A few easily choked children and elderly persons have led to the recall of the delicious conjac gel candy! Dammit! Now I will have to smuggle it over the border from Canada. Wait a minute, you didn’t hear me say that.

“The Way of the Samurai is found in death. Meditation on inevitable death should be performed daily. Every day when one’s body and mind are at peace, one should meditate upon being ripped apart by arrows, rifles, spears and swords, being carried away by surging waves, being thrown into the midst of a great fire, being struck by lightning, being shaken to death by a great earthquake, falling from thousand-foot cliffs, dying of disease or committing seppuku at the death of one’s master. And every day without fail one should consider himself as dead.”

Here’s a few more ways to die.

Either 90 percent of the public are fuckin’ retards, or I’m in a bad mood today.

In retarded news from Tennessee, people are stupid or possibly just cruel. But note entertaining use of “Y’all” in a serious news story.

Basic Hip Digital Oddio looks like a good complement to Cool and Strange Music Magazine (one of my favorites!).

I’m looking for more information on the Five Flavors in Asian culture, as linked to the five elements, internal organs, colors, etc. Here’s a (sorta) informative look at the Five Flavors in Korean cookery.

First, a book set in the present, now Wm. Gibson is on the net. Today is officially the future.

Do you like surplus sales? Sure, we all do! I don’t really like ones that are scheduled only when I’m working, though.

As suspected, the Friendly Persuasion radio show is gone. Take a look at host Otis F. Odder’s web page for his new projects, including a song-a-day project with songs you may have heard on his show.

One-minute audio vacations you can take from your desk. Man, that sounds good right now.

This guy seems to have the kind of job I would have if I had gone a different direction in life. He also likes foreign groceries, though he may like the packaging exclusively, while I enjoy the contents, too.