Eric Schlissel

It's also a very rare treat for most Japanese people - Eric Schlissel via twhirl

Used to be, Eric.. like in the 80's LOL - Mona N.

Unless you're a sushi chef. I lost my first girlfriend in college to a sushi chef. How do you compete with a guy who wakes up at 5 am to search out amazing food? - Mitchell Tsai

no diggity. - Zee from WeDoCreative

it's cheaper in restaurants too. try Sushiland :) although it's not as authentic. - ~C4Chaos

i'm black and my husband's romanian/hungarian, but we used to have nigiri sushi at home and just the rice alone is time consuming. we thought, 'no way in hell are people in japan doing this every night', so now we have sashimi and other regular japanese foods all the time. - Faboo Mama

but are born with ninja skills. watch out! - Rodfather

wait a min.... i've made sushi and it wasn't all that hard. (but of course it was veggie... no fancy rare fish) - Ňicķ

Sushi at home = Do Not Want! The only thing we make at home are 1. oinari (tofu pocket sushit) 2. temaki (handrolls) 3. battera (saba pressed sushi) NO California rolls! - Mona N.

My mom likes to make cut rolls. I like to eat sashimi fresh from the grocery store. Sushi is too much work. - Mitchell Tsai

tamaki isn't sushi? (in the broad american sense of the word) - Ňicķ

Temaki or handrolls we do at home, are not the temakis you see at sushi restaurants. We actually have 'temaki' parties, where the neta (sashimi), nori (seaweed), shari (sushi rice), are out on a table and we all make our own :) - Mona N.

Spam (with scrambled egg) musubi ftw. - Arlan Koizumi

I've made some good sushi at home but only because I love "cooking" and I love sushi.. just to try... but yeah, my pathetic efforts have never come remotely close to the great sushi restaurant experience. - Anthony Citrano

We have the temaki parties as well. This probably looks like the ones you have too: http://www.flickr.com/photos/b... - Barron Fujimoto

This is what I've always thought 'home' sushi was. Inari and futomaki. Has egg, mushroom, cucumber, and other ingredients. Still takes time to make. The brown, scrotum looking thing is inari. Called them footballs as kids. http://www.flickr.com/photos/r... - Rodfather

ah well Mona, i guess that's what i was talking about. I think in general, most americans would consider that (handrolls) as sushi (in the gringo sense of the word) and would love for you to show them how to do just that much... not necessarily "real" sushi - Ňicķ

We do sushi at home. Well, vegetarian sushi. It's often easier than eating out with food-allergic kids. - Cyndy

Not do... did... it's too much work... @Cyndy thought it wasn't too much work because I had to do all the prep and she got to come in and just do the rolling / eating. - Jason Carreira

It is WAY too much effort. And it doesn't taste the same at home - Mona N.

Australian sushi rolls are so simple and easy to make at home - and very cheap when you are on that 'killer' budget - Chris Loft

What in the Sam's Hill are Australian Sushi Rolls, dare I ask - Mona N.

And oddly enough, my caucasian father used to make sushi all the time when I lived there. - Nick Austad via twhirl

Temaki parties sound like a hell of a lot of fun. Hmm... *plans next dinner party* - Stellina

Stellina: They most definitely are! I don't know where you live, but Japanese supermarkets sell a lot of fresh sashimi :) - Mona N.

It doesn't seem like sashimi would be that hard to make.. or nigiri for that matter... sashimi is all about having a good piece of fish and cutting it well, right? We have "sashimi grade" fish at our grocery store... I've been tempted to try it. The first sushi I had that I actually liked was some fresh salmon and tuna that a friend cut into cubes for me. I had had a bad first experience with sushi years before but that made me decide I loved it. - Lindsay Donaghe

Well it takes YEARS to perfect the kniving skills to properly cut the fish, years to learn how to properly cook and flavor the rice, and nigiri making? Takes at least 3-5 years to perfect. It's an art, a profession, a craft, in my culture :) - Mona N.

the japanese heritage in me says trying to make sushi at home would insulting to the chef that trained many years... - Jason Kaneshiro

From having been at various times heavily into temari, kumihimo, seed-bead work and Aikido, I've noticed that almost everything the Japanese do is turned into a craft at least and an Art at most. The attention to detail is astounding and so is the (traditional) amount of repetition and honing needed to consider yourself graduated to any recognized level of expertise. It's an endearing if intimidating quality of the culture. - Lindsay Donaghe

http://www.ugo.com/ugo/html/ar... - ::Kristen::

Check out Flaming Lips "Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots" album and of course Frank Zappa's "Joe's Garage" :) - Eric Schlissel via twhirl

Flight of the Conchords - Robots *edit* The Laziest Men on Mars - Invasion of the Gabber Robots and The Terrible Secret of Space (both internet/gaming classics), nearly anything by Jonathan Coulton - Michael W. May

