I’ll admit, I’ve always been one of those idiots into girls that play instruments in bands. Drummers? Don’t get me started. Cute Chinese girls playing drums? I’d better stop writing and start linking.
This is a clip by Sexy Beijing, which isn’t a porn site, but a more of a documentary production company run by an expat in China, […]

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In 16th century Japan human illness was commonly believed to be the work of tiny creatures inside the body. Like this guy:

From Pink Tentacle:
Harikikigaki, a book of medical knowledge written in 1568 by a now-unknown resident of Osaka, introduces 63 of these creepy-crawlies and describes how to fight them with acupuncture and herbal remedies. The […]

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There’s going to be no shortage of ink in the next few days concerning the MLB exhibition games in China. I’ll resist linking to the Trevor Hoffman Visits the Great Wall kind of stuff and throw out a couple links offering what I see as slightly different takes.
Steve Henson, writing for Yahoo! Sports paints the Chinese […]

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Of course I’m joking, but we’re talking about a guy who most thought would be looking at a 4-year $40MM deal, recently signed with the Cardinals for 1-year $4 million. What the heck happened?
There’s a great piece posted at USS Mariner called MLB Embraces Replacement Levelthat posits the theory that some teams are beginning to […]

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