I'm sure most people have seen this Joe Ledbetter, gold Gamerita. It was a Taipei Toy Festival exclusive and limited to 150 pieces. I love the gold, but i just don't get the pipe-cleaner legs... They are clearly pipe-cleaners!! Couldn't have just have used glitter or something?

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I just wanted to blog about how great the new Alkaline Trio album Agony & Irony is. I am a huge trio fan, and am always worried by a new album from any band.... I mean what if I don't like it! The trio, of course, don't disappoint. Whilst it's not quite as dark as sometime expected, there last few albums have departed somewhat from that original sound, the macabre is still in abundance, of...

Thanks to Elizabeth Ito for pointing this one out. Sayama Forest that inspired the utter genius that is "Tonari no Totoro" (My Neighbour Totoro) is under threat from urban development. Ironic given how much of Miyazaki's films are based around myths and stories about nature and the balance between the natural and man.

 

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This evening I made banana, rum and raisin cookies and a Ginger cake (with ginger butter cream). Not sure why...