Thanks to liberals it is no longer considered “smart” to have have kids play with loaded guns in bed. What a bunch of socialists!
Damn Liberals: Kids with Guns
Things I've learned in Japan: combover
Things I’ve learned in Japan: “Barcode” is Japanese-English for “combover.
日本で習ったの物：バーコードは英語で「combover」。
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Travel by (local) train for cheap in Japan
There's a little known ticket in Japan called the Seishun Juhachi kippu (literally "Youth 18 ticket"). While it was originally conceived as a ticket for the young people, nowadays it's used by anyone and everyone who likes traveling on the cheap. The ticket costs ¥ 11,500 and is good for five (consecutive or non-consecutive) days of travel. That means you only pay ¥2,300 a day!
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Using the JP (Japan Post) to Send Money
If you want to send money from Japan you can use the post office. The JP (Japan Post) used to be the best deal in town. Nowadays there are other ways that are just as good. Short of setting up an account with CitiBank (which is marginally better), it'll be pretty much the same no matter where you send money from.
Below you find the important pages from the JP booklet. You can send money in two ways.
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How American movies change when they are exported
Translation has always been interesting to me. It is interesting to me how something like a movies are translated. Even before making it to the theater the movie can be changed dramatically through translation. The name of the movie can reshape the expectation and focus of the movie for example. While not lingual, the movie poster can also be “translated” for a different audience.
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Of Foreclosed Homes and Yachts
Sometimes juxtaposition is all the world needs to explain itself.
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Warner Brothers want more people to pirate their new movies
The Los Angeles Times is reporting that Warner Brothers will be delaying release on Netflix by four weeks. It is a silly move to try and squeeze more money out of consumers at a time when most consumers don't have lots of extra cash to spare.
From the article:
"Within the home entertainment category, we're creating different times at which a product is available at different prices," said Kevin Tsujihara, Warner Bros.' home entertainment president.
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