It's Been A Long Time I think that by now everyone who has written about the quake has done so, thus I really feel no need to continue on that path.  Suffice to say that it sucked, but being in Tokyo (I moved back in November) means that -- while the tremors are still happening, they aren't so bad at the moment.  What's tops on my mind would be the nuclear plants up north.  Even then there isn't that much for those in Tokyo to worry about.  Probably flying back home for vacation would net me more radiation than staying put.    On that subject, radiation isn't even much of an issue where I'm sitting.  It's not Chernobyl.  Anywho, things are g

FREE LOOT IN JAPAN So I was coming back from some marathon training yesterday (only just started) and settled into the old house when a ring at the door came.  I didn't remember ordering anything but the post lady had shown up just the same.  Asking me to sign something and then handing me an envelope, she then commented that it looks like I'm going to get a little cash from Taro Aso's plan.  Wow, ...what a haul!  It's not a terribly gigantic amount of loot -- probably about $120.00 at the current exchange rate, but hey why not.  I could use this to fund the purchase of a PG Astray, get some expensive sushi, or just throw it in the bank and

In case anyone happened to have commented on that phantom post a few hours back, I'm sorry about that.  I was diddling around at work on some css during lunch break and I suppose that I pressed the wrong thing at some point.  I hadn't realized that I submitted absolutely nothing.  I found it hilarous that people commented on a blank journal entry.  Thanks for the comments guys. Back to the subject at hand.  I was doodling around with the Sinanju mesh and thought about an advertisement I had seen for the KA Sinanju and Unicorn MG's in the back of a magazine I had seen I thought about getting a render out with some similarity to it and the abo