Nerdtour 2012: To see Mt. Fuji…

So, just as I have twice before, I went in search of Mount Fuji. And just as before, I managed to not see it, again!
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Nerdtour 2012: Tokyo Sky Tree – No, it’s not small!

So, on a sunny but brisk, windy day, it was time for a trip to the Tokyo Sky Tree, the tallest free-standing tower in the world. Trust the Japanese to make up for tiny little living spaces by building something humongous!
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“The Sound of Cylons” – fantastic!

In an earlier post I mentioned that there are things I love to find on the Internet, and this is by far one of them, even better than “Klingon Style”!
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Nerdtour 2012: T-minus 26 days – Train, train..


Hoo boy, it’s now less than 4 weeks till I leave for Japan!  When it was a few months away, I was kind of relaxed about preparations, but now it’s getting real!  One big preparation question: buy a JR Rail Pass or not?

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Ben Folds Five and… Fraggles???

Ben Folds Five and FragglesOkay, this was something that showed up in one of my random walks through YouTube, happens to be on a channel called “Nerdist”, so you can understand why it got my attention! The band is “Ben Folds Five”, the song is “Do It Anyway”, and the Muppets are from “Fraggle Rock”…

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Flying kitten dubstep…

flying kittensCute kittens. Dubstep music. The memes, the memes, they call to me! =^.^=

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Cats playing patty-cake…

Okay, this is way too good, I think I might have seen this video before.  Two cats, one game, one hilarious “conversation.”  Something to lighten up your “Caturday”…

Just chillin’…

My great-grand-neice (great-great-neice? grand-grand-niece? ah heck, my brother’s great-granddaughter) Raya takin’ it easy in her Daddy’s lap…

Just chillin'
“Oh, hey, just sittin’ here, chillin’ with my Dad while him and the other old folks are talking. What’s up with you?”