Hydrogen beer in Mysterious Asia.

Yoga is no defense against sharks. That’s right. I know. It’s unbelievable. Thanks for breaking this shocking news, Adam. As if it weren’t self evident. No, this “scientist” learned the hard way: Tv cameras have captured the agonising moment when a 350lb bull shark attacked a man convinced yoga would protect him from one of nature’s most dangerous predators. The shark’s razor-sharp teeth tore a chunk out of scientist Erich Ritter’s leg as he stood in waters off a Bahamian beach that had been heavily baited with fish parts, it was revealed yesterday. … He had persuaded himself that special …

Before you get too riled up: that’s not really her bum. This is a Japanese product that’s on the market. The skirt has a picture of a bum printed on it. I found this on David Galbraith’s site. Sometimes what Koreans say about Japan goes too far, but sometimes I have to agree and say something very weird and vaguely sinister is going on over there in Tokyo. Certainly not all bad, but… kind of… well, hmmm.

Okay, I said I wouldn’t post again tonight, but this is really funny.

Jus de raisin Oops. I mean, French Wining. Ha. My friend Jean Louis’ French-language blog about wine. I think I shall practice my French reading here before I leap headfirst in the French edition of Fontaine that I bought in Thailand… Also, notice the title. Jus de raisin… it means grape juice, but there are also some possible pun meanings. They are, he tells me, unintended.

Japander.com Yes. Here you can see the ads that rich American stars do in Japan to become even richer, but which are never shown in North America. The ads they wanted you never to see, all over there on Japander. Heh heh heh.

Christopher Hitchens has a wonderful little piece about diets and dieting in the Mirror. Here’s a taste: THERE’S an old conundrum, familiar to those who have viewed the clientele of health-food restaurants. Did these people always look so pale and ill and scrawny and pustular? Or was it the nut cutlets and prune juice and special grains that made them that way? In other words, which came first, the chicken or the egg – and which one would you be better advised to drop from your own intake? The question is an important one because, if people stop asking it, …

ABCNEWS.com : A Cosmo-Style Makeover for the Bible? Okay, this is just bizarre. Found it on Adam’s site, the oft-recommended a violently executed plan. (Thanks Adam!) Revolve is, we are told, some kind of adaptation of Christian scripture. We are amused, horrified, but at least not quite at a loss for words… I understand translating the Bible into the vernacular, of course, and I suppose that for people who adhere to the Christian faith a modern-English translation would be handy (though somewhat lacking in the poetry that makes us literature geeks return to the King James Bible time after time). …

Sandoll Font Bank This only amused me just because the English is funny. Come on, admit it. It is. This is what I get for searching for Korean fonts with an English-language keyword search. The company as a specialty in the development of fonts makes the Hangeul, which is the most pride of the Korean culture, to be used with a computer as well as digital equipment. And the aesthetic/functional sense of each font makes the users have the pride themselves on the Hangeul. The company will keep and develop the highest level of study ability on the digital area. …

This is the weirdest writing I have ever seen on computers and knowledge. The idea of memes is basically one of the materialist’s most powerful arguments against Christianity, after all – for memes claim religion is an idea-complex virus just like fashion and art and anything else. How can one use memes to defend religious ideas? I don’t get it. I hope this person got some medication or psychotherapy or something.