tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post5852106661720428152..comments2023-11-10T04:17:00.492-05:00Comments on View From The Porch: Random Stuff From The Web:Tamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07285540310465422476noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-28951170521515716902008-04-29T17:03:00.000-04:002008-04-29T17:03:00.000-04:00An amusing trend. A blog meme?Would more beer help...An amusing trend. A blog meme?<BR/><BR/>Would more beer help?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-37080010564568791442008-04-29T14:52:00.000-04:002008-04-29T14:52:00.000-04:00"She Who Must Be Obeyed has suggested that the fla...<I>"She Who Must Be Obeyed has suggested that the flag of Japan - a red circle on a field of white - might very well be symbolic not of the Rising Sun, but of a Brown-Eye scrubbed raw in an attempt to achieve perfect cleanliness.<BR/><BR/>Indeed. Nippon: Land of the Rising Sun...and the Spotless Bung."</I><BR/><BR/>Second bunghole color change that we've been referred to in the last week by your blog, Tam. <BR/><BR/>This is a disturbing trend. ;)Matt Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03500429239798601210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-31086543575105934972008-04-29T14:50:00.000-04:002008-04-29T14:50:00.000-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Matt Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03500429239798601210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-71559816623945241622008-04-29T11:44:00.000-04:002008-04-29T11:44:00.000-04:00I spent several months in 1999 working in a Japane...I spent several months in 1999 working in a Japanese semiconductor research plant, doing demonstration testing of a new machine they were buying from my US company. The engineering office had bathroom stalls whose seats had adjustable temperature control. Ahhh, I fondly recall many the cold morning I sat in luxury atop those thrones! <BR/><BR/>And I will only mention in passing the Ultraviolet-sanitized turbojet hand drier, which warmly dried my hands after washing, in about 3 seconds flat. <BR/><BR/>There is a quiet grandeur in making very pleasant those most necessary of life's functions. Sign me up for a luxury bathroom asap!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-91778513961767751052008-04-29T06:20:00.000-04:002008-04-29T06:20:00.000-04:00The Intimist is a Chinese knockoff of the Toto Was...The Intimist is a Chinese knockoff of the Toto Washlet. Toto's site is www.washlet.com, but the their "happycheeks" intro probably isn't work safe.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-74274107373569129712008-04-29T01:05:00.000-04:002008-04-29T01:05:00.000-04:00I always thought it was funny that "keshoshitsu" w...I always thought it was funny that "kesho<B>shit</B>su" was polite Japanese for powder room...<BR/><BR/>HAI!Lesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09281676558516912247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-65691557184821841992008-04-28T19:51:00.000-04:002008-04-28T19:51:00.000-04:00I'm pacing in impatience, waiting to hear back fro...I'm pacing in impatience, waiting to hear back from an editor...Tamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07285540310465422476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-63079493418314814212008-04-28T19:35:00.000-04:002008-04-28T19:35:00.000-04:00I think you are spending too much time surfing the...I think you are spending too much time surfing the web and not enough time on the great American novel - or whatever it is you are (or aren't) writing.Zendo Debhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00094772654735415974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-73140110530862246772008-04-28T18:55:00.000-04:002008-04-28T18:55:00.000-04:00um, no thanks...um, <A HREF="http://www.nataliedee.com/072306/the-butt-too.jpg" REL="nofollow">no thanks.</A>..bredahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00216098318849287384noreply@blogger.com