"If anyone is on Twitter, set your location to Tehran and your time zone to GMT +3.30. Security forces are hunting for bloggers using location/timezone searches. The more people at this location, the more of a logjam it creates for forces trying to shut Iranians' access to the internet down. Cut & paste & pass it on. Twitter info from YogaForCynics "
Daisuke Ujuan has his first New York City exhibition at the Icogallery in February. Don't miss this hugely talented painter whose work "The Birth of Left and Right" is the title of the show. Daisuke-san, omeditou gozaimasu. You did it! You're an inspiration.
Tommy accidentally baloooma'd his computer last night :) Perhaps this is a good time to be offline for a bit. Yes, baloooma is a verb, too. Have a nice holiday, mina-san.
Death of the pugilist: Or, the famous battle of Jacob Burke & Blindman McGraw
A magical and beautifully written short story about a famous 19th century bare-knuckle fight in England, by Daniel Mason, published in Harpers in 2007.