There are only so many times you can go on Space Mountain, Splash Mountain or Big Thunder Mountain before you get bored in Disneyland. All of the mountain-less activities, Haunted Mansion notwithstanding, are mostly aimed at kids anyway, so what is one to do? Get drunk and expose yourself to passing children would seem like [...]
As anyone learning a foreign language can attest to, once you fully master the common gestures of any given country and mix them into your conversations, it will immediately make you appear much more natural. The non-verbal art of gestures is what adds that missing ingredient to the act of speech. Most studies show that [...]
People can turn just about anything into a „sport”. Which is exactly why we have such breath taking exhibitions of the human spirit as championships of Beer Pong, Rock-Paper-Scissors or Fast Texting (aka Fasting). I remember way back when me and my friends were watching that episode of My Name is Earl where he enters [...]
Alan Moore stated that he has created Rorschach, a pivotal character in the “Watchmen” graphic novel, as a way to explore how a type of Batman-like vengeance driven human character-vigilante would function in a realistic world. With apologies to Mr. Moore, but I think he was kinda off on that analogy. I just do not [...]
It is of no surprise to anyone that the music industry is one scary place, and it doesn’t get any scarier than with metal. You have tales of murder, guttings, burned churches and god knows how many Slipknot albums. But what really transcends these mere excesses of youthful energy in the fucked up department is [...]
I hate Wapanese.
I started learning Japanese roughly 4 and a half years ago out of a juvenile fascination with a culture that could just not get more foreign to me. Since then, that childish fascination had passed and went, much like my Yellow Fever, but what remained was morbid curiosity, sparked by so many unbelievable [...]
It is clear to anyone with half a brain that Drown Yourself is as good as internet comedy can get in this sad unfunny world. However even yours truly pinnacle of excellent can recognize talent when it sees it, and thus I present to you 2 people who really get comedy and I am sure [...]
The 60s were the time of the so called Economic Miracle for Japan. Just then all the planets aligned themselves properly and somehow the amount of post-war hard work, huge economic growth, bank loan interest rates etc caused for a brief yet wonderful time for all Japanese. The Economic Bubble was a period when all [...]
It is of no surprise to anyone that the general attitude towards the natural world around us is greatly dependant on how “friendly” that world is to us. In the same sense hat if your folks were nice, caring and all around warm people, you will have a lesser chance of turning out a sorry [...]
If you were to ask me about the origins of the modern Yakuza we would be here all day. The history of this Japanese criminal organization is long and hard to explain, very much like Tom Cruise`s mental disorders, but the bare details include a simple evolution from a collaboration of peddlers, gamblers, thugs, city [...]