Work has been so busy that I hadn’t really cooked for myself at all… Today I rolled up my sleeves (sort of) and picked up some vegetables to cook.

First time back in Nagoya in two months: bowling with an old part-time colleague, the Nagoya Festival, and a visit to my old job in Sakae.

Stocks are down. ————————————- Change from previous day -952.58 (-9.38%) ————————————- Where does Japan go from here? Down 9% in a single day.

Stocks keep falling… The NYSE finally broke below 10,000. The kind of crash that gets described as historic has been happening several days in a row now.

Going through photos, I remembered: back in June I upgraded from a 20-inch to a 37-inch AQUOS — ¥128,000 online. Remember when TVs cost ¥10,000 per inch?

I’ve updated the blog settings to simplify the comment posting process. All you need to enter now is your name, your comment, and a CAPTCHA to prevent spam.

Fukuyama Masaharu mentioned on Music Station that his hit ‘Sakurazaka’ was inspired by a slope in Ota Ward — so I got on my bike and went looking for it.