tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-53356702012-01-13T10:48:13.513+08:00This page is about the Buccaneer Duke of Taichung. For other uses, see Chaon (disambiguation).Karlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09716593360671034412noreply@blogger.comBlogger16331100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5335670.post-32983586844544579912012-01-10T09:58:00.000+08:002012-01-10T09:59:10.452+08:00

History lesson for the History Channel

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Did you know about this? (Video)

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There is a sub-Reddit r/pyongyang, which is apparently moderated by a real-life North Korean apparatchik. Game of the week is seeing what you can sneak into a comment and not get it deleted.Example: http://www.reddit.com/r/Pyongyang/comments/ntq8g/funeral_procession_of_great_leader_comrade_kim/Bonus: Figure out Chaon's Reddit ID.EDIT: 1/1/12you have been banned from posting to Pyongyang |

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I've been playing this Battlestations Pacific game on the Xbox, and I have developed several unique aerial combat techniques that I thought I should share with you, since it is highly unlikely that you would be able to discover these on your own.When an enemy fighter is behind you (1): Pull back on the throttle to cut your speed down as fast as possible. When you engine stalls, crash into the

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The only problem with this plan to vaccinate the population against religion, is that if you are already an atheist, the virus will turn you into a Reaver. Not that anyone would necessarily notice anything different in my case.

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Beer may be proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy, but ear hairs are proof that her affections are somewhat fickle.Young people cannot believe that 'Entropy' is a significant word or concept as pertainign to their own lives. Old people see entropy everywhere.If you sacred texts or holy scriptures do not adequately explain why crabs do not have eyebrows, then your religion is wrong.

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You guys are not going to believe this, but Jennifer Garner (now Affleck) is not James Garner's daughter. Not the kind of realization I usually have while reading Volokh.

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"The S.C. Republican Party no longer needed my $400,000, but being Southern gentlemen, they graciously offered to still want it."

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Something from the U.S. Navy that Chaon thoroughly approves of.

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...there is no God.

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One of the following two videos is satire, and the other is a real ad for an existing U.S. campaign. Can you tell which is which?http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0PAJNntoRgA http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dpiw-ng5wkQ

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I do believe I heard the Japanese word kendenoskani, which means "rich dickheads".If only we had some word that would express satisfaction or pleasure felt at someone else's misfortune. Maybe something German-sounding.

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“Foreigners’ Chinese character tattoos are like our stupid English t-shirts. But at least we can take off the t-shirts whenever we want.”-SSLink (Sinosplice)

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Quorn fake meat may cause illness. I can believe it, I got dizzy and nauseous just reading the words "Quorn fake meat".

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In this week's episode of "Kill it! Kill it with fire!"...

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Danish language.

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Giant penis mystery baffles Stockholm suburb. Since Chaon was in Stockholm two months ago, we think that this is not such a mystery at all. Clearly some local was just trying to portray in scale what was seen there at that time.

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I have a vague idea who Han Han is, but this piece still pretty much lost me. Can someone who is better than me at satire and/or China explain it to me? http://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gif

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I Love You, Will Smith from Bradley Jackson on Vimeo.

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On the events of last weekend:“Karl was forced to use imbibing tactics when the unruly beers surrounded him. There was no way out of the circle”.

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I think I've been to that club.

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A driver was stuck in a traffic jam on the highway outside Washington DC. Nothing was moving. Suddenly, a man knocks on the window. The driver rolls down the window and asks, “What’s going on?” “Terrorists have kidnapped Congress, and they’re asking for a $100 million dollar ransom. Otherwise, they’re going to douse them all in gasoline and set them on fire. We’re going from car to car,

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"Any attack made by the Ninjas against this residence would be a useless gesture, no matter what technical data they've obtained. Chaon's house is now the ultimate power in Taichung! I suggest we use it."

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Why does Foreign Policy magazine hate Victory Freedom?

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Once again, I reiterate that this is not an "escalation", nor are these steps that will lead to a protracted conflict in the region. We will be initiating a series of surgical strikes, carried out by trained professionals, against fanatical anarchist elements of the eyebrow community, whose dangerously wild incursions increasingly threaten our way of life and our ability to not look like a

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I am going to outlaw1) Ninjas2) those pretzel-flavored M & Ms3) and one more thing that I don't remember right at this moment

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99% of us do not WANT toPull on our hairPull on our poutCut the conversationAnd just open our mouth#OccupyFascinationStreet

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Chaon is not generally cross so much as he is mildly irritated (or irritating, as the case may be). So I'm not really sure what this is all about, though it's kind of odd that the woman in that picture shares my eye color.ADDED BY EDIT: Well this is kind of awkward: http://www.facebook.com/ChaonCross

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Well crap. I was all set to vote for Herman Cain because of that cool as hell video featuring his campaign manager, but then he goes and says something ridiculous. Fuck you Cain. Smoking damn well is cool and you know it.I'm switching my vote to John Hunstman.

