I use NotScripts and NoScript in Chrome and Firefox, respectively, to block scripts on web pages. On that note, I would like to write an OPEN LETTER TO THOSE SITES THAT MAKE ME AUTHORIZE A DOZEN OTHER SITES IN ORDER TO VIEW ANY CONTENT Dear sites-that-make-me-authorize-a-dozen-other-sites-in-order-to-view-any-content, Fuck you. Sincerely, Me #perfectloverblog Google+: View post on …
Category Archive: doctor angry
Whatever is under my skin this time.
Jan 13
Really Good Idea, Really Bad Execution
Am trying out this new translation site "Conyac". http://cony.ac Really good idea, I think. You get one translation for free, and I tried it out, and I think what I got was decent (at least good enough to suit my current needs). However, the site does raise some, if not "red" flags, then certainly "amateur" …
Oct 09
Reason and Irrationality
I’ve been thinking a lot recently about the idea of people who hold two sets of worldviews simultaneously. In particular, those who simultaneously maintain an evidence-based view of the world we live in and a set of religious beliefs. It shouldn’t be such a mystery. For a good chunk of my youth, I was …
Sep 06
Shambolic Subways
Have not had great luck with subways today. STORY 1 On my way to give my talk for ASIOS at Bungeisha, I had to take the Tokyo subways. My final train change was at Akasaka-Mistuke. I followed the signs on the platform, noting that the line I needed to change to was a whopping 600+ …
Jul 30
One More for the Road
Once last Kaku post. Here is the video in which he says that we’ve stopped evolving and below that a link to a blog that explains very clearly why he’s wrong. http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2011/02/why_do_physicists_think_they_a.php Should we be taking any advice from this guy? He obviously doesn’t have any power of self-editing, and thinks he’s …
Jul 29
Those Damn Plebeians
Recently, someone on Google Plus posted this gem from some high-falutin’ type at CNN: http://www.cnngo.com/tokyo/visit/tell-me-about-it/andre-vltchek-why-i-hate-traveling-japan-342716 Go read it. I’ll wait. Among other things it stirred up in me that I cannot phrase politely, it put me in mind of a piece I wrote almost a dozen years ago for a short-lived comedy …
Jul 25
Arnie Gundersen – The Facade of Believability
Arnold “Arnie” Gundersen is in some ways the opposite of Michio Kaku. He’s not flashy, he avoids sounding over-the-top, even when he talks about grim scenarios, and he doesn’t wave his arms around like a mad scientist. Gundersen talks a hot load of crap. The first time I saw Gundersen, I thought he …
Jul 24
Michio Kaku Rant – Bibliography
Just a quickie bibliography for my recent post about bullshit artist Michio Kaku. On Plutonium toxicity: Most of my points about plutonium can be found in the plutonium article on Wikipedia. The quotation about 5000 respirable particles was sourced from a plutonium human health fact sheet published by the Argonne National Laboratory. …
Jul 23
Michio Kaku = Douche
Here’s a section of the book chapter I wrote for ASIOS’s upcoming book. Since it’s only going to be published in Japanese, I wanted to share some of it with you. Keep in mind that it’s written for Japanese readers, and for each person or media source I wrote about, I was asked to explain …
Jul 16
All Hands
Okay, here’s the blog entry I promised to write back in May. It’s fucking long, so I won’t blame you if you don’t read it. If you’re one of the amazing people I met and made friends with up in Oofunato, I really hope I don’t lose your friendship because of this post. But I …
May 19
Good Day Becomes Bad Day
I set out yesterday morning to clear a bunch of stuff from my to-do list, related to my upcoming volunteer trip to Oofunato. I had 40,000 Yen in my wallet, thanks to scrupulous scrimping and saving over the last three months, which I planned to use for the volunteer trip. The day started out …
Apr 02
A Response
I’ve got a little bit of flak for starting the Journalism Wall of Shame, not surprisingly, though not as much as I actually expected. One person tweeted that he hated “fucking crusader bloggers” who had “never set foot in a newsroom in their lives”. Given that this was tweeted immediately after he’d tweeted about …
Mar 20
WTF Toronto Star
Here is an article filed by Rosie DiManno of the Toronto Star: http://www.thestar.com/news/world/article/955721–dimanno-no-rest-for-japan-quake-victims The article was brought to my attention by a contributor to the Bad Journalism Wall of Shame that I started Friday night. I clicked through to read it and was absolutely flabbergasted at it. I had expected a somewhat ill-informed, …
Mar 17
Why Bad Journalism Has Driven Me To Desperate Ends
In retrospect, I should have had this idea before, but I guess today I just hit critical mass (not sure if it’s appropriate to use a nuclear energy turn of phrase here): one too many pieces of bad journalism. So I decided to start a wiki Bad Journalism Wall of Shame and invite some …
Dec 20
On Censorship
I posted this as a comment to someone’s Facebook post, but I will duplicate it here so it isn’t lost to wall-scroll: Censorship becomes even more nonsensical when you live in a non-English-speaking country. You walk into these girly-girly hip stores, and they’re playing the filthiest gangsta rap, but no one cares since they …
Oct 25
Facebook and My Blog
I thought I’d write a short entry on the subject of my blog’s integration with Facebook, since I’ve had some queries and complaints. Facebook’s RSS feed integration is incredibly broken. It was always crap, but there were ways for me to jog it, making my blog entries show up as notes. Unfortunately, I can …
Sep 05
Victoria – Fifth Show and Fuck You
Fuck you, Victoria Fringe organizers. Actually, you are generally nice people, and kudos on organizing such a great Fringe. But you’ve hit this performer where it hurts: his house, and he’s upset. For my other readers, let me give you some context: So here I am, doing my show, and other than a …
Aug 06
On the Road Again
Well, I’m sitting in Narita airport, at my gate, just shy of two hours before boarding. I’m flying JAL this time, which isn’t so bad (they have a great Japanese lime drink that they serve), but I mislike Narita’s Terminal two. One: it’s too hot. I’m dressed in cotton for my flight, and …
Nov 12
An Enemy of the People
I just finished reading this Ibsen play yesterday morning. I really enjoyed it. The main problem is that Dr. Stockmann is too good. It’s unbelievable. I kept thinking that his intense single-mindedness would result in disaster… and not just the disasters that do befall him, but something deserved. To me, that’s how the play …
Aug 07
Japan’s Biggest Bitch
I am sitting on a train beside Japan’s biggest bitch. It’s the WING train from Shinagawa to Kamiooka. You pay extra to ride this train, and if you get a ticket, you’re guaranteed a seat. This woman was sitting in the prime seat by a door, with her bags spread out so as to …
Aug 04
It’s Hot
The humidity is at nearly 100%, I’m sweating like a pig, and yet the idiots who run this train line have dialled DOWN the air conditioning because it’s raining slightly. It’s 28 degrees, biotches! It’s 95% humidity! What is wrong with you!?
Jul 11
Bloody Hell
What a day! I’m thumb-writing this on the numeric keypad of my old phone because my current test phone’s battery is dead. I missed my last train home and am now riding the slow train to the JR stop closest to my house– meaning about a 40-minute walk, much of it uphill. I am looking …
Jun 08
Immigration fun
Going to the immigration office is never simple. The first couple of times I had to go, I had to go to the main immigration office in Tokyo, near Shinagawa. It was a long, hot bus ride to a building that not even Japanese people who could read the signs (only in Japanese) could …
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