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Asian Girls Creepy Synchronized Disobedience

Evidently  juvenile disobedience in the classroom can be hilarious…especially when it’s synchronized. These daring Japanese school girls take this classroom prank to the next level  and what’s almost as funny as their synchronized moves are the punishments the teacher assigns to the students (e.g., standing to the side of the classroom on one leg with hands in the air, doing a weird dance, etc.).

One Example

There are modern day explorers–culinary Cousteaus–who roam cities, exploring different cuisines one adventure/restaurant at a time. One such culinary explorer who is eating his way through Tokyo’s ramen shops one shop at a time is Nate at Ramenate. His blog offers a great glimpse into one of Japan’s culinary treasures, ramen, and offers plenty of ramen porn for you to salivate over.

Other such explorers exist in CA as well, such as the Great Taco Hunt blog and others.

Classic.

Another example of ’80s funk care of Hungarian super band Neoton Familia. Listening to this track will cause you to conjure up images of legwarmers, Jazzercise and strangely dressed people in the 80s dancing to disco/funk. In other words, this track is a winner.

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For all the lovers out there and those wanting to be inspired by some love grooves, I present to you my Valentine’s Day 2010 Mix made especially for my Valentine and shared with you (for a limited time). It’s a few miscellaneous love songs sandwiched between acoustic ballads and 80′s Funk with a touch of  freakyness at the end care of Leon Haywood. Enjoy.

Link to Mix

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I’ve been saying this for a few months now to anyone who will lend me an ear: I think Starbucks is experiencing a renaissance of sorts. I think it’s a company (and stock) worth watching and it seems the NY Times agrees; they’re calling it a rebound.

My interest in coffee shops and coffee in general began at a young age with my grandfather who is one of my greatest heroes. He used to pick me up from school and take me to Peet’s Coffee next to the Claremont Hotel in Berekeley, CA, nearly 20 years before Peet’s became a national company and coffee shops became a publicly traded phenomenon. I remember the confusion and delight on the barista’s face when I, as a child, would walk up to the counter and order a cup of coffee (half milk, half coffee) with a brownie that I could never finish.

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