Japanese Justice | Confess and be Done with it

A TAXI driver in Toyama prefecture is arrested for rape and attempted rape, confesses to both crimes, is convicted after a brief trial and serves his three years in prison. Meanwhile, another man, arrested on rape charges, also confesses to the two crimes the first man was convicted for. He, too, goes to jail and serves his time. Is this a story by Jorge Luis Borges, a case of trumped-up charges from the annals of Stalinist Russia, a trick question in a Cambridge tripos? None of the above. It is a recent instance, and not an uncommon one, of the Japanese judicial system at work.

Archie Mcphee – Realistic Monkey Skull

Nothing brightens up a room like the vacant stare of an animal skull! So spruce up your space with a 3-1/2“ long x 2-1/2” tall monkey skull on your mantle. Made of a polyresin material that has the look and feel of real bone!

Archie Mcphee – Bacon Flavored Toothpicks

These slender sticks of wood are generously flavored with the unparalleled, drool-inducing flavor of bacon. Each 3“ x 1-1/4” x 1/2“ tin contains eighty toothpicks.

Re-imaging History

”A picture is worth a thousand words, and Photoshop and similar tools have made it easier than ever to make those words fib. But while computers enable easier and better photo manipulation, it is hardly a new phenomenon. Here is a sampling of some of the more famous altered photographs from the last century.“

Super Pimped Out Washing Machine

Wee planets

360° panoramas projected to look like small planets.