The world is full of bad books by amateurs. But why settle for the merely regrettable? [This] is a bad book by experts. http://bit.ly/ayVFi5

Lunch! Seems like I’ve been eating at my desk for months.

For reasons obscure and numerous, I am attending the premiere of Biohazard 4 tonight. Now, what to wear?

Tanigaki has a lot to thank the DPJ for, though; they’ve changed his public image from grey nobody to voice of reason. (god help us.)

Wife’s theory about DPJ is that they knew they’d only last a year in power, so Hato/Kan/Ozawa made a pact in which each got a crack at PM.

It annoys me that politicians get to call election timing. The populace should have the ability to place an online GTFO vote.

Glad to hear Ozawa dislikes the English; it makes me less inhibited about saying I think he’s a twat who will run Japan into the ground.

最高齢の行方不明者、西郷隆盛の3つ年上だって。

Sleepy Hollow’s another title that shouldn’t have gone straight-to-katakana. 3P掘ろう、3P歩廊 、etc. (Neither a bad title in its own right, tho.)

Shit. I think my MacBook Pro is dying. Weird stripey flashing effect on display. Giving it a rest and hoping it’s just the heat.

Just goes to show you should’t take the sun for granted: http://io9.com/5619954/ /via @markmatsusaka

Apologies for the high 死語 density of that last tweet.

Finally, a synthesizer purchase that even my spouse agrees is cool…: http://yfrog.com/n9ib7tj

Oh lord. Kitty-chan is being interviewed on Waratte Ii Tomo. Tamori, to his credit, has just asked how she’s speaking without a mouth.

The Worst Article Ever About Anything awards race just hotted up: http://bit.ly/a5Nubr /via @justinmccurry