I don’t know if I ever broke a bass string before.

Trusty mini-pen RECOVERED! Never leave my side again.

And commence disc 2’s Fei-in-a-chair storytelling technique.

For the scholar who has everything.

Rite Aid. Maybe stop advertising a location on Google Maps when it enters Store Closing Everything Must Go mode.

I ended up with Field Notes, by the way.

Oh, Cosmopolitan has gotten obnoxious enough that they are displaying it pornography-style at the grocery checkout.

I enjoy slicing. (@ienjoy)

Japan has a lovely selection of soft and sweet breads; our favorite is [Miyabi](http://miyabi-web.co.jp/). Of course, I don�t think I�d give up the [Dave�s Killer Bread](http://www.daveskillerbread.com/) we get here in the Northwest for anything.

Our second replacement spoon arrived. This time it is the right one. (They were both shipped like this.)

Daikon, negi, & toufu soup is on. Mazegohan is cooken. Sunday night dinnermaken. (@raintea’s sounds good too!)

Installing curtains is a harrowing ordeal. I think they turned out pretty okay, though.

Grate