However, the train itself is a complete redesign. Other bullet trains for the Yamagata Shinkansen will also get total overhauls, but unlike the light blue Toreiyu, they'll be purple and won't feature footbaths and tatami. Famed car designer Ken Okuyama, who was born in Yamagata, designed these new bullet trains.…

Don't get my hopes up like that, Brian. Japan is small, but I can't just mozy on down to friggin' Kyoto!

I think it leads to buying lots of tiny Anime figurines mostly. Which is at least good for the economy. I would say I'm just kidding but I'm not.

Something worth noting, Lotteria is a Korean chain. They're... how can I put this nicely... special. And by special I mean horrible. All of these hospitalization articles posted by Bashcraft originate from that place. :)

That's certainly one thing. A big thing, no doubt about it. But In addition to that, the Japanese are far more active than your average American. The vast majority of city dwellers use mass transit to go to and from work (and everywhere else) so even if it's just hoofing around the station that's already more walking…

I need to find a way to use "patty cap" in a sentence now.

I am become wedding cake.

Black Hole is a classic. Mostly because it goes completely against the Disney grain. It's a very melancholy film and has a mixed bag ending. I highly recommend it.

ques up a bunch of Eric Serra

Steve Marinconz: My job is derailing yours. ^_^

I normally dismiss LOOK AT THE HURT, LOOK AT IT! ad campaigns but this was really well done. By the end I was actively controlling my composure. Whoever that kid is, she deserves to be in film if she already isn't.

-Samsung

Those images will never stop entertaining me.

I don't even want to hear your excuses anymore. I've already put a blanket on the couch for you, I think it's best that you not speak to the kids tonight.

I call this dance move Dishonorable P'tach!

Sometimes I feel like I was the only who understood the underwear scene. She's attracted to Kirk despite himself, just as she was in the prime timeline. She set him up like that on purpose, her way of asking "Do you like what you see?"

Getting a wicked Mass Effect vibe from the way that shapely space suit is walking towards the camera.

It always makes me sad when I remember that if we really sent a spaceship to famous places in space like the Horsehead nebula... it wouldn't even look remotely the same by the time the ship arrived.

The first thing this concept video for a fully interactive tabletop Pizza Hut touch ordering system gets wrong is imagining a future where people still dine in at Pizza Hut.

Well, I grew up in south Texas so I can tell you that ruts in the road have nothing to do with snow, and with lots of effort have nothing to do with rain either.