http://www.somethingfromjapan.com/epi Epimetheus was the son of Iapetus and brother of Prometheus and Atlas; husband of Pandora. "Epimetheus" is Greek for "hindsight". Sat, 16 Jan 2010 02:56:23 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Somnus Sleep is awesome. According to this Ask Yahoo! page, we burn calories while we sleep: This weight-loss calculator from FitWatch.com asked us to enter our weight and how long we planned to sleep. According to the ensuing calculations, a 160-pound person who sleeps eight hours will lose roughly 549 calories in ... http://www.somethingfromjapan.com/epi/2010/01/16/telephone-etiquette-appropriate-call-times/ Transformers 2: Revenge of the Fallen. That rocked! If you left Transformers 1 feeling a bit blah, 2 makes up for it at least three or four times over. Are their Transformers? Yes. A lot of Transformers? Yes! Transformers blowing shit up? YES! Transformers finding new and exciting ways to beat ... http://www.somethingfromjapan.com/epi/2009/06/20/transformers-2-the-revenge-of-the-fallen-first/ Getting There: Let's Go By Train. My first trip to Kyoto was also my first 新幹線/shinkan-sen train experience. I would personally like to thank all the engineers who spent hours ruining their eyes, health, and marriages to bring the bullet train to the quivering masses. The Shinkan-sen is unrivaled awesomeness: A ... http://www.somethingfromjapan.com/epi/2009/05/22/rotating-beneath-my-feet/ First, you are all blocked up: you spend days grunting out little rabbit pellets. Not wanting to admit you are constipated, you go about life - basically denying that something is horribly wrong. Then one day you decide, "Right, time for some fiber, yogurt, and anything else that will get ... http://www.somethingfromjapan.com/epi/2008/10/29/my-thoughts-on-being-in-a-bad-marriage-and-then-getting-divorced/ Who here was initially miffed by Twitter? /me raises hand. I didn't know what to make of a service where you shouted into the void; 140 characters at a time. "Who cares?" Luckily, I put on my thinking cap and came up with a use for Twitter: A personal journal ... http://www.somethingfromjapan.com/epi/2008/10/03/twitter-twitter-on-the-wall/ Birthday Wishes: via Twitter A mark of true friendship: @imorpheus happy birthday! @iMorpheus hbd :) @iMorpheus happy birthday Derek @iMorpheus Happy birthday, old man. @iMorpheus Happy Birthday! @iMorpheus - Happy Birthday Derek! Hope you're not working so you can enjoy your day! Birthday wishes came in via Facebook and email, too. A Conversation: WIFE: Happy birthday, Honey! ME: Thanks! DAUGHTER #2: It's ... http://www.somethingfromjapan.com/epi/2008/09/24/happy-birthday-to-me/ Crafty Little Esse Oh Bee: Phishing for Fun and Profit. My spam is better than yous. Check this out! Due to spam complaints of email users in our webmail system, our investigation shows that your email address is compromised and is used to send out spam message in our webmail system. Very crafty, this one ... http://www.somethingfromjapan.com/epi/2008/09/22/blatant-bold-and-courageous/ Futility. I have had it up to here, with the mindless onslaught of useless advertising and marketing tripe! "We don't need half the crap they are pushing on us!" If I see one more ad for the following useless, money wasting products, I am going to hurt someone: Toothpaste: Come on, do ... http://www.somethingfromjapan.com/epi/2008/08/25/my-geehawd-on-marketing-advertising/ http://www.somethingfromjapan.com/epi/2008/08/16/live-blogging/ Additional Cards: Minority Jungle Fever Card: Get Your Interracial Love On. Excludes bearer(s) from physical, emotional, verbal, and financial attacks/abuse. Bearers include offspring of a Jungle-Fever relationship. The Jeffersons/Buppie/Uncle Tom Card: Movin' on Up.Excludes bearer(s) from interference when moving out of a depressed minority neighborhood and into a "White" neighborhood.This card can be ... http://www.somethingfromjapan.com/epi/2008/01/20/the-race-game-expansion-pack/