Medical Advice FAIL

I was reading up on some allergy medicine I was thinking of trying (with socialized medicine you can try anything for FREE!) I came across a website that gives advice for certain medications. I thought this blurb for Nasarel would be a perfect submission for one of my favorite blogs, FailBlog.org. I actually submitted it to them for consideration, but in case it never goes up, I present it to you all here first. As you can see, native English speakers are perfectly capable of mangling meaning, too:

Underlined portion: "Nasarel will not work if you stop taking it". Duh!

All I Ever Needed to Know about Life I Learned from a Japanese T-Shirt

While in Gunma over Golden Week, I popped into the local Shimamura to pick up some polo shirts for work. I passed the t-shirt section and found some very inspiring messages. Very Zen. Being a linguist, I have become quite proficient in deciphering English that has been translated from Japanese using generic translation software, as was clearly the case here:

Translation: When at first you don't succeed...spell check.


Translation: Life is Good (But only if you act on those sudden chances to make it so.)

Translation: Doors are good for going out. But sometimes they're not.

The Butcher is BACK!

I finally made it karaoke today- our first time since coming back. The place was on the 7th floor of a building in Ogikubo. While waiting for the elevator, I noticed something intriguing on the third floor. I wanted to check it out, but we had the karaoke bug and would not be detoured. While I enjoy singing, I unfortunately don't listen to much music with words amymore. Therefore, I am stuck singing songs from the 80's and early 90's. Here is a video of me butchering poor Chris Isaak's Wicked Game: