I wonder how many Friday nights I've stayed at home and listened to the Beatles?

I realise that I'm not in touch with anyone at all from my two eras living in Japan. I send the occasional email to W and that's about it.

Traditional blogging has become as old skool as writing pen and paper letters to people.

My brother arrives in a couple of weeks. He's only here a short time but I have no idea what to do with him. Eeep!

Am likely to begin doing some work with an organisation shortly which will allow me to give something back to the community. Having been lucky and privileged doesn't mean I should be complacent.

Saw Watchmen. Did nothing for me. Particularly the poor decision making on the part of the director. Over-emphasizing the violence wasn't particularly clever. Assuming the viewer was too stupid to know what was happening just didn't work for me. Watchmen is so seminal because it doesn't pander to the audience and spell things out so completely. The film did and lost its subtle beauty in the process. Oh well, it's not like I ever have to watch it again.