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It's been ten years. How many more updates is this OS going to need?

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As everyone knows, a slizzard is:"a scaled creature with snakelike neck, many teeth, dubious lineage, brief life span and a vicious temperament;"Therefore, your lyrics:Poppin bottles in the ice, like a blizzardWhen we drink we do it right gettin slizzardDo not make one damn bit of sense. I demand that you modify your song immediately, otherwise I will come over there and beat you with my cane.

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You have caught my interest. Tell me more about your economic plan, Mr. Cain.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S6VnTqpTqvQ

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Brothers and Sisters, we have watched the brave protesters on Wall Street fight against the tyrannical inequities that oppress us all. And we have watched their message take spark in similar demonstrations worldwide, spreading to over 1500 cities globally. It is time we take a courageous stand against the corresponding oppression in our own sphere, and expose how the tallest 1% of the population

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Well of course I don't watch Glee, because huge testosterone-fueled powerhouses of... power, like me don't watch television musicals, and we especially don't watch musicals that occasionally have show tunes. But if I had watched seasons 1 & 2 of Glee, which I totally didn't, I bet I'd be wondering now how the hell that show managed to go straight to hell so quickly.Time to try something else.

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"No, seriously. Chaon's penis is THIS big. Don't look at me like that, I've SEEN it.""That's not how I remember it. I'm pretty sure it was more like this."

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Yeah, Teabaggers are hilarious and all, but us lefties don't like to be outdone. That's why we invented the Fleabagger. (I'm assuming when he says "Help us now", he means "Help me escape from Seattle circa 1992". Dude, go have a Latte and check out Pearl Jam in concert before Eddie Vedder gets all weird.)

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Please don't suck. Please don't suck. Please don't suck.

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Look kids, I can handle Rules number 2 and 5. But I'm gonna need some leeway on the others.

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When I was pillaging my way through Norway, Denmark and Sweden, I noticed that a lot of the forts/castles I saw there reminded me of the military designs I would come up with as a kid, when my friends and I would use sand, Lincoln Logs, wood scraps, or whatever to built forts for our playtime wars. Moats were a prerequisite, of course, and our view was that series of walls and bastions protruding

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Current conventional wisdom states unequivocally that Processed Meats Are Very Bad For You. Nobody seems to explain exactly what ingredient or aspect of processing makes them so bad, or in what specific way they are bad for you.I'm calling shenanigans on the whole thing. If processed meats were all that bad, Scandinavians would have an average life expectancy of 30 years. Or thereabouts.

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Just got back from two weeks of exploring my Viking heritage.*Here is a quick list of the things I learned. All blog posts for the rest of the year will be devoted to bitching about how expensive Norway is.1) God damn, Danish people are tall.2) I should have gone to Christiana when I was 20. All I can say now is "Hippies. What the fuck?"3) Pickled herring everywhere, in all types and sizes. Om

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Come on now.

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"These are not trademarks, they are product names. So trademark law does not apply. If you put your company name in front of the product name, then you automatically do not infringe any other mark." It is not easy to make Chaon cry, but seeing this from someone who has "twenty years professional marketing experience" just about did it*. Whether the tears were of sadness or anger, I'm still not

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How the hell did you screw up your blog template like this? Where's the fucking pirate flag?

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It is not "Soda" or "Pop" or any combination thereof. I can't even begin to understand the confusion of ideas that would make you people use such wrong names for things. The correct term is "coke" (lowercase 'c'), even when you are referring to Sprite or root beer or Pepsi. It's not rocket science y'all. Things have names that are an integral part of the thing itself, and when you use incorrect

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First they came for Chewycorns, and I didn't speak out because seriously, screw that guy. Then they came for Tommy525, and I didn't speak out because Tommy refused to shut the fuck up, even after I told him a whole bunch of times. Then they came for Mucha Man, and I didn't speak out because it was obvious to all that the dude had it coming. Then they came for me and I

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...Stay the hell away from that underground maze of tunnels and shops that stretches from Taipei Main Station to the Q Square Mall. That place is already confusing and dangerous enough even without zombies.

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Crazy big-haired pirate tied us right up.

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And I, for one, welcome our new mathematically capable pigeon overlords. After a boisterous argument about the Monty Hall problem at Napoli one night back in the mid-nineties, I went home and wrote a program* in Filemaker to verify it. Yeah, Filemaker. Quit yer hatin'. Honestly, I am pretty darn scared of spiders. But I'm not sure that my fear of spiders is greater than my hatred of wasps. So..

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Intellectual property, FARK, and Taiwan. All in one video.

