We are back from the trip of a lifetime... our first visit to Japan. I plan on writing some thoughts, but for now, here are some photos from the trip on flickr.

I have a great love and respect for the Chinese and Japanese languages (I'm studying Japanese), but my absurdist sense of humor draws me in to anything Engrish.

Here is the apex of Engrish menus, utterly absurd, courstesy of John Rahoi. Tristan Tzara would be proud.



I also like John's t-shirt designs at amusingtees.com...

From my friend Kurt, "this thing is creepy."

That's for sure - my jaw was open during the whole video. The most advanced quadruped on Earth, BigDog is powered by a gasoline engine that drives a hydraulic actuation system.

Right click and download the video if it doesn't play well.



Watch for when the engineer kicks it... amazing.