{"id":8392,"date":"2012-10-31T18:24:59","date_gmt":"2012-10-31T23:24:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/wp\/?p=8392"},"modified":"2020-08-31T13:24:09","modified_gmt":"2020-08-31T18:24:09","slug":"miscellany-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/miscellany-7\/","title":{"rendered":"Miscellany"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/duck.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" class=\"aligncenter\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A duck and a cuckoo from episode eleven of <strong><em>Joshiraku<\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>*****<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/tattoospellingfail-10-jpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"No.\" width=\"345\" height=\"360\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8535\" srcset=\"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/tattoospellingfail-10-jpg.jpg 345w, http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/tattoospellingfail-10-jpg-287x300.jpg 287w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 345px) 85vw, 345px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>You don&#8217;t need to <a href=\"http:\/\/hanzismatter.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">attempt kanji<\/a> for a memorable tattoo. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.clickorlando.com\/-\/1637238\/15468364\/-\/format\/rss_2.0\/-\/vshnonz\/-\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">A weak grasp of English is sufficient<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>*****<\/p>\n<p>An entertaining historical document is online: <a href=\"http:\/\/nymag.com\/news\/features\/46170\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">That Party at Lenny&#8217;s<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>*****<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/brickmuppet.mee.nu\/recursions\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Welcome to Crossover Hell<\/a>. A related horror: another approach to <a href=\"http:\/\/brickmuppet.mee.nu\/oh...\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Touhou Ponies<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><object width=\"640\" height=\"360\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/6svPDCrdXYc?version=3&amp;hl=en_US&amp;rel=0\"><\/param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><\/param><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"><\/param><\/object><\/p>\n<p>I wonder: how does the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dustbury.com\/archives\/15274\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">world of Bronies<\/a> compare with the <a href=\"http:\/\/en.touhouwiki.net\/wiki\/Touhou_Wiki\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Touhou universe<\/a>?<\/p>\n<p>*****<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/unnatural.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Unnatural?\" width=\"300\" height=\"600\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8509\" srcset=\"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/unnatural.jpg 300w, http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/unnatural-150x300.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>So salt and sugar are unnatural?<\/p>\n<p>*****<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Image-Jinrui_cover.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"A different take on the mediator\" width=\"400\" height=\"579\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8560\" srcset=\"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Image-Jinrui_cover.jpg 400w, http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Image-Jinrui_cover-207x300.jpg 207w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 85vw, 400px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.crunchyroll.com\/humanity-has-declined\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jinrui wa Suitai Shamashita<\/a><\/em><\/strong> was perhaps the best show of the summer. I did a little searching to see if Romeo Tanaka&#8217;s novels have been translated yet. As far as I can tell, there&#8217;s only <a href=\"http:\/\/tlwiki.org\/index.php?title=Jinrui_wa_Suitai_Shimashita:Volume1_Chapter1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">one chapter<\/a> available in English.<\/p>\n<p>*****<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/vote.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"Good riddance\" width=\"640\" height=\"200\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8546\" srcset=\"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/vote.png 640w, http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/vote-300x93.png 300w, http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/vote-500x156.png 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>(Bumper sticker courtesy of <a href=\"http:\/\/borepatch.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Borepatch<\/a>.)<\/p>\n<p>Last and least, some political notes. Although I am a member of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.firstthings.com\/blogs\/firstthoughts\/2010\/07\/27\/calvin-coolidge-and-the-wet-blanket-movement\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Wet Blanket Movement<\/a>, I do have some interest in the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.firstthings.com\/blogs\/drboli\/2012\/10\/28\/advertisement-750\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Fringe Party<\/a>. For those who believe that <em>all<\/em> people should have the right to vote, not just the living and the residents of Chicago cemeteries, Dr. Boli has <a href=\"http:\/\/www.firstthings.com\/blogs\/drboli\/2012\/10\/30\/your-harding-agnew-yard-signs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">yard signs<\/a> you can download and print.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/harding-agnew-yard-sign-03.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"Yard sign\" width=\"640\" height=\"414\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8551\" srcset=\"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/harding-agnew-yard-sign-03.png 640w, http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/harding-agnew-yard-sign-03-300x194.png 300w, http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/harding-agnew-yard-sign-03-463x300.png 463w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A duck and a cuckoo from episode eleven of Joshiraku. ***** You don&#8217;t need to attempt kanji for a memorable tattoo. A weak grasp of English is sufficient. ***** An entertaining historical document is online: That Party at Lenny&#8217;s. ***** Welcome to Crossover Hell. A related horror: another approach to Touhou Ponies. I wonder: how &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/miscellany-7\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Miscellany&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,7,8,10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8392","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-anime","category-culture-and-anti-culture","category-curiosities-and-silly-stuff","category-decline-and-fall"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4xam3-2bm","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8392","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8392"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8392\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":97997,"href":"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8392\/revisions\/97997"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8392"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8392"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8392"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}