The Honest Hypocrite: Japanese War Tubas

Amusing for the photos of of men in top hats beating eachother with canes. Our sword group briefly studied the japanese version of some of this. I kind of miss the class. I’ll pick it up again in April.

Ah also, I’d like some insight as to the use of the terms “Physical Culture” and the practice of distributing manuals. There’s a bit in Jade Empire when you beat the dutchman and one of the options is to receive a manual of physical health or something. Has it always been the case that one learns these western combative skills through manuals? That is not to say that prints on the subject didn’t exist in the east, but my impression is that there they were sort of a joke.

The Department of Energy (DOE) has reactivated a Cold War technology called sticky foam to tighten security at sites that store bomb-grade processed uranium and plutonium

Woo hoo! NAAAAN. It’s a shame I like curry so much. It’s also a shame that James’ curry reminds me of the runs, I’m sure it was tasty curry.

New Category! For Andrew.

Of course, sooner or later someone’s going to forget what he loaded his shotgun with, resulting in either (a) tragedy, or (b) a lucky break for some deer.

Taser’s electrifying new XREP shotgun-fired projectile – Engadget