Ok, had a fun weekend, but you people must know that beaches in Japan are some of the filthiest places you've seen on earth. This from a culture that supposedly enshrines purity...except when it comes to environmental matters. You know, just a few well placed empty trash drums would do wonders..instead, the tiny piece of beach I went to was literally covered with refuse and seagulls picking through it looking for morsels.

Finally, a bit about "summer" in Hakodate this year. The sun came out yesterday, and today, too for that matter. That makes about 5 days that we've had sun and the temperature reached a cozy 25 degrees celsius. I had a nice outdoor nap with plenty of sun block on, though. Very relaxing.

The kid is back in first grade from today, as the one-month summer vacation has flown away. Really amazing that it's over for her.

Lately been investigating all of the alternative spelling movements for the English language. I like Shaw's invented 4 character alphabet, dubbed Shavian. It'll never fly, much like the Dvorak keyboard and the Apple Macintosh. Things that make sense to the world, but for the tyrrany of the ignorant masses, never makes it to make our life easier. Oh, well.

And that's all for today. More when I get the feeling.