Damn! Those Chuck-it balls are tough as hell. Our Jack Russel could skin and eat a tennis ball in less than an hour, but a couple of Chuk-its have lasted him months.

The deadliest Japanese H2 Missile is here

It's a perfectly fine place to live if you live as a Japanese person. Worse if you expect to live an American lifestyle.

I feel like those bastards drove him to it.

So very well done. And then Rudolph leads them into the stormy night, puts the whole team into a dive and cuts his harness loose at the last second.

Santa leaned back and scratched his head. "Perhaps people were less than kind to you, " he said. "But why should that stop you from helping now? Everyone should be happy to step up and fulfill their purpose and you shouldn't let negative feelings stand between you and the greatness that you were born to."

Rudolph paused. The words were deep and it was time to prove that what he had always assumed was a handicap that had cost him so many friends and so many opportunities really was a blessing in disguise. He could help, but the pain ran too deep. He looked Santa straight int he eye, "I want to to tell you what a cheap, lying, no-good, rotten, four-flushing, low-life, snake-licking, dirt-eating, inbred, overstuffed, ignorant, blood-sucking, dog-kissing, brainless, dickless, hopeless, heartless, fat-ass, bug-eyed, stiff-legged, spotty-lipped, worm-headed sack of monkey shit you are! Hallelujah! Holy shit! Where’s the Tylenol?"

He tuned to the assembled crowd, and the shock evident on their faces along with the growing realization that their Christmas miracle was not going to happen. "And that goes for you fucks, too." He said icily as he turned on his heel, headed out the door and leapt in the foggy night. The redness of his nose lifted into sky and in the last bit of visibility before it winked out of sight they heard him exclaim, "Merry Christmas to Y'alls, now suck on deez balls!"

my apologies to fans of Christmas Vacation, everywhere.

I thought 'Lightyear" was a much better sci-fi movie than it had any right to be. Totally expected something silly, but it had a solid sci-fi premise and I really enjoyed it.

I'd probably be OK with that since we are living in their shelter, eating their food and using their weapons.

It could have been a lot worse. A few years ago when I was living there and elderly driver got up on the sidewalk and struck several kids walking home from school. Elderly driving is a serious issue there, especially as the entire population starts to skew older and older because of the low birth rates.

These were neat little cars and they were popular, too. Most people in Japan will trade a car in once it gets about 10 years old but people seem to hang onto these despite the fact they are over 20 now.

Back in the day I thought the Wil VS was cooler looking, but when I look at the pictures now it hasn't aged as well. Wiki

Usually this happens when people mix up up the pedals. He most likely thought he was pressing the brake and when the car failed to stop he mashed it. Unfortunately, he was on the gas.

My guess is that he was probably an older person, there has been a rash of older people in Japan crashing their cars years now. Guessing he may not have a lot of feeling in his feet and legs and probably just didn't know the difference.