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Hashikko Ensemble Mouths

This reaction shot from Hashikko Ensemble, chapter 9 shows where Kio Shimoku is at with faces. The hair is Ogiue's and the glasses are Yoshitake's, but the mouth is something he has come up with for this new manga about singing. He didn't draw the teeth or tongue in Genshiken. Compare the mouths in A Bride's Story:

So Long, Lincoln Heights Wendy's

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Street Art, Łódź

Łódź is rich in street art. Source. Do a Google Image search.

Amul Topicals

For decades Indian food manufacturer Amul Coop has framed its advertising in the form of topical cartoons featuring the Amul Butter Girl and/or some kind of egregious pun. Source.

The Clash at Peterhead

Michael Tidser's 2018-19 Match Attax card. Does he make half a million pounds? I don't think so.

Peterhead host Morton in their Scottish Cup Third Round replay. The winner will face East Fife in the next round.

Peterhead's most lopsided Scottish Cup win came in Round Two last year when they beat Scottish Amateur Cup winners Colville Park 9 - 0. Peterhead's biggest defeat came on Feb 10th 1923 when Aberdeen beat them 13 - 0 at Pittodrie.

Peterhead made it to the quarter-finals in 2000-01 after Airdrieonians failed to show up with a full squad in their Fourth Round match. That's the furthest they've ever gone in the Cup.

Their alltime record in Scottish Cup replays is 2 wins and 7 losses.

The day after tomorrow will be the tenth anniversary of Morton's last loss at Balmoor Stadium. Peterhead won 2 - 1. It was in Round Three of the 2008-09 Scottish Cup.

Morton's record in Scottish Cup replays in the 21st Century:

2014/11/11        Airdrieonians 0 - 2 Morton         R3

2012/12/17        Morton 6 - 0 Turriff United         R2

2012/11/13        Morton 3 - 0 Albion Rovers        R3

2011/1/25          Airdrie United 2 - 5 Morton        R4

2009/12/5          Dumbarton 0 - 1 Morton            R3

2008/1/28          Gretna 0 - 3 Morton                   R4

2000/2/8            Brechin 0 - 0 Morton (Morton won on PK)    R3

7 wins, 0 loses. 20 goals for, 2 goals against.

[Morton win 0 - 3. Goals by Kerr Waddell, Robert Thomson and Chris Millar. Morton move on to the next round.]

Yotsuba and Duke Togo!

Source. Golgo 13.

Veniaminof

Mount Veniaminof in the Aleutians is currently active. Source.

Morton and Mayo

Comedy team Morton and Mayo. Read about them.

It the Third Round of the 2018-19 Scottish Cup. Morton host Peterhead.

These clubs have met three times before in this cup. Morton won in 1937-38; Peterhead won in 2000-01 and 2008-09. Their most recent game in any competition took place on the final Saturday of the 2014-15 League One season at Cappielow. Morton won that game 3 - 1 and earned promotion. Peterhead have only won at Cappielow once, on Dec 20th, 2014.

Peterhead made it to this round by defeating Kelty Hearts 3 - 2. The Blue Toon are 2nd in League Two, where they have allowed only 9 goals in 12 league games. They did not make it out of the League Cup group stage, and they fell to Bohemians in Round Two of the Challenge Cup.

Peterhead manager Jim McInally has been in the post seven years, which is seven years longer than about a dozen other SPFL bosses. Only three -- McInally, Derek McInnes of Aberdeen, and Tommy Wright of St Johnstone -- have been in their jobs longer than four years. McInally was Morton boss from 2004 to 2008.

McInally recently delivered a seething interview in which he savaged the SPFL for its mishandling of the Challenge Cup, Morton for throwing their Challenge Cup First Round match against Dumbarton, and Morton exec Warren Hawke for being behind both travesties. Source.

Peterhead's Jamie Stevenson and Derek Lyle both played for Morton in years gone by.

Read the Peterhead fan forum, Sing When We're Fishing.

Morton need to win (or better yet, draw) this game if they hope to meet Plenty of Nothing's benchmark of 48 matches in 2018-19. If a replay is necessary it will be played November 27th. There have been only three replays so far this Scottish Cup, which is on the low side.

Number of Scottish Cup replays each year this decade:

2018-19          3    (to date)

2017-18          6

2016-17        20

2015-16        21

2014-15        16

2013-14        17

2012-13        17

2011-12        16

2010-11        25

Did a memo go round in 2017?

Other matches involving Championship sides today:

Beith [0 - 3] Ayr.

It's an Ayrshire derby.

Edinburgh City [1 - 1] Inverness CT (tomorrow)

Between them these clubs have only two losses in league action this season (but four in cup play).

QoS [4 - 1] Formartine

First meeting ever.

Alloa [3 - 0] Brechin

First Scottish Cup encounter since 1997.

Stenhousemuir [4 - 2] Falkirk. [Ha ha.]

See here and here for the history of Stenny versus Falkirk.

Also:

Fraserburgh [0 - 1] Auchinleck Talbot

This is Talbot's sixth game in this year's Scottish Cup.

Six Championship and ten League One clubs enter the Cup in this round, joining seven from League Two, three from the Highland League, four from the Lowland League, and Beith and Auchinleck Talbot from the juniors.

[Morton 1 - 1 Peterhead. Goal by McHugh. The replay is Tuesday in Peterhead.]

