If I remember, it was this past weekend or earlier in the week that Discovery Channel was showing some shows on extreme surgery which featured a young girl with a bad spine as well as a guy who had a very extreme case of vascular growth (a port-wine stain that covered the whole left side of his face, poor chap).

So, in retrospect, I'm pretty thankful I don't have the same kinds of problems as people who have this affliction. I'm encouraged by their eagerness to getting on with life and living it as "normally" as they can.

What I think has happened here is a mix-up of terminology. This kind of thing happens all the time when you have terms flying back and forth and no one uses proper definitions or established meanings.

And in this case, the picture doesn't fit the mold of anime or manga. This image is more an American twist on a Japanese influence.

Not bad, but not anime :P

Wow, this brings back a LOT of memories.

I don't live in the North, but I got to catch this short when Cartoon Network had "Oh, Canada!" playing in its nightly time spots.

This was all back in the day, mind you, but that show had some great animations. Some odd ones were in the mix, too, but this particular animation was great.

Let's hope that none of these plants develop a dependency on human beings. 0_0;;