Daily One Inch Button - Pat Morita

He tutored the Karate Kid and taught him: Wax on, Wax off.

He was brilliant as Sam Pak on MASH.

He was the one that ran Arnold's diner. I think the joke back then was that nobody expected him to be the Arnold. Even though he was only on for a couple of seasons, he was still hilarious and I loved to watch the episodes with him as a kid.

Check out this awesome highlight reel here; it shows some nice old images of our man Mr. Morita.

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Daily One Inch Button - Vampire Bear Flowers

Vampire Bear enjoys a good work of art as much as the next bear, but this one in particular holds a special place in his heart. Why is that? Well, it could be related to the fact that he is a fan of Van Gogh in general. On the other hand it could be that it reminds him of a certain letter in the Hebrew alphabet that has a nice soft F sound. It could be a combination of the two. That's right, it's this beautiful letter that he is teaching this week over at Learn to Read Hebrew with Vampire Bear.

Sunflowers were a great choice for Van Gogh, weren't they? So full of light and cheer.

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Daily One Inch Button: How About Just Coffee?

Maybe it's just me, I don't know. Sometimes when you go into larger coffee chains and all you want is just a cup of coffee (milk and sugar to be added later, of course) and you get bombarded with a million choices, none of which are just a plain black cup of coffee.

I believe it was Dennis Leary who spoke about liking coffee flavored coffee, none of this vanilla with caramel on the inside of the cup garbage. If I wanted a thousand calories in a cup, I could just puree a steak and drink that; I shouldn't be drinking it in the form of a cup of coffee with more sugar than actual coffee.

Maybe I am getting old.

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Daily One Inch Button - Crossword Games

You're sitting at a table with three of your closest friends. You have this square board in between you and each of you systematically places these curious wooden tiles down on the board, forming and adding to words. What is going on? Are you performing some sort of ancient ritual to summon a spirit?

No, you're playing one of the best games ever. You know the one to which I refer. It contains exactly one hundred tiles but the possibilities for words just go on and on and on - well, so long as the words you create have seven or so letters, not counting words which are created by adding to already existing words. What's the world record for longest word created in this awesome game? The uncontested word is apparently Sesquioxidizing. Nice word.

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Daily One Inch Button - Curry Rice

This is not for the faint of heart. This is some pretty powerful stuff right here. Sure, you can argue that there are mild curries available but are they really curries unless they burn a hole in the plate? Is it really salsa unless the tips of your hair ignite after the first mouthful?

Interestingly, curry became popular in Japan in the 1960s. Compared to many other popular foods in Japan, it is extremely easy to make and therefore does not take out a lot of time for cooking. This could be one of the many reasons that it became so popular and why it remains popular.

Then there's the real reason. That's right, because it's delicious.

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Daily One Inch Button - Twitter

Take a look around you.

How many people are doing everyday mundane things?

Out of all of these people, what percentage do you suppose goes onto their Twitter account at some point to write about something that just happened to them?

As it turns out, I'm a bit of a Twitter addict. Thanks to my phone, I can update my Twitter as often as I want - and somehow that always ends up being just a few too many times per day. What are your experiences with instant short blogging?

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Daily One Inch Button - Vampire Bear Newspaper

Keeping up with the news, are we? Our dear friend Vampire Bear loves to read the daily Hamodia with all of its tidbits about what is new in the world, the humorous photo section (not to be confused with the more serious photo section with various rabbis at diverse events) along with a great weekly magazine complete with new recipes to try out. This last year was particularly interesting as VB didn't really know that much about the Shemittah year and now he knows quite a lot thanks to the newspaper.

Newspaper has an 'n' sound and that reminds him of the letter 'nun', and I'm not referring to the people who dress in habits. You can learn all about the different letters of the Hebrew aleph bet, or at least how to read them, at Learn to Read Hebrew with Vampire Bear.

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Daily One Inch Button - Enjoy Today

Why so serious? Very easy. It's just astonishing to me how things can change so quickly, how things in life can be going a certain way one day and then be completely overturned by the next day. This may be looking at things in an overly pessimistic way and to that I counter with this: you can also see the possibility of hope tomorrow. However, you should cherish everything you have today and not take them for granted. Instead of complaining about your job, be thankful that you have a job at all. Instead of complaining that you have to take the bus somewhere, be grateful that there is a bus to take.

You never know what tomorrow will bring and so you should focus on what you have now instead of what you are lacking.

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Daily One Inch Button - I've got your onions

I'm a little afraid of this button. What does that even mean?

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Daily One Inch Button - Sake!

Sit down with a friend or two and talk over a cup of sake. It's not quite the same feeling as chugging down a beer while watching American football at the bar, is it? If you are a fan of silly commercials, check out this sake commercial. It is sure to get you into peals of laughter.

This adorable sake button should also put a big smile on your face. If it hasn't done so yet, just try looking at it for a little bit longer.

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