I have a sideblog where I write about non-anime, non-Japanese things.
The address is: http://ptosideblog.wordpress.com
Recent Sideblog Entries- Survivor China Doesn’t Like “Chicken” But I Did Enjoy The Premiere September 21, 2007I haven’t consistently watched a season of Survivor since Marquesas (the fourth one) but since this fifteenth edition (wait, it’s been FIFTEEN seasons!?!) takes place in China, I decided to give this one a try and it was entertaining enough for me and had many interesting characters to continue watching for at least a couple [...]CalAggie
- Two G8 Leaders Make Surprise Political Moves September 12, 2007Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has announced he would resign effective September 19 after almost a year in office. Abe and his party, the Liberal Democrats (LDP), have had problems dealing with a financial crisis as well as an inability to gather public support, much less so than the charismatic and well-coifed former prime minister Junichiro Koizum […]CalAggie
- Entire Daily Show Archive to be Online in 4Q? September 10, 2007Hollywood Reporter reports in an article about MTV Networks (a part of Viacom) creating individual portals for their popular shows that the entire archive of “The Daily Show with Jon Stewart” could be available by year’s end: TheDailyShow.com, which launches in the fourth quarter, will archive the entire video history of the show including […]CalAggie
- Rising Number of Cats With Diabetes in the UK August 8, 2007BBC News has an article on how an increasing number of cats are being diagnosed with diabetes. The number in a study by Edinburgh Univesity is that one in 230 pet cats in Great Britain is diabetic and that neutered males that do not get sufficient exercise are particularity at risk. The article also notes, [...]CalAggie
- News Clips: July 27th July 28, 2007Wisconsin Boy’s Lemonade Stand Robbed Austin Cundy, an 11-year-old boy in Oshkosh, WI, had a plastic container with $20 in it taken by two teenagers when they rode by his lemonade stand on their bicycles, punched him and shoved him off his chair Tuesday. He was earning the money to go camping with his grandparents [...]CalAggie
- TBS, TNT Aired “Hitch” SIMULATENOUSLY?!? June 16, 2007So, I was channel-surfing tonight and came upon some movie (“Hitch”) on TBS. I then flipped to the next channel, TNT, and saw the same movie playing. I went back and forth and figured out the TBS feed was about a half-second ahead of TNT. I would like to see “Hitch” but I’d rather do [...]CalAggie
- Quick News Links: June 8th June 8, 2007I know I haven’t written a post in three months and thought that I should just follow the original idea of a blog – a collection of links – in order to make more frequent posts. So here are some of the interesting news stories spanning politics, sports, and entertainment I have read over the [...]CalAggie
- At Least It Was Short… March 9, 2007Part 2 of an continuing series of spam e-mails that have escaped built-in filters and caught my eye before deletion. From: English Subject: Check out the popular Job Board. stronghold Many recreational golfers fight a slice, and those that don’t often have a hook. The one regret I have here is that it did not go into more [...]CalAggie
- Davis Flashmob Sets New Guinness Record February 6, 2007I should have written about this sooner but I was preoccupied with a paper and the Super Bowl. I seriously regret not putting money on the Colts…oh well, maybe next year I’ll be more risk-taking and put $10 on the line. Anyway, on to what I wanted to talk about. On Thursday at noon, students at [...]CalAggie
- People in Boston Overreact Over ATHF Promotion February 1, 2007I know I haven’t been tending to this sideblog ever since I moved my main blog to a new domain and I even forgot it was still up until someone left a comment a couple days ago. So, for my first post back from unintentional vacation, I’ll talk about a news story that is too [...]CalAggie
- Survivor China Doesn’t Like “Chicken” But I Did Enjoy The Premiere September 21, 2007
