I'm going to go out on a limb and try to make a post without a catchy title. I don't know if it will work and I doubt anyone else does either because it's probably never been attempted. I'm not witty enough to come with worthwhile titles anyways and it's really dragging down my enthusiasm to write.

That and the fact that really there isn't too much to write about at the moment. I'm kind of in a rut right now. Like I said before, I've bought some books on Amazon, but the main disadvantage of online shopping is that there really is no satisfaction of the "impulse buy" that you get when you buy something from the store. My books still haven't even shipped yet and they're not scheduled to be delivered until the 20th or so. I'm trying to expand my horizons God help me but life makes it so difficult!! Fumiko and I went to Shinjuku the other day to check out what is probably the biggest selection of english books available in Tokyo. They had a section of math books even! Calculus and Algebra and the whole bit. I found a book that was interesting but it was a bit expensive at 3600 yen so I didn't buy it. Boy did I feel cheap when we left and stopped at an upscale department store where Fumiko bought an 18,000 yen pair of shoes.

Anyways I found it on Amazon tonight and I bought it. They had it a bit cheaper at 3000 yen.
It's called The Cambridge History of Warfare and it looked fascinating from my brief read. I thought it was a bit hypocritical to criticize you Tom Clancy or John Grisham fiction readers and then buy three works of fiction myself (albeit about real people and concerning real events.) I'll give you a review when I get around to reading it.

I don't usually post links to other things but I found this pretty darn cool. Some guy completely reproduced the last inning of the 1986 World Series Championship Game 6 baseball game between the Mets and the Red Sox using an old baseball game on the Nintendo called RBI baseball. It was done pitch by pitch and he even used the actual commentary from the game. Pretty amazing.