Leaving again

Quote of the unspecified temporal interval

Advice is like snow; the softer it falls, the longer it dwells upon, and the deeper it sinks into the mind.

Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Bad feeling

Do you ever get the feeling that you've forgotten to check on something, or worse yet, left something behind?

Getting cultured

Having never been to Japan before I figured I should check up on the cultural aspects of the visit before I started. I've found several very useful websites and some not so useful.

This one isn't good for much, but it is good for a laugh.

I really can't explain how or why some of these products came about, but I can't blame the inventors for trying.


The "face slimmer"

Aside from the fact that this has pretty much no chance of achieving it's intended purpose, it might be useful in one respect; it would be pretty good as a prop in a horror movie.









The "nap helmet"



I understand the purpose for this one, but I'd like to know, what keeps the user from collapsing the moment one falls asleep?










The "noodle cooler"



For people who are too impatient to wait for their noodles to cool. If your noodles are really too hot to eat, I doubt a fan will cool them on the way to your mouth. I would imagine that the inventor was making some kind of personal cooling device, but couldn't get the fan to do any more than hang from the subject's arm. Just a guess.

Pass me a cold one!

I wish I knew the back story on this one, but it's pretty neat without that. Too bad they didn't label the can for better beer though.

In other news...

A few weird (older) news items for your viewing enjoyment.

Don't worry about that fly on the wall, the bumblebee may be the insect to really worry about.

Plumbing may be more hazardous than you think. This year some folks at roto-rooter discovered an unexploded shell from the Civil War. Luckily this isn't an every day occurrence, but apparently old munitions are still uncovered occasionally in the southern states.

Here's one less worry for me. Though I'm sorry for the bowler, I now feel much better about my low bowing scores. In fact, I might roll a few more gutterballs just to be safe. Well, maybe not, I might die of embarrassment.

Feelin' the breeze, passin' the cars

It's off I go again early next week. Back to Australia, but not until I've stopped off in Japan for a few days (on business of course)

End of an era

You know that a technology has been accepted when it becomes a part of a cultural icon.

Today's example: the New Year's ball. It's now being changed from incandescent bulbs to solid state lighting, and is scheduled to eventually be converted entirely to LED lights.

Hell on wheels

For today's post I thought I'd put up an offbeat story. I thought it was a joke at first, but apparently some people are now riding "mountain unicycles"

Quote of the unspecified temporal interval

Don't wish it were easier, wish you were better.

Jim Rohn