September 4, 2008 – 3:53 pm
As you have probably noticed, I haven’t been posting about surfing for the last week and a half. That’s because I was attending an international linguistics conference. The name of the conference was AILA 2008. It was a quite large conference that was held in Essen, Germany from August 24th – 29th. For those of [...]
On the Victoria Day weekend, I toured the HMCS Ottawa. She is a Canadian frigate based in Esquimalt, British Columbia. She is now touring around Asia and the South Pacific on a 6-month voyage. She is over 130 meters long and the top speed is around 50 km/h (30 knots). She carries a crew of [...]
Did you see this picture in the news this week? A boy in Moriyama found this two-headed turtle in the playground at his school. The turtle’s name is Treasure – Takara in Japanese. Researchers say that this wasn’t caused by pollution. I’m not sure what to think about this. What do you think – is this [...]
Usually news about the environment is pessimistic at best. I was happy to see a report that the humpback whales are doing well in the North Pacific. In 1966, the population was estimated to be less than 1,500. A large study conducted by 400 researchers between 2004 and 2006 found that the population now numbers [...]
Tired of wimpy burgers that aren’t satisfying?? Asyl, a restaurant near Akihabara station sells the 20 cm. tall burger pictured below. The “Aki Burger” sells for a mere 1890 yen. To my untrained eyes, it looks like two burgers stacked on top of each other. For directions to the restaurant, visit the restaurant’s website here.
March 18, 2008 – 12:00 pm
The other day I saw this picture and didn’t believe that this was a real photograph. I figured that someone had been playing with Photoshop. But this is a real photo. Zzyzx Road is a small road in California. Here’s a link to the wikipedia entry for Zzyzx, California.
February 11, 2008 – 7:12 am
This American man is selling or trading his beard. It comes in this handy jar… For more details, follow this link Sorry, the link has died. I wonder if he found a buyer!
January 25, 2008 – 4:17 pm
Have you heard the words gorno or lolcat? How about the terms exploding arm or colony collapse disease? New words and phrases are coined every year. Many of them become widely used, and others are quickly forgotten. Click here to read more about last year’s buzzwords.
January 25, 2008 – 3:22 pm
This is a classic educational cartoon that I saw many MANY times when I was in elementary school.
