory education goes only until [...]
Today we feature another guest article. This one has been physically threatened out of Dwight Valentine who in his spare time warns humanity about the impending snowman apocalypse via his website, Zombie Valentines.
It really sucks when something awesome comes to the attention of pop culture. When this occurs, it’s almost guaranteed that pop culture will [...]
For most people familiar with modern Japanese culture, it is impossible to not notice the growing number of young men usually before or around their 20s who freely use make-up, dress in flashy clothes which quite frankly would cause them a trip to the ER in the West (except San Francisco) and generally exhibit their [...]
I am proposing we all start a new saying: “If it’s bizarre and makes you want to wash your eyes with chlorine, it probably comes from Japan”. It is hard to defend Japanese weirdness to my friends, family and action figure collection when they start asking about such things as Viagra gum, train gropers or [...]
With the recent arrest of the owners of The Pirate Bay, I thought I would offer my own personal answer to the problem of media piracy. I hope the IFPI are listening, cause this solution is totally up for sale.
Today we feature a guest article from Nick Coffin who between fighting koalas with his bare hands and arm wrestling the homeless, pitches article ideas for Cracked.com. Be gentle, it is his first time.
Pokemon Red. It was my first video game, alongside my Gameboy Color, my first console (it was the classic purple). Pokemon got [...]
Every bloody Sunday most of us have been rudely thrown out from our beds, dressed in uncomfortable church clothes and dragged to a boring building where the guy up on stage was going on and on about Jesus this, Jesus that. Sheesh, why don’t you marry the guy while you are at it? Either way, [...]
A few months back, as part of my Introduction to Japanese Law course, I visited the Tama Juvenile Training School near Hachioji (Tokyo), housing about 200 juvenile inmates ages 13 to 18. It is one of the oldest reformatory schools in Japan, a home to drug dealers, murderers, gang members and rapists alike, not discriminating [...]
Hey Frank, Bob here, but I guess you kinda gathered that from the return address… he he he, I wonder why people even bother to introduce themselves in letters. You know. It’s like, the address is right there. DOY. But maybe it’s just one of those things… right… right, right… well Frank, obviously I did [...]