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Why Tactile Art, Action Figures, and Messy Glue Make Perfect Sense

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Image:  A shiny silver embossed metal plaque in a black frame, bordered on all four sides with small translucent yellow-green stones. The metal surface has a raised cartoon-like frog face near the center, with wide eyes and a broad smile, and long arms stretching outward to the left and right. Along the bottom half, there are many raised circular shapes arranged in rows, resembling coins or bubbles. Near the top center-left, there are several short lines of small raised dots that look like Braille text. [ ] Some people look at my tactile frames and say, “Wow… that glue is everywhere. It looks sloppy.” And I just smile. Because here’s the truth: yes, it’s messy. Yes, you can see the glue. And yes, it is totally meant to be that way. I’m a blind artist. I build every frame by hand. I go over every crack and crevice with glue to make sure every seashell and gemstone is firmly embedded, so when you touch it — really touch it — it survives. The glue showing? That’s proof. Proo...
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**Cold Cases of the Bamboo Curtain: Don’t Piss Off Your Wife?**

Everyone knows the names that dominate Western true-crime lore — Jack the Ripper, Ted Bundy, the Green River Killer. But beyond the English-speaking spotlight, there are just as many tragic, brutal, and deeply unsettling cases buried in the histories of China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan. In this experimental series, I want to take you through some of those lesser-known cases — stories that rarely surface in English, yet are no less chilling. Many of these crimes were documented only in their original languages, fragmented across court records, newspaper archives, and oral retellings. What you’re about to read is grounded in real events, but told in the spirit of the old storyteller’s phrase: **聽而言之，耳聽之** — listen as a story, not as a verbatim courtroom transcript. The goal isn’t forensic obsession. Sometimes, the simple fact that this really happened is horrifying enough. --- Long before anyone talked about murder, **Kornhill Garden, Block 1, Flat 312** was already infamous. Neighbors whisp...
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**NECA TMNT Mirage Foot Enforcer Review – Big, Brutal, and Built Like a Brick (In More Ways Than One)**

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Sometimes you buy a figure because of deep lore knowledge. Sometimes you buy a figure because it looks like a **roided-out ninja tank covered in blades**. Guess which one happened here. Image: box back-orange-to-yellow dotted background with blue Foot Soldier illustration holding crossed batons. Orange Nickelodeon logo. [ ] --- ## Who Are the Foot Enforcers? According to the packaging: > *“The most skilled of the Foot Clan's ninjas, the Enforcers are mysterious and menacing. These well-armed warriors form Shredder's inner guard and carry out his most lethal orders.”*  Image: box front with clear window showing blue armored Foot Soldier figure and weapons. Branding NECA, Nickelodeon, TMNTMirage Studios. [ ] So yeah — not your average Foot Soldier. These are **Shredder’s elite inner guard**, the guys you send when regular cannon fodder keeps getting folded by turtles. Big, dangerous, heavily armed, and meant to be intimidating shelf presence. Mission accomplished there. ...
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