I can't seem to stop humming the tunes from this little, quirky, three-part musical, Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog. It's funny and witty in a way I find quite enjoyable (and I don't normally find musicals to be enjoyable. At all. Ever.).

It's apparently free to view until Sunday night, after which it'll be available for purchase at the iTunes Store.

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I've partitioned up the best images from my blog into several photostreams, including one for Japan, and one for each season: Spring - Summer - Autumn - Winter. There's also a catch-all Miscellaneous stream for odd, kooky, or otherwise interesting (but not necessarily "pretty") photos, and a stream full of pictures of my kid that I suspect only I and my mom will use. Finally, there's an overall "Main" stream that includes all the non-kid photos.

I try to include only good photos in each stream, but I give you a way to let me know that one isn't really [...]

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Fumie and I made a day trip up to Tokyo yesterday for a birthday party for singer Kousuke Atari (中孝介), whom we've seen in concert many times. It was attended by 85 of his closest friends fans.

We ran into a lady we met at his Roppongi Hills, Tokyo concert in January, whom Fumie had really clicked with, so after yesterday's event, we all stopped by a nearby cafe so that they could chat.

The cafe had a nice – although somewhat pretentious – atmosphere. One of the workers was a "non-Japanese looking" guy who greeted me in French, to [...]

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Anthony's really been getting into origami lately, and most mornings we awake to find new creations he's made before breakfast. This morning he made a water lily (AKA lotus, like the lotus I posted last month).

He can't really read yet, but follows along with the instructions in the book...

We've taught him the conventions used in this book... that solid arrows mean "fold toward you", outline arrows mean "fold back", the difference among the various line styles (dotted, dashed, solid...), etc., so he can usually figure it out.

He often makes things on his own (that is, without the [...]

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