shanmonster | Stuff and Nonsense

I can walk normally on my foot, but it crunks a little oddly from time to time. Here's hoping I can make it through tonight's kung fu class without exacerbating it. I think we're doing nothing but forms tonight.

So the plan is

seraph_x and I leave for Montreal on Monday at 2 pm, stay overnight at a hotel, and arrive in Toronto the next day. From there, I'm bussing back to Kitchener, and the next day, going to a picnic with

snowy_kathryn,

real_bethy, and whoever else might be joining us!

German director Boll challenges critics to join him in the boxing ring: "Are you an in-shape male weighing between 64 and 86 kilograms and hate the films of controversial German director Uwe Boll? If so, he wants to fight you in Vancouver as part of one of his films."

Handmade Soaps for Gamers: Finally! Someone comes up with a way to make gaming conventions a more olfactorially pleasing experience (thanks,

dreamlikedouche)!

The Nightmare of Cancelling AOL: Customer disservice at its worst. I'm not sure who I feel more sorry for: the hapless customers, or the people who are reduced to working at such a horrible job.

Evidence That There Is Something Very Wrong With The Japanese: I've seen most of these, but you may not have.

Mother could face prison in death: Just your usual tragic story of an unsupervised mentally handicapped person killing themself through misadventure. But what makes this story stand out are the terrible writing and the bizarre quotes chosen by the reporter. For instance,

“The issue is going to be whether she had criminal intent,” he said.
“She was, I guess, an 8-year-old her whole life,” said her uncle, Wayne Henderson.

implies that the woman may have had criminal intentions when she drank herself to death, but I don't think so. I think they're writing about the mother in the first line, and the daughter in the second, and they don't bother mentioning that to the reader.

Secondly, what relevance does the deceased's gold medal in cheerleading have to do with her alcohol poisoning? Hmm....

And what relevance do "Her life’s ambition, he said, was to get married" and" Kim just never, ever met a stranger."

So weird....

Anyhow, next link!

Off-Grid Man Jailed For Confronting Utility Company: Go old guy! Stick it to the man!

440-pounder’s bulk credited with sparing his life when car runs over him: Obesity is the evolutionary adaptation to Hummers, maybe. The WTF moment of the article is that the fat man was riding a bike. My bike would die under that much weight. Whoa.

Compare and contrast the following two articles: Pensioner's cow sex shame and Bulls get simulated cows at farmers' fair. I guess it's only legal when the bovines are the fuckers rather than the fuckees.

Jesus Brew: Probably NSFW.

Gaijin Smash: So I can get caught up on my favourite ESL teacher in Japan.

And now it's time to make some beans. Mmmm...