Funky Town makes me think about robots - Josh Haley

Isn't every song by daft punk ultimately about robots? - Jason Toney

also, Jimmy eat world's Robot Factory, Calexico's Attack El Robot! Attack!, and Nada Surf's Robot (hold on while I dig through my iTunes. - Jason Toney

Guided by Voices has Gold Star for Robot Boy and while not really about robots, Prefuse 73 believes that "Robot Snares Got No Cadence or Balance" - Jason Toney

Metal Fingers In My Body by Add (N) to X, Jed the Humanoid by Grandaddy, 2000 Man by the Rolling Stones, Are Friends Electric by Gary Numan (I think Gary Numan is a robot), Fitter Happier by Radiohead - Mark Wilson

Come on! Radiohead's Paranoid Android! http://www.last.fm/music/Radio... - AJ Kohn

"Robot Trouble" by Barcelona; "Robotron 2000" by Freezepop - Karim

"Robot Parade" http://listen.grooveshark.com/... "Robot Rock" http://listen.grooveshark.com/... "Robots" http://listen.grooveshark.com/... "The Robots" http://listen.grooveshark.com/... - ·[▪_▪]·

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v... - ·[▪_▪]·

"We're in Business (Never trust robots)" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v... - Lindsay Donaghe

"The Terrible Secret of Space" http://www.albinoblacksheep.co... One of my ALL TIME favorite internet memes, btw. - Lindsay Donaghe

The Body Electric by Rush *outing myself as a high school Rush fan* - Tödd Nëmët

Almost forgot Iron Man by Black Sabbath. Alan Parsons Project had an album called I Robot--not sure if it had any robot songs, tho - Tödd Nëmët

Kraftwerk has written a lot of songs about technology, including The Robots, It's More Fun To Compute and others - Alex "Chameleon" Scoble

@Lindsay - Terrible Secret of Space...WOW that was bizarre! Reminded me of the two parties of government fighting over control. - Josh Haley

Was trying to remember the Flaming Lips song about Robots (use of capitalization on purpose, they will rule so trying to suck up now.) I Googled it and look what I found http://www.ugo.com/ugo/html/ar... Top 10 songs about Robots! - Nice Fish Films

@Josh - I love it! That's been one of my favorites for years. - Lindsay Donaghe

Also, Gary Numan, Down in the Park - K Welch

More an A.I. than robot/cyborg/android but entertaining: http://www.newgrounds.com/port... (click the Watch this Movie link). If you haven't played Portal you might not get it. :) - Lindsay Donaghe

"Who's Johnny" was from Short Circuit, right? - Jody Reale

Still Alive by Johnathon Coulton - Alex "Chameleon" Scoble

Stepfather Factory by El-P - Carlos Ayala

"I Robot" by Alan Parsons Project: http://www.amazon.com/I-Robot-... - Nine (sawsome aus)

Also, "Marvin I love you" http://www.themadmusicarchive..... And "I love my computer" by Bad Religion. Are Friends Electric by Gary Numan. Where would I be without IBM by Information Society. "Yeah, I'm In Love With An Android" by Say Hi To Your Mom - Nine (sawsome aus)

@Ninth - hell yes! Love the reversal of the perceived beat at the beginning into pure funky awesomeness! - Josh Haley

Bjork - All is Full of love You gotta see the video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v... - Josh Haley

Robotron 2000 by Freezepop (great fan video) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v... - cmiper

From iTunes: Mogwai - Robot Chant; M83 - Cyborg; Ghostland Observatory - Robotique Majestique - Ayşe E.

Robotboy by Robyn: http://www.last.fm/music/Robyn... - David Young

Robot Rock by daft punk? - Not Not Geoff Schultz

search for Sheldon Allman - Steve Spalding

"I Love You Miss Robot" by The Buggles. Fantastic use of Vocoder - Dave Roth

thank you so much, everyone! - edythe

http://myspace.com/cyborgtranc... - http://worldtv/cyborgtv - music that cyborgs can dream to or http://myspace.com/franksiddar... - Frank the singing robot - be his friend and he will teach you how to sing - Chris Loft

there are people who think wearing a bluetooth makes them look cool? - Bren

Yes, sadly, there are. Don't ask me how I know. - Summer via twhirl

definitely the Bluetooth look. Complete and total fail - Morgan

This made my head explode. - Eric Schlissel via twhirl

I wear Crocs constantly, so I am going to have to go with (b) - Nathan Rein

A A and uh A. I would rather see people with bluetooth on their heads then those damn crocs. - Mathew Ballard

lol - Mona N. via fftogo

Ugh, I hate Crocs... - Michael Forian

Definitely the Crocs!!! UGH!!!!!!! I don't care how comfortable they are -- they're just plain ugly. - Corie "Viper" Jones

