Wholesome Life
We interrupt your regularly scheduled (and now defunct) WellCon reporting to bring you this breaking news:

Glico, the magical makers of your very favorite Japanese candy-and-biscuit snack, is in the biotech business. This can only mean one thing: Cloned Pocky.

The end of the Pocky shortage is near! Chocolate-covered biscuits for all!

Glico: Bringing smiles to the dining table by producing high-value-added food materials.

Tuesday, June 14, 2005 ||

An Eruption of Delight!
Welcome to Yama;
An eruption of delight
Volcano maki:

Reunion begins
A quest for yaki udon
Mission accomplished!

Our bellies cry out
For anything better than
Chuck Wagon Chowder

Sombre new carpet
Beloved Science Center,
You are diminished.

Grief demands comfort
What can offer us solace
But Japanese food?

Tears turn to laughter
Joy fills our hearts and stomachs
Memories live on.

~Fin~

Saturday, June 11, 2005 ||

Hey, Joe...
As our trip down memory lane continues, let us pause to remember a time when we were all a little more innocent. A time when we were all a little more naive. A time when even the simplest things brought us joy and merriment. Yes, my friends, before HJ1 and I were the jaded web-savvy cynics you know and love today, we were entertained to no end by...bananas.

It was a young HJ1 who stumbled wide-eyed onto the website we referred to simply as...

Joe's Banana.

Nothing much, just some photoshopped pictures of a particular banana. But it was this very website that opened HJ1's eyes to the wonderful wacky weirdness of the WWW. It's a banana! On drugs! HJ1 passed it on to me. And I thought it was the most brilliant website ever forged by man.

Sure, we're older and wiser now. But no matter what, this will never stop being funny.

Wednesday, June 8, 2005 ||

O! He-Man!
He may be Master of the Universe, but HJ2 is the Master of Haiku. A single emotional screencap led to the creation of perhaps the greatest series of He-Man related haiku ever written. (Be sure to note the crappy Geoshitties design and improper use of "haikus" for extra fun. I was always rather fond of the background, though.)

Wednesday, June 8, 2005 ||

A helluva tough flashback
While my esteemed collegue HJ1 tickles your fancy with our creatively created creations, I will serve as your guide down a different path. Join me as I travel back into the hazy mists of time, back to the late '90s, and unearth some of the real live actual websites that HJ1 and I frequented. A new (and still working!) link with every post!

Our first stop on the tour is a little site HJ1 discovered while doing a search for Tasuki. Yes, it's a brilliant little site where our favorite helluva tough '80s badass gets to kick ass and take names. It's...

Mr T, the Toughest Man in Anime!

Join our hero as he pities the foos in MKR, refuses to take jibba-jabber from Eva, and throws Miaka helluva far in FY.

Remember, if you touch his chains, you best be ready to fly.

Tuesday, June 7, 2005 ||

The Countdown Begins!
Welcome, one and all to Requiem to a Countdown: the Frenzied Pre-WellCon Madness. Each day (or hour or every other day), HJ2 and I (probably mostly I) will be posting nostalgic pieces of our work from those Swellesley Wellesley days gone by.

Today we have a real treat for you: It's an original HJ2 piece from 1997, when we were young and full of crazed MSR Shipper hope. Those were idealistic days. The second candidacy of Bill Clinton, the rise of the Backstreet Boys...it was an exciting time to be young (and in love with Fox Mulder)!

Monday, June 6, 2005 ||

WellCon: The Beginining (but not Biggening)
The time draws near....

Monday, June 6, 2005 ||