Toto washlet (toilet)

The inventions of flush toilet, oscillating sprinkler, and blow dryer are among the best creations by the human kind. On top of them is the Toto washlet (toilet). You can watch this video commercial.

First-rate poems can be lenient.

Deputation

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The deputation manifested their doting on maps
And chided the trade wind around the vessel
While deputing it to hasten the lost fineries
And the freedom never really seen in the world

Impartiality in news reporting

A news organization chooses, observes, and reports tidings. How on earth can it achieve and keep impartiality, if that is not its paramount aim? I for one want to be fed impartial information for the most part.

Actually, I think this is a deeper issue, which demands rumination, than I previously thought, in the presence of the supposed pursuit of advertisement dollars by the news organization.

A tempest in a tea pot (Version C)

Sustenance in a bowl of soup
Maintenance in a rigid book
Staid souls in a barter mall
Unfathomable water in a hall

Appellation of sage

The appellation of sage requires one to be by nature wise, and gentle.

I have become enamored of the Anglo-Saxon language.

Its richness and insights seems to know no bounds. And the cultures breathing it seem to be always powerfully up-to-date and progressive.

Poignant - Vintage music videos - Take That - Babe

Lyrics: http://goo.gl/pvQpv .

A poignant blast from the past.

I did a double take on the band's name, "Take That".

I somewhat flushed with anger at a person's words at douban.com .

The comments were quite distasteful and the person's attitude terrible. There's often someone unpleasant somewhere online. Sigh.

Purport of being

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The unruly system is tepid
Yet cruel and unfeeling
The ruly faces appeared
Trying to depute the thing

A tempest in a tea pot (Version B)

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The realization came into his mind
And made him tremble there

A gentleman allays his negative feelings.

And that's not in vain.

Picture - When grandma attacked his groin

:-(

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In the name of self defense. :-)


The kicked body part of the young guy was called "groin". Ouch. :-(

Graveyard shift store

After-hours are not off-hours
You stand behind the counter
Passing the stuff to customer
Nigh his girl at Tim Horton's

Times of getting taxed on RRSP and RESP

(This post is only applicable to Canadian residents.)

The principal of a RRSP is only taxed once during its lifespan, upon its payout. On the other hand, the principal of a RESP gets taxed twice during its lifespan, i.e. it's already post-income tax money when the subscriber (parent) contributes it into a RESP account and then is taxed again under the name of the beneficiary (child) when she receives it later on.

I'm ruminating over the reasons why they're designed so by the Canadian government and can't grasp them yet.

Blockbuster emporium

Under the roof the emporium buzzed and bustled
The merchant looked forward to linear prosperity
Society has evolved with unpredictability in vivo
YouTube and Vimeo are full of vim and character

(Note: This piece relates to the going belly up of the Blockbuster video rental company vis-a-vis the emergent successes of Netflix, YouTube, and the likes.)

Keen - Vintage music video - The Cranberries - Twenty One

Lyrics: http://goo.gl/j1FiN.

The Cranberries is yet another great music talent from Ireland. Gee. There are so many. And they, Irish musicians, almost have hold monopoly over my ears for years. Their nation must be quite poetic.

However, in stark contrast to that phenomenon, Ireland's financiers have been so disastrous. Now that prompts me to ask, is that poetic country also very scientific?

For the time being, I suspect the above particular song embodies some classic wounds of the Irish nation.

A tempest in a teapot (Version A)

Ruminating on the temperature of the water
The tea leaves flow low and high meandering
Their qualities preserved for so long a time
Will give out their hints once and for all

Bankers' hours nowadays

The purport of the phrase "bankers' hours" has deviated so much from its root. Nowadays (investment) bankers are so used to working graveyard shifts and day shifts back to back. Gone are the days of easy laboring in the banking industry. On the other hand, ironically, many civil servants in Canada tend to work bankers' hours with long coffee breaks blended in, day in and day out. Well, who doesn't want to be that kind of "servant"?

Levity

Ignorance breeds levity, in my experience.