http://blahg.blank.org/index.php a cupful of bile, a teaspoon of amusement Fri, 04 Jul 2008 05:13:25 GMT http://backend.userland.com/rss092 blahg@memory.blank.org blahg@memory.blank.org en fish madness Ah, jetlag... fish madness Tsukiji is... http://blahg.blank.org/index.php?p=466&c=1 Japan so far: living up to obvious expectations quickly. In the 2 hours it took us to get from Narita to our hotel, we have already seen: embossed hello kitty luggage a bored-looking otaku on the Keisai train solving a rubiks cube... one-handed. a fashionable young man wearing a t-shirt with an ... http://blahg.blank.org/index.php?p=465&c=1   This is being written from a combination of the United departure lounge at SFO, as I wait for my plane to Tokyo to board, and on the plane to Japan itself, so it may be a bit more telegraphic than usual. For those keeping track, that will be three ... http://blahg.blank.org/index.php?p=464&c=1 saturday: Saturday morning, I woke up, feeling at least 20% more human. With great joy, I left my backpack, laptop and assorted other work accessories in the hotel. With a little bit of fiddling, I found out that I could fit the Lonely Planet Switzerland guide into my right ... http://blahg.blank.org/index.php?p=463&c=1 Oh, a little bit from thursday that I missed. An important lesson: if a Frenchman offers you a sip of somethine called "Gentiane", and notes cheerfully in passing that the reason it's being poured from a bottle that claims to be chablis is because it's from an illegal distillery ... http://blahg.blank.org/index.php?p=462&c=1