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Clean Cars Cause Crashes

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After recently washing my car, I noticed quite an abundant population of bug carcasses stubbornly littering my supposedly scrubbed vehicle. There really is only one permanent way to rectify this. I’ll freely admit I haven’t clayed my poor car since right before winter. I’d hoped waxing would contribute in preventing random garbage from adhering to the paint. The situation really calls for something a little more drastic.

Rice Cookers

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Recently, I’ve been doing a lot of studying. It seems like my head is constantly embedded in various database manuals, and my ears ring with incessant babbling of Japanese audio lessons. Motto yukkuri hanashite, kudasai.

Within all of this, I’ve finally located a really good rice cooker to better facilitate healthy eating: Zojirushi ns-zcc10. This thing is widely regarded as the Cadillac of rice cookers, the only thing better is the ns-zbc18, but they only sell a 10-cup version of it, and I don’t foresee a need for that much rice. Now I just gotta go buy one…

Chicago, Databases, More

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Well, I spent yet another good weekend with Jen up in Chicago. While there, Jen decided to introduce me to the wonders of Fry’s Electronics. We must have wandered around that cornucopia of whimsical gadgetry for four hours, witnessing all things from Zener diodes to anime. While meandering aimlessly between towering racks stuffed with empty computer cases and vacuum sealed astronaut food, I acquired a 1GB Sony flash drive for $70 without any rebates. I also managed to inspire a newly-opened metal DDR pad to irreversibly malfunction. Not sure what happened on that count, but the back arrow became permanently activated; nice quality pads for $200, now I’m really glad I bought Cobalt Flux instead.

Be Safe, Citizen!

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Here we see our government doing everything it can to stop terrorism. Boy, I bet those filthy vermin threatening our planes with Zippos are quaking in their boots.

Personally, I believe this doesn’t go far enough. For maximum safety, clothing should be banned, and body-cavity searches mandatory, for all mass-transit. Passengers should also be incapacitated to prevent possible physical violence, stuffed into sterilized Safety-Bags(tm) equipped with breathing apparatus, and inserted into Safety-Compartments(tm) in lieu of seats. This would also solve that pesky problem of passenger accommodation; sleeping passengers stacked like cord-wood increase profits!

Teaching In Japan

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Bettina, one of the people in the Anime Club in these here parts, gave me a link today that I just have to share.

I am a Japanese Schoolteacher

This is of course, the continuing story of an American in Japan, relating his Gaijin experience. All I can say after reading it, is that it’s a shame his Gaijin Perimeter didn’t protect him from all of those Kancho attacks.