Umeshu!

 We’ll be making our yearly jug of umeshu—plum liqueur—soon. Here’s a video from Fukuoka Now on how it’s made and some info about plum history in Fukuoka.

Image from this article at Tokyo Weekender.

The Great Gama

 Amazing thread about an amazing man.

More laying claim

 Pomme when I was in the shower last night:

Right now, she’s hiding from me in our bedroom. I go in the check on her, but mostly just letting her figure out I’m not going to do anything bad to her.

Laying claim…

Pomme lying right where I relax on the sofa, while I’m at work.

New Evidence

 Here's me trying share this here so as not to post on social media:

This may always make the person who says "nothing" out to be the bad guy, but that ain't necessarily so. This is why I don't argue about religion. The religious person isn't likely to change their mind regardless of evidence, but neither am I. Let's face it, none of the evidence anybody is likely to cote to support claims of gods' existence is going to convince me.

The exception of course would be new evidence. Show me a miracle. Like, you know, a real one, not some statue crying rusty-water blood tears. Howzabout making all nuclear warheads disappear overnight, and they're left in a crater on the Moon with a note saying "You're welcome!" I'd still want to be sure that's not Superman, though, so I wouldn't go so far as falling to my knees in worship, but I'd definitely respect it.