Just a heads up for those of you who missed this the first time around and wanted to see it, Fox is repeating the first episode of Wonderfalls tonight at 9/8c. Definitely check it out (or tell your TiVo to if you are so enabled).

Dorothy Parker: “This is not a novel to be tossed aside lightly. It should be thrown with great force.” [Quotes of the Day]

Just when I thought I couldn’t be surprised by the plots in anime shows one comes along and smacks me silly. I was reading Anime-Empire’s web site and came across this:

Midori no Hibi – Midori’s Day

Sawamura Seiji is a 17 year old high school student. He is good at fighting and is feared by all the students. His one weakness is that he is terrible with romance. He is known for his right fist, whose punch can knock out anyone.

Due to his bad reputation, he spends his youth without a girlfriend. At the peak of his loneliness, he wishes for a girlfriend. At the same time he makes his wish, a voice shoots trough his head saying “really?!” and before he realizes, a girl wakes up on top of him.

On top of his right arm where his right hand should be that is!

She introduces herself as Kasugano Midori. She’s attending another school, but has been in love with him from childhood. Even though this strange event has happened she still believes in herself and in her love for Seiji as his “Right hand lover.” From that day forward Seiji and Midori live a strange, amusing and secretive life together.

Based on a popular manga, look forward to this exciting new romance comedy with the same type of humor as Tenshi na Konamaiki ^_^

I really want to know what drugs they are on over there, because it sounds like they must be really good. I found some copies of the manga and am going to check it out I think.

Just when I thought I couldn’t be surprised by the plots in anime shows one comes along and smacks me silly. I was reading Anime-Empire’s web site and came across this:

Midori no Hibi – Midori’s Day

Sawamura Seiji is a 17 year old high school student. He is good at fighting and is feared by all the students. His one weakness is that he is terrible with romance. He is known for his right fist, whose punch can knock out anyone.

Due to his bad reputation, he spends his youth without a girlfriend. At the peak of his loneliness, he wishes for a girlfriend. At the same time he makes his wish, a voice shoots trough his head saying “really?!” and before he realizes, a girl wakes up on top of him.

On top of his right arm where his right hand should be that is!

She introduces herself as Kasugano Midori. She’s attending another school, but has been in love with him from childhood. Even though this strange event has happened she still believes in herself and in her love for Seiji as his “Right hand lover.” From that day forward Seiji and Midori live a strange, amusing and secretive life together.

Based on a popular manga, look forward to this exciting new romance comedy with the same type of humor as Tenshi na Konamaiki ^_^

I really want to know what drugs they are on over there, because it sounds like they must be really good. I found some copies of the manga and am going to check it out I think.

Okay, this looks just too damn cool.

Toy rollercoaster with inversion and electric lift-hill
Caines sez, “Coaster Dynamix is taking pre-orders ($499.00) for a kick-ass roller coaster model kit. The coaster kit has an electric lift-hill and an inverted train. They attached a camera to the train and included this footage in the video that is on the site.” Link (Thanks, Caines!)
[Boing Boing Blog]

Can’t. Stop. Laughing.

<Cthon98> hey, if you type in your pw, it will show as stars
<Cthon98> ********* see!
<AzureDiamond> hunter2
<AzureDiamond> doesnt look like stars to me
<Cthon98><AzureDiamond> *******
<Cthon98> thats what I see
<AzureDiamond> oh, really?
<Cthon98> Absolutely
<AzureDiamond> you can go hunter2 my hunter2-ing hunter2
<AzureDiamond> haha, does that look funny to you?
<Cthon98> lol, yes. See, when YOU type hunter2, it shows to us as *******
<AzureDiamond> thats neat, I didnt know IRC did that
<Cthon98> yep, no matter how many times you type hunter2, it will show to us as *******
<AzureDiamond> awesome!
<AzureDiamond> wait, how do you know my pw?
<Cthon98> er, I just copy pasted YOUR ******’s and it appears to YOU as hunter2 cause its your pw
<AzureDiamond> oh, ok. [bash.org] [via elthar]

Paedophilia expert abused girls

An expert who advised on how to protect children from paedophiles has been jailed for seven years for the “systematic abuse” of three young girls.

Stephen King, 54, who also recommended sentences for child abusers, had sex with a 10-year-old, a court heard.

King, of Herne Hill, south London, pleaded guilty to 21 counts, including sex with a girl under 13, and 10 cases of indecent assault. [BBC News]

Here’s my expert advice. Background checks. Very complete background checks.

Otto von Bismarck:”When a man says he approves of something in principle, it means he hasn’t the slightest intention of putting it into practice.” [Quotes of the Day]

I want to make one of each.

Japanese foldable robots
More foldable, glue-able PDFs — this time, it’s ultra-fab Japanese paper robots.Link(Thanks, Skye!)
[Boing Boing Blog]

I love the smoking robot.

People often ask me why I blog, and I can’t always explain it very well. But having to answer this question has made me think about it a lot. I used to think that I like to blog because I like to write and it give me an outlet for that creative urge. That’s true, but it is also true (as I have learned) that I like to do it because blogging has made me more aware of other bloggers. And the more blogs I read, the more I learn.

For example, today I learned a trick from Instapundit: if Amazon has your lawn mower for sale (yes, they sell appliances) they may even have the manual for download. Which is handy if you lose your manual, as Glenn Reynolds did. [Ernie The Attorney]

I know this has been true for me. I’ve also found that I tend to blog things so that I’ll be able to go back and find the information at a later time. It’s kind of like my backup brain for random information.