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That the short form of 航空母舰 is 航母, which allows you to make this lovely construction: 航母殺手 And then when you put it together with a nice picture: You can make the whole world* say "Ooooh Burn". *Whole world outside of China, I suppose.

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Tossing salad is a delightful experience for both the diner and the chef.

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At the Q-Square mall, there is a store selling "Reagan Candy". My immediate "WTF?" was quickly replaced by "oh, right". Jelly beans, of course. Better than the "Obama Bread" that was being sold at Hypermart.

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Who are you? And how is the Hillsborough River these days?

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I don't think I like the way this irritating little piece of solid state hardware is copying my writing style.

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Carrier has Arrived (video)

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Fascinating post from Language Log- Polysyllabic characters in Chinese writing. (I'd have bet money that there weren't no such thing no how).Bing Translator knows that 圕 is "Library". Google Translate insists it is a phonetic "tuan".

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Right. So three months ago, I made a joke that suggesting that the obvious flaws in the airport full body scanners might not be so serious, because said flaws can only be exploited by real tall people. And very tall people are not terrorists. (Reference: Stats)Due to recent events, I need to clarify: "very tall" means 6' 5" and over. That Behring Breivik dickhead is only 6", so my axiom holds.

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Sesame Street breaks it down from Wonderful Creative on Vimeo.

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And forth tone just go down like your momma.

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When the funniest commercials are being done by ESPN?

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Last Friday night I was in a Taichung taxi*, and the driver & I were talking about the fatal accident that occurred at the Splendor hotel earlier that day (Link, if you are outside of Taiwan and have not heard about it).The driver was doing what taxi drivers do best- filling me in on the real story behind events. He asked me did I know that none of the businesses in that building were ever real

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Earnest young coworker just discovered a great band, and wants to know if I've ever heard of them. As it turns out, I do have some familiarity with songs by Tears for Fears.*Sigh*

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Disney, how could you?

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Bitches don't know bout my internet memes.

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I have absolutely no idea what the hell I just watched. I only know that I feel compelled to go out and buy shoes. Maybe something starting with a 'K'.

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She says: "You civil engineers can go fuck yourselves."

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From Forumosa:We are looking for a part time English editor to write and edit articles and tests. Native English speaker (North American accent preferred) Bachelor’s degree Experience in editing and/or teachingPlease mail us your resume together with a cover letter and two writing samples:a) A short article (around 100 words) about the differences between the Asian and Western culturesb) A

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I'm not gonna lie to you; My eternal war with the ninjas has not been without certain setbacks. Like last year when I came back from that Forumosa Happy Hour at 3:00 a.m., and was viciously ambushed by The World's Most Wicked Ninja(TM) about five hours later while I was still sleeping. That dishonorable sneak attack involved the ninja yelling: "Hangover? You DESERVE IT!", and then grabbing my

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If you bet me five dollars (3.14159£) that you had zero respect for Hugh Grant and that there was absolutely nothing I could show you that would change that.......I'd win five dollars.

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If you do not think that this is the greatest music video ever, then you are not allowed to read my blog any more.

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Dads.

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Yes baby, it is a fine commercial, and not a bad song either. The actor's name is Eric Monjoin. Now you can image search that name any time you like. But maybe not when I'm around, ok?

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1) I was NOT "pushing my bike up the mountain". I was calibrating the front suspension on an incline for the science technical engineering.2) Well of course my face was red. That's because I was concentrating so hard on the best calibration methods. But I think it is hyperbole to say that my face looked "like a boiled beet".3) That was not "gasping for breath". That was an advanced form of Tai

Karlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09716593360671034412noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5335670.post-91236983356232590682011-06-30T14:46:00.002+08:002011-06-30T14:51:23.395+08:00

Dear KMT,I'm not saying I'm against using the legal system to persecute your political opponents, oh no. But 11 years later? You are being a little bit too obvious, and you are going to ruin it for the rest of us who dream of one day directing pliant prosecutors in jailing those who disagree with us.

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Do you find something comical about my appearance when I'm driving my automobile?

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Finally, a good use for a Didgeridoo.

Karlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09716593360671034412noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5335670.post-46396030852622002772011-06-22T09:40:00.001+08:002011-06-22T09:42:20.841+08:00

I need one of those "I'm with Stupid" T-shirts, except that the arrow should point to my penis.IIIV

Karlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09716593360671034412noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5335670.post-1097454623225432292011-06-20T22:41:00.002+08:002011-06-20T22:48:24.584+08:00

As it turns out, Taiwan's first mini golf course was not Taichung's ill-fated venture that was launched in 2009. It was about 90 years earlier than that, and up north of I-Lan at a place called Jinguashi 金瓜石 (Wiki).Weird thing is, I didn't know there were miniature golf courses anywhere in 1922.Guess who it was built for?

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Lady Gaga is coming to Taichung. That is because I finally broke down and told her where I live. She is most persistent.

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