Showing posts with label Sino-Japanese relations. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Sino-Japanese relations. Show all posts

Thursday, September 25, 2025

Everyone Needs a Side Hustle


Pictured above, former First Lady Michelle Obama makes some extra cash modeling for Airbuds.

Thursday, July 3, 2025

Deciding Between the B, C, and D options of the Hibachi At Home Service Brochure

I received this brochure from Hibachi at Home Service, who I had neither heard of nor have any upcoming events for.


But upon quick review of the service options, I'd decided if I were to use HAHS's services at some time, it would be between B, C and D.


Why, do you ask? Well, let's review here. A is automatically out because it just looks cramped in both photos. Everybody'd be knocking elbows while they're trying to eat their fried rice or whatever. It doesn't help, either that A is shown indoors. Hibachi smoke everywhere and all that.


B looks good because it has the elegance of the black folding chairs and the red placemats. Black and red can be very bold together. Like the Ocean's 11 movie poster or a page from the "Sin City" comic. The addition of another hibachi grill and chairs on the other side makes it even more of a big event. Fun!


C is similar to B but goes with white chairs, which many people would find more elegant. White and red are also a very bold combination. Like the Ocean's 11 movie poster or a page from the "Sin City" comic. A wedding would be so fun with the bride throwing the bouquet and the hibachi chef throwing shrimp!


D does away with red altogether and goes with a classy white with natural basket colored placemats. Looks like a northeastern clam bake, but with lobster and teriyaki chicken! The hibachi grill cannot be white, however. A shame, really.

FINAL VERDICT: Depending on the event you are planning and the type of group you have invited, any three of these options would be acceptable. Personally, however, I would go with C. The fact that HAHS chose that photo to have the chef standing there makes me suspect that is their favorite, too?

Tuesday, January 30, 2024

The Internet Is a Very Stupid Place

A meme spotted somewhere in social media:


A few things:

• A baby's skin in contact with glue is not a good idea. At all.

• A baby's skin in contact with glitter is also a terrible idea.

• If you DID do that and put their hand or foot imprint on a Christmas ornament, I can guarantee you it would NOT look like that.

• This meme is total bullshit and whoever made it has never seen a baby or a footprint in real life.

Wednesday, June 28, 2017

Three Years After A Forgettable Horror Movie Is Released, An Obscure Blog Continues To Offer Alternate Taglines For the Poster








REAL LIFE FACT: An alternate title for "Avalanche Sharks" was "Snow Sharks."


Because maybe the concept of sharks in an avalanche was too over the top for some audiences.
The Japanese chose to call it "Ice Jaws," which doesn't make any more or less sense.





Tuesday, January 15, 2013

Loving My Ass.

A new playset for girls was spotted in the toy section of K-Mart: Fisher-Price's new Loving Family™ series of dolls.


The dolls are non-toxic and appropriate for children ages 3 and over. These friendly and detailed dolls are designed for creative play in the Loving Family™ Grand Dollhouse.




And since they created such realistic toys, Fisher-Price has included warnings on the package of each Loving Family™ doll:






Brutal.

Thursday, July 28, 2011

The EADJ Sticker Show, Entry 2

Once again, using the power of Google, EADJ invetigates and explains the random decals one spots around town:



The Brown Angels Sticker spotted in San Francisco.

Alternative band or vigilante Filipino fighters?


Google didn't turn up a lot, except for a lot of mentions of Dan Brown's "Angels and Demons," the sequel to "The Da Vinci Code".

Some further hunting found that The Brown Angels are or were some kind of rock band. They even opened up for Silversun Pickups. So that's neat.


The Brown Angels apparently have no presence on YouTube. Or myspace.

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SYC BOIS Sticker spotted in Modesto, CA.

Punk band or Neverwinter Nights clan?


Punk band, established 1999. So, no surprises there.

"The S.Y.C. (Street Youth Core) BoiS are a punk rock band from southern california. There are three members Bucky, Chris, and Eddie. We are rock and roll. Punk rock is what we are about. 'Shave your head and die your hair, safety pins right through your ears'."

But a quick search for them on YouTube or myspace revealed nothing. Are they disbanded?


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How Many Robots Have You Killed Today Babe? Stickers spotted around Manhattan.

Anti-technology artist's rant or obscure quote from SyFy series?




This is actually a reference to a Haitian photographer's Tumblr page. The Brooklyn-based photographer (and writer) Richard Louissaint sells books of his photography and even runs his own blog. Neat.


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Slopness Monster: Sticker spotted in Austin, TX.

Skateboarding company or web comic?



Turns out SlopnessMonster.com is a multi-city, multi-campus website devoted to displaying photos of drunk hi-jinks like puking or passing out, offering pithy captions like "Trunk Limbo" or "My Bunny."


And do they have a social media component? What do you think, asshole?


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Run From Popo: Sticker spotted in Midtown NYC.

City pro-tip or viral web game?


Run From Popo is some kind of paintball tournament in urban settings which oddly (but awesomely) requires the people who play as "popo" to have served in a military, police, security or law enforcement job and the people who play as "criminals" to have really been arrested once.



Looks pretty harmless, seeing how the "criminals" dress in cartoony striped fatigues. Still, someone could really get shot.