Getting tired of crap I hear on the radio these days, I decided to listen to AOL Radio on the bottom left hand corner of my AIM buddy list. There’s a lot of great music on there – check out the Classic Hip-Hop and the ’90s Hip-Hop radio channels.
On one of the comedy channels I heard a comic named Jim Gaffigan talking about Hot Pockets. Funny guy!
Turns out, he jokes A LOT about food. Here’s another video that had me laughing by my self in my office:
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So I’ve recently found my old friend Jon Sibal on the internet – not that he’s ever LEFT the internet, it’s just that we kind of lost touch over the years, as he got married and I got married and got into drifting and stuff. Anyways, Jon has always been a really impressive artist, being heavily involved as an inker for some big name comic books (here’s an example of his work). Recently, he’s been doing a lot of impressive automotive photoshops where he’ll take a photo of a stock car, and somehow transforms it into a scene from a movie.
Here’s what he did for a Scion competition (which he won):
Scion XD – Shell Shocked by *jonsibal on deviantART
Well I was just browsing and admiring his work and this totally jumped out at me. He made a portrait of his wife using words that he associates with her. I was so blown away by this portrait, which is a pretty big deal because I’m always so amazed at his work anyway. What an awesome job, Jon! I just had to share with everybody. Build a studio to showcase your talent already!
More than Words by *jonsibal on deviantART
Visit Jon’s diviantART site where he posts his recent works.
Or, you can go to his blog and read him ramble on and on about European cars that break down 3 years after you buy them and are worth the same amount as used Acuras.
A couple weeks ago, the family and I went to pick up the Mazdaspeed 3 from Tanabe. Jiro and James told us about this udon place around the corner. I wasn’t really in the mood for udon, because I really wanted some ramen from Mitsuwa, which was also around the corner. We ended up going to the udon place because it seemed a better to choice since we had baby Elise with us.
Luckily we found the restaurant – and only because Nadine was able to read the name of the restaurant in Hiragana. Lucky for me my wife is part FOB!
The restaurant was filled with all sorts of people – Japanese businessmen, families, couples. The menu was huge and had all types of appetizers, side dishes, rice dishes, ramen, and their infamous udon. Nadine went with her favorite udon – nabeyaki udon. I wanted to be brave and try some spicy seafood udon, but I wasn’t willing to wait the 15 minutes it required. I went with the Kanitama udon instead – crab meat and what they described as a light fluffy omelette. The description didn’t make sense to me until I got my food.
The udon was really good… flavorful and unique. The crab meat was fresh and I think it takes some skills to present the “egg omelette” that way in the udon. I really wish we were able to try the different side dishes people were getting. It seems like an awesome place to hang out and drink and just order everything under the sun. I can’t wait to go back… maybe when gas prices get cheaper and I get a raise haha!
Check out the website here:
www.sanukinosato.com
Ever wondered about the origins of the phrase “head honcho”? I always just assumed it was a word in Spanish because it ends in “o”. Yeah, I guess I’m racist. Just be happy I didn’t say that the word is Mexican. Okay-o?
Dictionary.com defines it as “a leader, esp. an assertive leader; chief”. The word honcho is actually Japanese – han (squad) + cho (head, chief).
This vocabulary lesson was inspired by the show Dogfights on The History Channel. The term honcho was often used during the Korean war to label skilled enemy pilots.
Ever watch that show by the way? I love it.
The Tanabe engineers from Japan were here last week, so I dropped off the Mazdaspeed 3 at Tanabe so they could do some R&D work.
They test fitted a bunch of parts and realized that because of the intercooler ducting in the hood, the strut tower bar from a regular Mazda 3 (or Axela in Japan) would not fit. They also realized that the rear springs they thought would work wouldn’t due to the car’s bumpstop and damper dust boot cover. I never got to see or drive the car with the springs, but I imagine it would be a nice improvement. The car handles nice already, but it looks like a 4×4 sometimes.
What did work out though, is the front underbrace. As you can see below, the front underbrace goes right beneath the engine. Driving towards the freeway from Tanabe always provides for a nice suspension test because the roads are so junky and uneven. The car feels a bit more tight under uneven surfaces and initial turn in response is nice.
On a side note, gas mileage increased significantly after the 3,500 mile mark. Gas mileage went from 23-24 to 26-28! I’m amazed and so much happier with the car now.
Multiple sets of 18×9, 18×10 Enkei RP03s
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