Mashimaro Goes Fishing

Outgoing postcard US-3263720 to Germany shows Mashimaro (마시마로), a Korean fictional character in form of a fat rabbit, created by Kim Jae In. Known as Yeopki Tokki (엽기토끼, "Bizarre rabbit" in Korean or "賤兔" in Chinese), he first appeared in a series of Flash animations on the internet, and was far more often seen in merchandise, similar to Hello Kitty, on phone cases, book bags and such.

No Shoes, No Shirt, No Problem

Postcard US-3038790 to Germany was one of those postcards I bought at the tropical themed casino Margaritaville in Las Vegas, showing a trio of parrots relaxing on the beach by a "No Shoes, No Shirt, No Problem" sign post. Since a parrot can really sing "I'm Sexy and I Know it" as seen on this Youtube video, the above beach scene may not be a total fantasy.

On a technical note, unlike the previous Youtube videos embedded in this blog with the built-in tools from Blogger.com that require Adobe Flash player or browser plug-ins, this video was embedded using the HTML 5 codes provided on the Youtube page under the Share/Embed/Email tabs. I will start to use the HTML 5 codes from now on, so that the embedded videos can be viewed on a mobile devices that do not support Adobe Flash.