You'd think that what with having a groundhog frequenting the back yard and all, we'd see some groundhog action around this time of year, but no. Over in Japan it's setsubun, which I mentioned last year around this time. Here we didn't throw beans at demons, or even eat beans to wish for good health. Go see what mehan did for his setsubun in Aomori.
As long as I'm being self-referential, I'll talk about the hand-slapping-forehead moment (that's my hand I'm talking about, by the way) I had last week. I was lying around watching Tensai Terebikun Max, as I often do, and remarking again on the Steam Knights vs. Jokey Mahorns dichotomy, when, duh, I got it. Finally. The Japanese word for steam is jouki (蒸気). Oh, the bilingual puns! The brain, it is to hurt!
And in gutter news, which I'm sure that everyone finds so fascinating, it seems that my gutters are not quite patched. It rained last night, so I ran outside this morning, all in my fuzzy pink bathrobe and flannel flamingo pants (oh, way to make a good impression on the neighbors), to see how the newly "fixed" gutters handled themselves. A couple of the leaks seem to be fixed, but some others do not. Particularly one right over the front door. Duh, guys! I called the roof people and theoretically they will send some people back to patch those leaks, seeing as how they haven't been paid yet or anything. It's supposed to rain more tomorrow. I'll be out on leak patrol.
264 words | February 3, 2006 08:13 PM | Real true story