Akira Hareruya, the human punchbag

They created Karate centuries ago, during the Ming Dynasty, and now the Japanese are at it again. In these tough economic times, Japanese are using innovation and fighting skills to put some extra ching in their pockets.

Akira Hareruya, a down on his luck electrical contractor, ran up exorbenant amounts of debt when his business took a turn for the worse. With debts exceeding 2 million dollars, the former boxer took to the streets of Tokyo to put his old boxing skills to use. For roughly $5 bucks for every ten minutes, Akira will let you beat the hell out of him and he will not retaliate. I've heard it is for women only, but I'm guessing petite men will also be allowed to give it a go with the ex-boxer.

I wonder how many American men are beaten in the streets by women and don't see a penny. Leave it to the Japanese to one up the Americans.

This is old news but I just heard about the guy again last night. I've heard he no longer gets beat and has now formed a theatre group. You can read about it on Seoul Times. It says it requires language install but it came out in English when I checked it out.

drinking beer improves workouts

I don't know why but it's always been this way for me. There is something about my makeup that allows me to perform better, physically, after a night of drinking beer. I don't know if it's genetics or the fact I may be a little off my rocker. For as long as I can remember I've always exercised well after drinking a lot of beer. A lot of people will drink and then lay around on the couch all day and this is why people gain weight, but I always get up and go running after drinking. I've always felt you have a lot of unwanted guests (calories) hanging around in your body and you don't want them to become like the family members who don't get the hint and overstay their welcome.

I've been known to drink until 2 or 3 in the morning and then be out running long distances early in the morning. Maybe it's psychological and I just like the high that drinking and running bring. I ran my first 10k after a night of drinking and I had a really good time, but I did dehydrate faster than normal. Maybe the booze masks the pain of running long distances.

I drank beer Saturday night, drank about a gallon and a half of water on Sunday, then went for a 10 mile run on Monday morning. I did the run without stopping in an hour and a half and I felt great afterwards. The run could have gone longer if my legs didn't start tightening up so I stopped.

I wanted to text my girlfriend and tell her how good of a run I just had and wanted to say, I think it was those 16 ounce pounders I drank on Saturday night, but figured she didn't care about the relationship between my beer drinking and my exercise.

I'm curious if there is any scientific research on this subject and, if not, maybe I could offer my body up for research. I do it anyway so why not get some free beer out of it.

Rachel Christie (Miss England) vs. Sara Beverley Jones(Miss Manchester)

It appears Miss England and Miss Manchester were getting busy exchanging blows while the rest of the world continued on living a real life - Read Here. The two were fighting over a gladiator, David McIntosh, who apparently dates Miss England, and eventually punched each other in the face. It is a shame they couldn't hold off and wait until we could put together a pay-per-view main event. The reality-tv-loving world would have paid big bucks to see this fight.

Let's get a look at the two fighters.





Rachel Christie
Height: 5'10"
Chest: 34B
Waist: 28
Hips: 30
Hair: Black
Eyes: Brown
Age: 21

Sara Beverley Jones
Height: 5'4"
Chest: 34C
Waist: 22
Hips: 30
Hair: Blonde
Eyes:Green
Age: 24

Christie has the size but Jones definitely has the experience. It could be sold as Battle of the Beauty Queens, only one can take the crown.

stupid face and the Keebler elves

I thought about quitting my job today. It's so monotonous and I feel like the days are mixing together like paint and it's shaping up to be one horrible portrait titled "A guy who hates what he's doing". The job is so easy but I feel like every day there is one day closer to the grave and I'm wasting time. Maybe I need a sabbatical or something along the lines of a brief retirement. Who knows, maybe I'll come back from my extended vacation and be a new man. I can see it now.

"I think I'm gonna take a leave of absence. This job is getting to me and I'm about to break," I tell my boss.

"But you've only been here 8 months," he says.

"Really? I feel like I'm going on 8 years. Maybe it's because I'm working so hard," I say.

"I don't think that's it," he says.

A coworker said something stupid to me today and I told him to go fuck himself and then I told him I was going to punch him in his stupid face. And his face is really stupid. I'll bet he was a breech baby. Mother nature probably thought the world needed preparation for what was to come.

I walked away and sat in the work truck. I opened my lunch box and found some cookies. I ate them one at a time and looked at the Keebler elves. My coworker owes his life to those elves and those cookies. Everyone at work picks on the guy but I usually ignore him because being him has to be rough enough, but I'm starting to have second thoughts. Maybe he deserves what he gets.

It's a good thing I didn't hit him. How could I dress as Jesus one day, and slug people in the face the next. Jesus probably had something to do with those cookies being in my lunch box. I guess Jesus wasn't ready to call "stupid face" home.

toughest dude on the planet - peter hammarstedt

I love the show Whale Wars and I've written of it in the past - Here. Every time I watch the show, I love it even more and I think it's because of one guy, Peter Hammarstedt, the toughest dude on the planet. This guy should have won the award last year but somehow the media overlooked him. Now it's time to give the man his due. This is a brief synopsis of the kind of life the dude lives.

A fervent advocate for the rights of animals, Peter believes that in their capacity to suffer, animals are our equals. From the foreboding Labrador Coast to the treacherous Antarctic Continent, Peter has sailed the seven seas trying to put those words into action. He has saved as many live as as he can from illegal whaling, sealing and destructive fishing practices.

In his five years with Sea Shepherd, Peter has been held hostage by Ecuadorian fishermen; physically attacked by sealers; assaulted and arrested by the Canadian Coast Guard (twice); involved in a confrontation which included the side-swiping of an illegal whaling ship; been rammed by another; and pulled up countless miles of fishing long line. In the war to defend life in the oceans, this Swede is far from neutral.

And held captive for three hours by a large German Shepherd after falling into its yard. It is said he was sexually assaulted by the animal for over three hours, but he is reluctant to talk about it in interviews.

After reading the brief outline of his life, I think he should rightly be called Peter "The Hammer" Stedt.

"Some call them eco terrorists, some call them heroes, but we all call Peter...bad ass!"

Return of the Messiah - turning water into beer

After my first Halloween costume was spoiled, I decided to purchase an outfit that I could wear more than once and get some use out of. My girlfriend asked when I planned to wear this other than Halloween and I explained how Jesus can show up at Christmas, Easter, graduation parties, weddings and so on.


"I need you to take some pictures of me turning this water into beer," I told my girlfriend.


She didn't look amused as she tried to watch tv and I continued to bother her to take pictures. She didn't understand the importance of the miracle I was about to perform, so she continued to ignore me.


"What if Jesus' disciples had acted in such a manner? The word of God wouldn't have made it very far," I said.


She turned around and took some quick pics and turned back around. "Your only moving the water and putting a bottle of beer in front of you. That's not much of a miracle," she said.


"But if you follow me around tonight, I'm going to make tons of beer disappear and that's truly a miracle," I explained.

"You look like one of the Doobie Brothers," she said.

role model for children

I've always known one day I'd make a huge impression on the world and inspire others, but I can't believe it's happened so quickly. I was truly honored to find children across America dressing as the Broke But Still Drinking mascot for Halloween. I can't take credit for the hobo pic because I found it 3 years ago on Google pics, but I hope the personality I added to the character had something to do with it. I never asked to be a role model, but it's a job I plan to take very seriously.

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Now someone call work and tell them I'm not coming in today.