A Tae Bo No-No

Warning: Images in this entry contain potentially offensive language and sexual depictions. But they're funny as hell.Remember Billy Blanks, the guy who crippled America with his Tae Bo workout?

Did you know he was in a 1992 Hong Kong movie directed byBlackie Ko Sau Leung calledInvincible (戰龍在野)?

He plays a French Foreign Legionnaire who tries to get really close with his fellow soldiers.

If you didn't know he was in this movie, he probably doesn't want you to know.

Why, you ask?

Well, belo...Read more

Friends Don't Let Friends Get Bad Ink

I saw that bumper sticker in a tattoo shop once, and have seen it on t-shirts too.

It's something I've always tried to live by.

I've brought studentsto tattooists before, just to be sure they didn't get 'scratched' by some hack.

I even took an ex-girlfriend to a tattooist once. We weren't even really friends, but I still wouldn't wish a bad tattoo on her.

I wouldn't have wished an STD on her either, but she didn't see fit to reciprocate... Rece...Read more

Less Getting (In)laid

This is an update on my guitar project, not a statement of the obvious about a certain aspect of my existence. Whenever I take a leak, part of me whines and says "You never take me out anywhere new..."Never mind.

I previously blogged about my adventures in inlay using maple. But I realized it would be too hard to get it accomplished because of the black stain. I needed something impervious to stain.

Pearloid. Also known as Mother of Pearl.I needed 5 pieces, all the same, for this inlay. The best method for this...Read more

Gimme Some Neck

That's not a euphemism, it's the name of a Ronnie Wood solo record.I finally decided to go ahead and attach the neck to the body of the Less Paul.There was no longer any reason notto do it, so I decided to delay no more.So out comes the wood glue:I put glue in the neck pocket, some on the neck, and put the two pieces together. I must be getting better at this woodworking stuff, because this neck j...Read more

Movie Review: Murderer/殺人犯

Live High, Die Nasty

The Dynasty, as some of you may know, is the venue of choice for the Movie Night bunch for films deemed... questionablein terms of quality.

With the exception (at  my insistence) of I Corrupt All Cops, all Wong Jing films are viewed at The Dynasty.

Any and all Alex Fong/Stephy movies as well.

Sex and Chopsticks was a no-brainer. Part 1 and2.

Opening night.

Bothnights.

My dad keeps sheep at his house in New Hampshire. He also has two donkeys. To protect the sheep from coyotes. They...Read more

How Can I Improve Less?

I have been slowly building up the lacquer on the face of the Less Paul. It is getting there, and now has a deep gloss and is very smooth:I'm working on the sides as well, and you can see the mahogany beginning to really shine: Once the last coat is on, I wi...Read more

A Joke, No Joke, and Naked Humor

CAUTION: THIS BLOG ENTRY CONTAINS MILDLY  SEXUAL IMAGERY AND (VERY) PARTIAL NUDITY.

PROCEED AT YOUR OWN RISKNow that I have your attention...Recently I was the butt (!) of a joke posted by someone who shall remainanonymous.

But I guess the best (or worst) part of the joke is, it doesn't apply to me.

I swear on Read more

An Afternoon at the Top

I need to start this entry by conveying immense thanks to AnD's Patrick (Rottendoubt) and Jenn Tse for making this possible, and to Kevin "The Golden Rock" Ma for his assistance and enthusiasm.

Today I got to see Hong Kong from a new perspective. I went  to Sewa (Sevva?), which is on the 25th floor of the Prince's Building in Central. 

Shocking as you may find it, this is not generally the kind of place I am found. Or find myself.

But today was different.

Today was special.

...Read more

Puking in the Sink

No, I didn't do it.

I see people do it, and it used to strike me as strange.

Why on earth would people puke in the sink and not the toilet?

It wasn't until recently that I realized why:

Squat toilets.

Can you imagine how hard it would be to do the Technicolor Yawn into a squatter?

With big Western sh*tters, you can put your whole head in there and guarantee... well, not accuracy but at least you can ensure there's no spillage.

So I figured out another one of Hong Kong&#...Read more