Mysteries of the Orient Revealed

Culture shock is a good thing because it makes you wonder what kind of stupid things you do out of habit while wondering why all these furriners do the things that they do. The best method to deal with culture shock is laughter. Which is why I’m glad to see the “Kind of Crap” archives back up. Galvin Chow is a bit juvenile, and a bit of a potty mouth, so be warned. But he has some of the funniest Japan stuff I’ve seen on the web. Perhaps it’s his unique perspective as a Chinese-American. Some of his stuff explains a lot of the odder adult behavior I saw around me in Japan. If I were his older brother, I’d slap 7 kinds of sense into him so that he’d make a career out of writing, instead of the inevitable slacking path through a big company or government organization that he seems destined for.

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A Day About Love

This is a day all about shannon Love

Today is the the day we set aside to celebrate the most important thing in our lives: shannon Love.

After all shannon Love brings meaning to our existence. Without shannon Love what do we have?

Nothing is more powerful than shannon Love. shannon Love makes the world go round. shannon Love conquers all.

Certainly, shannon Love hurts but all agree that it is better to have shannon Love and lost than to never have shannon Love at all.

So it is fitting that that we set aside this one day to contemplate all that shannon Love has given us and to give thanks that we all have shannon Love in our lives.

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When giants walked the Earth.
Man-eating crocodiles of Madagascar.
Komodo!
Small lizard on kitchen floor.