michael lambe

Lately, I can’t help noticing that the walls of the city are being plastered with political posters by The Happiness Realization Party (幸福実現党 or HRPs as I like to call them). Here’s a picture I took today of HRPs posters heavily outnumbering the poor chap on the Komeito Party poster.  You can practically see the [...]

I was in a pharmacy/chemists yesterday, and I saw this on the shelf and it got me thinking.
It’s a diet supplement, yeah? You take it and the idea is – you get thin. So why the name? I have no idea, so I’m looking for clues.  The model advertising it is Kaori Manabe, a [...]

I think I may have finally found my spiritual path:

Say Hebbo! from Torvakian on Vimeo.

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Browsing Gizmodo this evening, (slogan: so much in love with shiny new toys it’s unnatural) I came across this very silly and thereby highly amusing soya sauce bottle. LINK.
And here’s an admirable man who somehow manages to combine religious belief with a creditable degree of common sense: LINK.
And, um, here’s some Sade. Just because she [...]

A couple of links for you. The Vatican has declared it’s opposition to Amnesty International on the basis Amnesty opposes abortion in cases of rape or incest. Read more here: BABYLON FIGHTS FREEDOM
Also, here’s a link to a video of President Bush in Albania where he was given a hero’s welcome earlier this week. A [...]

Happy Saint Piran’s Day! Way back in the Dark Ages, when Ireland was overrun with saints working miracles, raising the dead, and generally showing off and making nuisances of themselves, the High King at Tara decided saintly standards were slipping and set up some quality controls. Saint Piran, was thrown (literally “thrown” mind you) out [...]

Happy Easter!
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Yes! It’s Easter and religious obsession time! The day we celebrate Jesus jumping out of the egg! Check out some exclusive footage here:

In my first week of work at the Junior High this week I managed to catch a nasty stomach bug that had me riding the porcelain train [...]