http://tancos.net/wp There's a fine line between kawaii and kowai Sun, 29 Jun 2008 12:36:37 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I don't listen to radio at all anymore except during entertaining weather. The last show that I regularly tuned in was Car Talk. I don't have a car, but that didn't matter; the real point of the show was the Magliozzis' quick wit and corny humor. Now Click and Clack ... http://tancos.net/wp/2008/06/29/dewey-cheatum-and-howe/ Via a friend: Sex and Flirting in Japan. (There are no pictures, so it's almost safe for work.) Lost in the anime zone with John Ringo. They're not anime, and I recall posting them on my earlier weblogs, but they're worth revisiting: Scientific Truth in Warning Labels, and Cognitive Hazards and other ... http://tancos.net/wp/2008/06/25/miscellaneous-links/ Miyuki Kanbe, the third actress to play Sailor Moon in the SeraMyu musicals, died Wednesday of heart failure at the age of 24. (Picture from here.) http://tancos.net/wp/2008/06/21/everlasting-moonlight/ I don't have interests or hobbies; I have obsessions. They usually progress like this: Stage one: What's this? Stage two: This is kinda interesting. Let's investigate it further. Stage three: This is really interesting. It's worth a little time and money. Stage four: This is absolutely magnificent, wonderful stuff. Let's spend every waking moment ... http://tancos.net/wp/2008/06/10/status-report/ How Obama can win: Hey, McCain has been ignoring the catgirl vote throughout the primaries, I say Obama should take advantage of this. As a matter of fact, a strong anti-tentacle monster platform would bring in both the catgirls and the Lolis. He could then show show his strength on defense by committing ... http://tancos.net/wp/2008/06/10/miscellany-3/ It's been a while, hasn't it? Life's been very interesting lately, in ways both good and bad, and there's little time for anime. I'll be back eventually. http://tancos.net/wp/2008/05/26/checking-in/ Noses larger than my own http://tancos.net/wp/2008/05/09/incidental-pleasures-of-fantastic-children/ Who has "an almost Buddhist sense of nothingness"? http://tancos.net/wp/2008/05/04/todays-trivia-question/ The good news: Not only can I walk (albeit slowly, and with a cane), but as of today I can ride my bike again. The bad news: Posting here will continue to be spasmodic. I plan to walk and bike as much as possible for the next several weeks to regain ... http://tancos.net/wp/2008/05/03/advisory-5/ Truth in advertising I finally watched the first episode of Toshokan Sensou, a.k.a. Library War. It looks like my spring viewing will be Kaiba, Allison and Lillia, Real Drive and maybe Kurenai, ((I had some problems with the first episode of Kurenai, but so many people have declared it to be ... http://tancos.net/wp/2008/04/26/revoke-that-library-card/