Championship: Ross County (3rd) [2 - 1] Dunfermline (7th)

Both these teams have a bye into the fourth round, so their November 13th match, which was pre-empted by Ross County's Challenge Cup quarter final last Saturday, fits here nicely.

Dundee United and Alloa played their Challenge-Cup-pre-empted game on Tuesday. The Tangerines won 4 - 2.

It's also Round Four of the Scottish Junior Cup. Let's watch:

Darvel [1 - 2] Largs Thistle

Carnoustie Panmure vs Troon [postponed]

Kilsyth Rangers [1 - 3] Hurlford United

1928-29. Morton entertained East Stirlingshire at Cappielow where they played to a 2 - 2 draw.

1951-52. Morton visited Hearts and lost 4 - 1.

Matches at Cappielow November 2018:

Nov 3        Morton 5 - 1 Partick

Nov 10      Morton 0 - 2 Alloa

Nov 12      Morton reserves 0 - 2 Motherwell reserves

Nov 15      Morton reserves 0 - 1 Manchester United U-23s

Nov 24      Morton [1 - 1] Peterhead

Arthurlie vs Brechin City. These two were together in the Third Division in 1923-24. Arthurlie won 4 - 0 at home, then Brechin won 2 - 0 at Glebe Park.

The SPFL is talking about creating a League Three which would take in four Highland clubs and four Lowland clubs plus four Premiership colt teams. Read about it here.

Kanto University League: Komazawa [1 - 0 ] Tsukuba

Here ends the 2018 Kanto University Soccer League schedule. [Tsukuba finished second, 8 points behind Waseda University.]

Kashima Antlers and Ventforet Kofu played their Emperor's Cup quarter-final on Wednesday. Kashima won 1 - 0. Because Kashima are into the FIFA Club World Cup this win triggers a rescheduling of the Emperor's Cup semi-finals and final. The semi-finals move from Dec 16th to Dec 5th, and the final from Dec 24th to Dec 9th, and I have to move some blog posts around.

The Canadian Premier League has bought the Ontario League 1. Story.

Danish 1st Division: Fredericia [3 - 0] Naestved

The Danish 1st Division is off until March.

Swiss Challenge League: Lausanne [5 - 1] Winterthur

Who won in Iceland this year? Valur finished first and go to the UEFA Champions League. Breiðablik, Stjarnan and KR advance to the Europa League. Our guys ÍBV finished sixth.

Who won in the Faroe Islands this year? HB finished first and make the Champions League. NSÍ, our guys B36, and KÍ go to the Europa League.

Who won in Sweden this year? AIK finished atop the Allsvensken and advance to the Champions League. Norrköping and Malmö go into the Europa League. Ex-Morton man Fouad Bacherou made 40 starts for Malmö but did not score.

Regionalliga Südwest: FSV Frankfurt [1 - 2] 1. FC Saarbrücken

It's the final round of the National Regional Football Champions League 2018 in Japan. The four clubs play a round robin to establish a pecking order for promotion to the JFL. They are FC Kariya, Suzuka United, Matsue City FC and J.FC Miyazaki.

[And the pecking order is: Matsue, Suzuka, Kariya, Miyazaki.]

It's also Round Two of the 40th Empress's Cup:

Match No. 17: Nippon TV Beleza (N1) [6 - 1] JFA Academy Fukushima

Match No. 18: Orca Kamogawa (N2) [6 - 1] Daito Bunka University

Match No. 19: Cerezo Osaka Sakai Ladies (N1) [1 - 0] Nippon TV Menina*

Match No. 20: Mynavi Vegalta Sendai Ladies (N1) [2 - 0] Waseda University

Match No. 21: AC Nagano Parceiro Ladies (N1) [4 - 0] Mukogawa Women's University

Match No. 22: Ehime FC Ladies (N2) [0 - 1] Tokigawa Gakuin High School

Match No. 23: Nippatsu Yokohama FC Seagulls (N2) [2 - 1] Kanagawa University

Match No. 24: Urawa Red Diamonds Ladies (N1) [5 - 1] Bunnys Kyoto SC (N2)

Match No. 25: Nojima Stella Kanagawa Sagamihara (N1) [3 - 0] Fujieda Junshin High School

Match No. 26: Sfida Setagawa FC (N2) [0 - 4] AS Harima Albion (N2)

Match No. 27: Iga FC Kunoichi (N2) [1 - 2] Teikyo Heisei University

Match No. 28: JEF United Chiba Ladies (N1) [2 - 0] Angeviolet Hiroshima

Match No. 29: Albirex Niigata Ladies (N1) [3 - 2] Okayama Yunogo Belle (N2)

Match No. 30: Nippon Sport Science University Fields Yokohama (N1) [1 - 0] JEF United Chiba Ladies U-18

Match No. 31: Shizuoka Sangyo University Iwata Bonita (N2) [6 - 1] Nippon Sport Science University Fields Yokohama Satellite

Match No. 32: INAC Kobe Leonessa (N1) [4 - 0] NGU Loveledge Nagoya

*NTV Menina is NTV Beleza's academy team.

Chart showing Kuwait's FIFA ranking over the past ten years, from the Kuwaiti Football Association website:

Ceramic Map of Höhr-Grenzhausen

Höhr-Grenzhausen in Rhineland-Palatinate has been a hub of ceramic production for hundreds of years.   Source.

Ikadon

Ikadon is mascot of the Hachinohe morning market. He is a squid and his eyebrows spell Hachinohe. Source.