tonari no shibafu

Mountain Hardwear store in Tokyo

I had know idea that a Mountain Hardwear store opened up a couple of years ago. I was researching one of their travel duffels and came across it. Totally gotta get in there.

gear

This week's thoughts from Chuck Lorre

A few words about idolatry

tv

Misused English

A list of 10 misused English words. I would quibble about one of the entries, but on the whole a good list. I learned that I was mistaken about the meaning of enormity.

via Centered Librarian

English, Language, prescriptivist

立道屋

Todd from Boston Sake points out an interesting izakaya in Daikanyama called Tatemichiya. Izakaya food and punk music.

Tabelog link.

booze, food, music

Elizabeth Warren

Preach it.

via Thatsnothistory

economics, politics

More Breaking Bad

The interview with Aaron Paul, who plays Jesse.

If nothing else, listen from 4:40 (until 12:35, at least). Reminds me of the samurai movie motif of the person reborn after resigning themselves to a death that never comes.

More spoilers, Mark.

tv

fresh Air Interview with Vince Gilligan

Very good interview with Vince Gilligan about Breaking Bad. If you're behind and trying to catch up (Mark), there are some spoilers.

tv

World's funniest analogies

Of them all, I, like Kottke, particularly like this one:

Her vocabulary was as bad as, like, whatever.

via Kottke

Writing

Date Megane in the States

Guess they're everywhere.

I also noticed them on Mae Whitman's character on Parenthood.

tv

Oh, please, please, please

Bill Moyers may return to PBS.

In the age of fracking, Tea Parties and Bachmann, we need you now, Bill, more than ever.

bill of rights, economics, Empire, History, Imperialism, mass media, politics, tv

Geiger Counter in Soshigaya Okura

My boy Takeshi at Muriwui has set up is taking readings with a geiger counter on their terrace.

environment, Friends, 世田谷

Robert Reich at Google

Turned on to this guy by Libby's 元彼 Albert. I say Bernie Sanders for president with Reich as V.P.
UPDATE: I forgot to mention that my fondness for former-secretary Reich should in no way be seen as an endorsement of wearing short-sleeve shirts with jackets.

clothes, economics, finance, politics

Motoazabu Farm

A "share house" in Tokyo with garden plots.

greenz.jp has a post with pics of both the rooms and the garden

farming, food

Venice 2011 film trailers

Here's the rest of the trailers for the films.

Roman Polanski's Carnage

Gotta see this when it comes out.
via Good shit

Robert, ready for the pose down

family

Devil Craft in the Japan Times

My friends' pizza place/craft beer joint was written about in the Japan Times.

DevilCraft English site

DevilCraft Japanese site Twitter

The Japanese site is farther along than the English one at this point.

UPDATE: Robbie Swinnerton's post on his blog.

booze, Craft beer, food, Friends, Kanda

Just saw a Vantage V2

Didn't know what it was, so I had to look it up. Seems like the per capita number of Aston Martins here is unusually high.

The one I saw was there one second and gone the next. Unbelievably fast. A little searching reveals that it has a V12 and over 500 bhp. That explains it.

The car as specced above will run you a whopping ¥22,169,700. Guess I'll have to find something else to ask for for my birthday.

Hulu comes to Japan...

For only 19 dollars a month.

As if..

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Not quite time to give up my eye patch and parrot.