a rose by any other name would be a different flower altogether

When I lived in Kyoto in 1993-94, I lived next to an eccentric Scottish woman named Joanna and her son, Oberon.

One day we were all being kind of chummy, so I finally asked her about the name: "That's a very interesting name. Aren't you afraid it will get him in trouble?"

She LAUNCHED into a tirade about how it is a perfectly reasonable name, and that people who pick fights based on names will find fault and pick fights no matter what. And kids today are all spoiling for a fight. And none of them realize how hard it is to...

At which point I stopped her; "No, I'm sorry -- I meant aren't you afraid it will draw the attention of faeries and stuff?"

After that we got along just fine.

not wasted, but close enough for government work

Today I drank a couple liters of beer with aalfonso who is a big sweetie. HUB's house ale is brewed with cyanide, as far as I can tell, so we got our yard-of-beer as Bass Ale, which apparently costs an extra 100 yen per liter to avoid a nasty, crazy, cyanide-induced headache. Money well spent, I say.

It was a blast. I hope to get out and do it again soon! And sushi or tenpura next time; Sennichimae has lots of neat places to stuff one's pie hole.

Woo! ストレス解消！

DRAMA!

ganked in whole from chernobylred

Found on CuteOverload. As they say: Best 5 second video on the entire internet. Ain't lyin'. (Sound isn't crucial, but it helps a lot.)

Subject line: A lesson learned

My Mom sends me cheesy life lessons - pretty frequently actually. This one I thought was cute:

( filthy, hole-plugging, dirty ass action - with biting-play! )