Posted on October 14th, 2009 by james
Despite the odds of me crossing paths with these brave avians within the sterile confines of my subdivision being galactically low, they decided to show their shriveled faces the very day after the turkey holocaust! Their exhibitionism is akin to a batch of donuts dancing the Macarena on the counter of Tim Horton’s after all […]
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Posted on August 31st, 2009 by james
When I was little… my father was famous. He was the greatest samurai in the empire; and he was the Shogun’s decapitator. He cut off the heads of a hundred and thirty-one lords…no wait…wrong intro. Let me try that again. When I was little I had this borderline unhealthy obsession with carnivorous plants. I was […]
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Posted on November 4th, 2008 by james
Ever wonder what all those Chinese place names really mean? Keep on wondering. Although I’ve taken a map of China’s provinces and some neighboring countries, and translated their names directly into English, you will still be left clueless.
I have to say though, the resulting names are amusing. They remind me of the signs you see […]
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Posted on August 29th, 2008 by james
I just got back to the big dirty from a month in Canada. Some picture posts coming up soon that even I’m moderately impressed with. In the meantime I’ll give you a horse of a different colour.
Normally I don’t ever get spam, because my mailbox is protected by the impenetrable shield of Gmail. Since […]
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Posted on July 9th, 2008 by james
According to the media, warmer than normal temperatures in the Yellow Sea have caused a colossal bloom of algae on the coast of Qingdao. What really happened was the ibetans, aiwanese, eas urkmentanis all got together with the western powers in iananmen square to poop on China’s big party. They devised a plan to attack […]
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Posted on April 7th, 2008 by james
Ok, I haven’t been nor am I going to go there, but this quote from the Globe and Mail is a whole can of awesome:
The torch crossed London Sunday, constantly surrounded by a dozen burly Chinese guards in blue jumpsuits, who were themselves surrounded by a special torch-protection squad of London Metropolitan Police officers wearing […]
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Posted on September 11th, 2007 by james
Just this past week I made another random journey with a friend to the only beach in the Qingdao area that I haven’t yet been to. This beach was at the entrance to Laoshan Mountain. My friend called me up out of nowhere and figured that despite the encroaching smog, it would be a […]
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Posted on April 24th, 2007 by james
Mannequins. You don’t really think so much about them. They play such a subdued role. Most of the time they don’t even have a head. The point is to put the focus on the clothes right? Judging by the trends here on the Mainland, you probably do want to distract people as much as possible […]
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Posted on March 25th, 2007 by james
Ladies and gentlemen, it doesn’t get any more gay than this.
I think this one takes the prize.
Greatest of all, it adorns all the old Haier appliances in China. I have a little army of these guys around my apartment. This kinda shit just wouldn’t fly back home.
*update: added more pics and will continue to […]
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