I did get myself a souvenir back from Prague: a Meopta Flexaret Automat VI. It was made from 1961 to 1967, and judging from the serial numb...

[A note: Flickr has changed the way you can embed images. If you have any problems with the pictures here, please let me know.] A week in ...

This is the current projected path of typhoon #11. See the white circles? That's the probable area of strong effect. Se the small yellow...

I did the JLPT again last Sunday. Gave it one more shot to see if I might pass it. I won't. The listening comprehension isn't too b...

In an ideal world we'd leave our offices around midday and sit down for a leisury two-hour meal with our families. A few hours of slow h...

It was my birthday yesterday, and true to form we took the chance to go out to eat. This time we headed to a place called "Lawry's...

Fukuoka manhole Golden Week saw us heading to Fukuoka, out toward the northern end of Kyūshū. It's not too far — just 2.5 hours on th...