Photo collections from this past summer's Otakon 2011 at the Baltimore Convention Center ( Read more... )

Returned home safe and sound from Otakon weekend, unpacking, doing laundry, chillaxin' with a cold drink and rolling up sleeves to start post-production… took over 740 pictures and a good bit of video footage at the convention ( Read more... )

http://www.xkcd.com/radiation/

From NHK World's Biz Cast ( Read more... )

On tonight's Begin Japanology we explore the history, origins and evolution of Hiragana, one of the Japanese phonetic character sets. Oh this is GOOD ( Read more... )

 Now watching the new Argentinean restoration of Fritz Lang's Metropolis on TCM ( Read more... )

Humans who indulge in predicting the future, invite divine retribution upon themselves, seeing into the future being the sole purview of the gods. Now with that sword of Damocles hanging over my head in mind, I have to say that the early numbers from the election are not looking good for the Democrats...

House Map

I rather like the layout of the New ( Read more... )

I was very pleased to find that my polling place was practically deserted today, perhaps due to the absence of Democrats who will be voting for their candidates tomorrow.... :-)

But seriously, a 15 minute walk to the polling place, fallen leaves crunching under my feet. Maybe ten minutes at the polling place and a 15 minute walk home.

"The descending frost, signals the changing of the seasons"

Now that Chevy Chase has been acquired by Capital One Bank, and all the branches and infrastructure assimilated into the COB hive mind, I notice that the minimum balance for checking accounts and service fees have been hiked ( Read more... )