The other day, I got down to the DC area to hang out with neomagusx for a few days, after passing through NYC and NJ to visit with jenn1224 and snfredo, and getting to meet their new dog. I swear Farah is one of the most calmly-behaved dogs I've ever met. Consequently, jenn1224 has been working on an interesting variation of sudoku, "killer sudoku", which does interesting ( Read more... )

I'm at home, waiting for the gas company to show up because they're doing some kind of routine safety check for everyone in the building. Actually they came yesterday when I was at work and left a note in the door to be here today from 1 to 3. Since I have no classes then, I figure I'd just sit here for a couple hours instead of bothering to try ( Read more... )

I finally got myself to a climbing gym after who knows how many years! Joe, a friend of ours if I haven't mentioned him before, who is, as you know, probably the genkiest¹ person I know and really interested in outdoors stuff. He was the rafting guide the second time I went out this summer and he got in touch with us again and said let's do ( Read more... )

So after going to bed around 3:15 yesterday morning, I woke up just after 6 to go climb the tallest mountain in western Japan, Ishizuchisan (石鎚山). If I remember correctly (I wasn't the one driving), it's on the border of 愛媛県 (Ehime Pref.) and 高知県 (Kochi Pref.), a bit over 2 hours away. Climbing it took about 3.5~4 hours on the way up and maybe ( Read more... )