Links - 30th April 2010

YouTube - Funny Japanese TV Game Show #4
Damn Japs

How to Grind (for Girls) - wikiHow - "Find one of your good friends that you feel comfortable with and begin to dance with her. Dance with her normally as if no one was watching. A guy will soon notice you, mainly because you're dancing and having fun with your best friend. Most likely a guy won't say anything when he wants to grind, but instead will give you subtle signals... Be ready for the song to end. Usually, the guy will walk away. Sometimes he'll say something and sometimes not. Don't be offended if he just walks away in the middle of the song. Don't let that get to you because the chances are that the guy has gotten aroused and doesn't want to make things uncomfortable. Just quickly find that friend you were dancing with before. Make it look like nothing is wrong and you're glad that he's gone"
The generic grinding advice: If you're a skateboarder, you were probably looking for information on another kind of grinding... If the person takes notice of you, and acknowledges you, approach them and ask if they'd like to dance. Never ask if they'd like to grind

Une chaussure pour prendre votre pied - "Des chaussures qui se transforment en vibromasseur, quelle étrange idée? Mais c'est sale non? Vous vous imaginez marcher dans la rue et hop! voilà que vos pieds commencent à trembler... Ou pire: vous utiliseriez un truc qui a marché sur 3200 chiques, 1200 mégots de cigarettes, sans parler des autres crasses qui souillent nos rues"

Les prostituées de plus de 60 ans, ça existe - "A Paris, environ 200 travailleuses du sexe ont entre 60 et 80 ans"

Some people will do anything for an iPad - "I got scammed trying to get a ipad on craigslist... [He] wanted to trade his 16gb ipad for a BJ... I've never given a BJ before and when I told my wife about it, she thought it was disgusting. I later got her to let me do it since she knew how much I wanted the ipad and plus there is nothing but apple products in my home... I thought I would file a police report about the whole thing but I figured I would have probably looked like a idiot doing so"

Airport Screeners: Beware Intentional Contraband - "New research points to a possible blind spot in airport security screening: it may be easier to sneak something dangerous past security–a box cutter, for example–by also including an obvious and innocuous banned object, like a water bottle, into the mix as a distraction"
Useless "security" measures which are aimed at reassuring people actually reduce security.

An accidental history of science - "Having spent the last year looking into the history of science, one of the things that really stands out is its glorious unpredictability. History shows that you can never know where a particular bit of research will take you or the questions it will raise. Researchers who start off looking for one thing often end up discovering something quite unexpected... The true value of blue-sky research is almost impossible to predict, which sometimes makes it hard to justify on purely commercial grounds. The story goes that Michael Faraday, the 19th century physicist who discovered the principles behind the electric generator and the electric motor, was asked by Gladstone, then Chancellor of the Exchequer, about the practical value of his discoveries. To which Faraday is said to have replied, "one day, sir, you may tax it""

My friend wants to go on a sperm hunt. - "I have a friend who desperately wants to have a baby, She is single and has been so for coming up to 9 years, she doesn’t think she would be able to live with a man as she is very independent and so is not interested in finding a husband, but really wants a child. She cannot afford IVF so is considering going on a “sex tour” overseas, sleeping with a random stranger for his sperm and coming home, leaving him none the wiser"

The Perils of Wishful Thinking - Robert Kagan - The American Interest Magazine - "The Obama Doctrine is about “Win-Win” and “getting to Yes”... Neither the President nor his advisers acknowledge that, along with common interests, the great powers also have divergent and sometimes directly conflicting interests that cannot necessarily be reconciled through better understanding... One gets the sense that the Obama Administration is fashioning a global strategy for a world that no longer exists, or, more accurately, that never existed... It is no condemnation of the Obama Administration to note that it came to office with an approach to the world that may not survive contact with reality. This is frequently the way things go in the first year for a new President. It was certainly the case with the last Administration. The question is, how quickly can this Administration adjust and devise an approach more attuned to the world as it is?"

Lexington: Sex and the single black woman | The Economist - "Most people marry someone of the same race who lives relatively close to them... A one percentage point increase in the male incarceration rate was associated with a 2.4-point reduction in the proportion of women who ever marry... “higher male imprisonment has lowered the likelihood that women marry…and caused a shift in the gains from marriage away from women and towards men”... “I thought I was a catch,” sighs an attractive black female doctor at a hospital in Washington, DC. Black men with good jobs know they are “a hot commodity”, she observes. When there are six women chasing one man, “It’s like, what are you going to do extra, to get his attention?” Some women offer sex on the first date, she says, which makes life harder for those who prefer to combine romance with commitment. She complains about a recent boyfriend, an electrician whom she had been dating for about six months, whose phone started ringing late at night. It turned out to be his other girlfriend. Pressed, he said he didn’t realise the relationship was meant to be exclusive"

YouTube - 2010 Big Rock Beer Entry - Poker Face

Just Found - Secret Recipes from Julia Child - Boston Restaurant News and Events @ BostonChefs.com - "'I'm crazy about this chicken dish'
'poulet a beurre, beurre and more beurre.'
Marinate a whole chicken in gin. For 2 weeks. Then encase it in a six pound block of butter'
'Mmm, butter'
'Squish it into a casserole dish, and let it cook while you enjoy three or four rounds of cocktails'
'Remove the chicken from the oven, and go out to dinner.'
'No one will ever know'"