Well, they were highly skilled warriors of the samurai class. The main point is just to show that yes, female warriors did exist.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Onna-buge…

Goddammit!

I guess I should actually watch the video before I start commenting :P That does sound really lovely. I'm just one of many, many Jessicas.

I think she was born in Mexico.

It's from Labyrinth! I think the song is called "Chilly Down," and it used to scare the hell out of me as a kid.

It's my entire Italian last name.

The latter half of that episode seriously traumatized me.

So adorable! Nothing makes you feel better than coming home to a house full of wiggling boxers.

I think it is a rock hyrax.

I think the second part comes out in a couple of weeks.

It's Maymo! He is the most fantastic lemon beagle on the internet.

I have been saying *forever* that David Bowie and Tilda Swinton should mate and create the most amazing, talented, androgynous Brit that ever lived.

*boopboop*

Oh gawd, three legged pug! That's done me in.

I think it's an echidna puggle. But it is a monotreme, just like the platypus.

Impressive, but it doesn't beat Hoover, the talking seal with a Maine accent: http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/~wtsf/Hoover.html

I went to high school with Katie. It's neat to see this ad featured here.

Yikes, this new comment system is a hot freaking mess. Is the Gawker network trying its hardest to alienate their entire readership? I really like the community here at Jez, but I cannot navigate this clusterfuck system they've setup.

I believe it is.