Crocs... with socks - John Worthington

capris pants for men - johnpiercy

Yeah, crocs are ugly. Really ugly. But constant bluetoothing makes you look pompous. Whereas you have to have a completely non-existant self-image to wear crocs. So I'm going with the constant bluetooth headset because of the scale of the douchiness. - Andrew Burd

Crocs are fugly as all get out. Hence my post on stupid sexy crocs... With that said, hubs has a pair b/c they don't aggravate his back: he calls them his special shoes. Bluetooth sets drive me nuts b/c I can never tell if the person talking to themselves in the grocery store is crazy, self-important, or both. - Stupid Emoo (aka Tina)

+1 JohnW - Shey

Fanny packs. You might think this could possibly not be true - why would a guy wear a fanny pack? Why would ANYONE wear a fanny pack? Trust me when I say that I saw a guy in his late 20s wearing a fanny pack just last week. Wonders never cease. - Corie "Viper" Jones

I vote for the bluetooth. when mine broke 2 years ago I didn't even care... I felt like a total douche using it in public... and that was when they were still "cool" - Jasmin Smith

New haircut guys are the douchiest. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v... - Matt Musgrave

Corie, you witnessed a neo-ironic hipster fannypack sighting. Quite Williamsburg. - Steve Isaacs

I do both. I also wear socks with sandals. - Leo Laporte

Matt, that's funny. And sad because I see guys like that EVERYWHERE. - Corie "Viper" Jones

Crocs. Oh, crocs, how I hate thee.... - ωαřмaiden

Steve, while that is true, I was actually talking about a guy here in Miami. Think typical Miami guy -- Latin, cheesy, with big muscles. A trainer, of course. Gaaaayyyyy!! - Corie "Viper" Jones

Gotta go with the Crocs. No pair of rubber shoes are worth $30, and at least the Bluetooth serves a true purpose at some point while wearing it. - ::Kristen::

oh Corie- I stand corrected. Indeed that was some kind of time-machine fashion victim sighting. As usual, when Miami is concerned, all bets are off. - Steve Isaacs

gosh, not much love for Crocs here tonight, hm. Maybe I shoulda kept my mouth shut - Nathan Rein

The Bluetooth, no question. - Julian

crocs=no clue, Bluetooth=douchebag, db>no clue so Bluetooth wins - Morgan

also, a little piece of me just died when Leo said crocs/sandles with socks. My idols are crumbling. - Morgan

Steve, I didn't get a close enough look but he was probably wearing multiple chains around his neck. lol. But speaking of hipsters, I was watching Breaking Away yesterday and Mike (Dennis Quaid) had on some nice, short, cutoff jean shorts. Hipster standard issue!!!! - Corie "Viper" Jones

Fugliness winner to the crocs; douchiness maximus to the bluetoothaholic. - Pete Delucchi

ahaha, crocs AND a constant bluetooth? That is the douchiest of douchiness. I would have to say crocs though.. a constant bluetooth can be funny because you can actually be walking down the street talking to yourself and people will think you're on the phone and still believe you're sane. - mortisha

- the ever present bluetooth in ear look is the douchiest. Crocs + Jorts would beat it out though. - JA Castillo

Bluetooth headset. Sorry, but crocs are cool, light and protect your toesies. You can't make me give them up!!!! - WorldofHiglet

Crocs are never appropriate unless chasing after a garden gnome. - Lindsey Smith

BTW - Sorry for the typo in "Discus" - I know it's "Discuss", but either Disqus.com or the Olympics got me all confusicated. ;) - Steve Isaacs

It's got to be the crocs. The headset lot are just in their own Doctor Who fantasy! - Vicky Pearce

It depends on WHICH Bluetooth headset. ;) - Tamar Weinberg

Tamar: Um, no, I don't think so. Any or all of them that make you look like Lobot from The Empire Strikes Back. (http://www.starwars.com/databa...) - Steve Isaacs

Crocs at the seaside, or in your garden = fine. Crocs in the Real World = Bent as all get out. Bluetooth thingy worn as accessory = punishable by death - Michael Moran

Thriller, by Michael Jackson. - Lindsay Donaghe

Maxell UDXLII90 - Brian Sullivan

It's a little embarassing...The Beach Boys Greatest Hits. - Sean McGee

Creepin' On Ah Come Up, Bone Thugs~n~Harmony. I wanted the album so bad, I bought whatever they had available. CD was sold out at the time - RAHwsomeSHEENsauce™

Comedian, by Eddie Murphy - Pete Delucchi

Stutter Rap by Morris Minor And The Majors - John Worthington

Oh good grief. Cassette? I have no clue. It took me forever to switch from vinyl to cassette. Probably Depeche Mode - Some Great Reward in '84. -