HI 5-0 is filming at Kuakini Medical Center today.
(1)Monthly Archive for January, 2012
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Over the holiday season in Sapporo, I really didn’t have a whole lot of time to browse for manga and related goods. I made by with a quick stop at Toranoana and Animate on the way to the airport, and even found something interesting at the bookstore at the airport. I was in a rush, so aside from the latest volumes of things I am already reading that I managed to find in a quick eyeball of the shelves, I grabbed a couple of new titles that seemed interesting from a cursory flip-through. I still haven’t gotten a chance to fully read through these yet, but here are some quick descriptions: Continue reading ‘Manga Briefs – Winter 2011/2012 Impulse Buys!’
The plastic hose that feeds the rear windscreen washer in my M Coupe turned brittle and crumbled after 11+ years of sitting on the exhaust manifold side of the engine compartment. If you’re familiar with bike stuff, it’s the same hard plastic material that Magura used for their hydraulic rim brake hose but with very thin walls. The barb fittings on the connectors were 6mm, so 7/32” vacuum hose would work, but the outside diameter was rather large. I found some black butyl rubber 6mm hose at Tokyu Hands with fairly thin walls. They also had some silicone hose, but it seemed too floppy. In particular, I was concerned that the silicone hose wouldn’t stay put on the barb fittings without some mechanical help. Two meters of the butyl tubing was 602-yen (about $8 USD at 77-yen per $1 USD). I ended up using all but around 60cm. Continue reading ‘BMW M Coupe Rear Washer Hose Repair’
So the new season is starting up, and with the growth of Crunchyroll, a lot of it is legitimately available to us at the same time! So then I’ll give my views on these shows based on the one or two episodes I have seen so far (Risu also).
Another – Middle school aged boy, due to father’s work overseas, arrives from Tokyo to a rural town that he had connection to in the past. He ends up in hospital before he has a chance to go to the school he is newly transfered to, and get a visit from his future classmates. They’re behaviour is a bit odd, but they seem nice enough. When he finally does get to school, he meets a loner of a girl with, yes, an eyepatch. Arr. Streaming on CR. Continue reading ‘Anime Briefs – 2011/2012 Winter Season’
No fireworks this year, which was good in a way, since it had become rather tedious in previous years. Instead, we lit the street on fire! With booze! Not good booze, thank you – this was some horrid old Ballantine’s blended scotch that had turned cloudy with black sediment. No drinky? Burrrn!
Hey, it’s that time of year again. Wonder how things will be this time. I imagine the earthquake and tsunami will be an underlying theme this year. I’m doing this live again, so this post will be continually updated over the next several hours as the program progresses… Continue reading ’62nd Annual NHK Kohaku Uta Gassen’
OK, I barely got up in time to rush up to Koko Head District Park to snap some hatsuhinode pics. When I pulled in I was greeted by an almost full parking lot, WTF! When I last did this, I think it was two or three years ago, the place was deserted. This trail has become too popular. I’m thinking something is going to come to a head, last I hiked about a month ago, the trail is taking a pounding. Anyway, I got set up just in time. I’ll post up the pic later, have to go through & process still yet.
OK, updated with my pic of this year. I unfortunately didn’t have time to properly set up the GoPro time lapse, oh well, next time!