Nihon no Shashin (or, Japanese Pictures). Pictures of post-war Japan. Or maybe you prefer traditional Japanese crafts. Or lucky maneki-neko cats? Or wood-block prints by Hiroshige? No pictures, but there is always Gaijin Smash! and over on the right, Pureland Mountain.
Duh Filter. Girls approach video-games differently from boys and want different things from them. On a completely unrelated note, How To Guarantee Failure.
Stuff we didn’t learn in college but should have. Some colleges are actually teaching courses on stuff your mom and dad should have taught you, but that nowadays parents have a tendency to keep doing for their (ostensibly) adult children. And an overlap from “Duh Filter,” Employers take the time to Google you and read your public blog. Now might be a good time to go delete embarassing posts and maybe put up a nice thoughtful essay about something that interests you, mmkay?
How now brown cow? Moo! BLEAGH! Woogawooga!! More American cases of Mad Cow disease. And remember, we are still only testing a few hundred thousand of the millions of cows slaughtered in the United States. How does the old saying go, you can’t find a fever if you don’t take a temperature?
Traffic Friday Is Gonna Suck. President Bush is coming to my town at the end of the week. One local columnist has proposed a “to-do” list for him. I’ll add an 11th agenda item to consider: The UAW is calling for Universal Health Care. Funny how the CEOs of the Big Three have not caught on how their costs would be lowered if they didn’t have to worry about the health insurance expenses they are often whining about.
If it ain’t The Man keepin you down, it’s El Hombre! I’ve seen the argument before, but now it’s hitting the mainstream news that illegal immigrants may make it harder for (legal) black workers to get jobs. It could be worse, they could be moms.
Economic Indicators. Today the Cleveland Fed President said that current inflation numbers exceed her comfort level. Remember, she and other Fed officials are speaking of the official CPI number, which my readers know is manipulated to look as rosy as possible. A couple of major stock indices are officially in “correction” (a drop of at least 10%) and risk going into a “bear” market (a drop of at least 20%). The housing market isn’t looking so good, either. Keep all this in mind — and remember who controls Congress — come November.
Time-Waster In closing I bring you things so cute that diabetics better check their insulin levels before clicking! Don’t say I didn’t warn you! Cute Overload!