Archive for July, 2007

I would have saved myself a lot of time and frustration had I found this guide last week:

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WORLD TWO: SHOWROOMS
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You start this world armed only with a UNIVERSAL FURNITURE-ASSEMBLY ALLEN WRENCH. This is the weakest weapon in IKEA: You will have to hit a person 16 times with it to kill them. So your primary [...]

The 4 major bookstores have decided to stop acting like whiny crybabies.
It baffles me to see how they overreacted. The hypermarkets obviously have limited stock (it’s a loss leader, after all), and sales will hardly be affected because the demand for Harry’s last adventure is greater than the second coming of Jesus.
Did they think that [...]

People are finding 10,000 Yen bills in public toilets across the country.
Toilet paper is SO third world.

Although, I wouldn’t drink to it.
From the AP:
“China’s food safety monitor promised Tuesday to investigate a report that more than half of the water coolers in Beijing use counterfeit branded water.
The water is either tap water or purified water from small suppliers put into the water jugs and sealed with bogus quality standard marks, the [...]

From CNN:
“Chopped cardboard, softened with an industrial chemical and flavored with fatty pork and powdered seasoning, is a main ingredient in batches of steamed buns sold in one Beijing neighborhood”
I’m not sure if I had any of these local delicacies while I was in Beijing, but if I seem a bit wooden lately…

I am in awe.

I almost shit myself laughing watching this, but I’m at the office so I had to hold it in.
The laughter, you bastards.

Thanks, Aaron!

My take on the Transformers movie: It was good while it was good. Then it was bad.
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Ah, heck. Why not write another 200 words. I’ve got time to kill.

What’s Cool
1. Spectacular action sequences (such as the one where Megan Fox bends over to check out Bumblebee’s, uh, engine bay)
2. “Autobots, roll out!”
3. Kwuzhichichichik! (transformation [...]