Some blackout huh?? Glad I'm not there. Although, from what I have been watching channel 2 (CBS) in NYC over the internet on realplayer...very good quality, surprising...i put it full screen and it is like watching tv...but anyway, it looks like the city is pretty calm and orderly. So I would like to be there just to see what its like to be there with no lights...I cannot imagine.

Apparently BinLaden is still alive...he was on Al-Jazeera (via videotape) alive and well...

Nothing new to report over here. Other than the RAIN!!!!!!! IT NEVER STOPS RAINING!!!!!!!!! I feel like I live in Seattle! It rained so hard last night it was like a river on the street...wow, I am going to go crazy. the rainy season was supposed to be over a month ago...roughly...this is cool. On Japanese TV I have been watching the Yankee game...and on the net I have Channel 2....I am watching NYC TV in Japan and none of you back home could...hahaha. Im going to take a warm shower and turn on my AC. They were were predicting rolling blackouts here in Tokyo this summer for a variety of reasons...none happened here and then the biggest blackout in history happens back home...ponderous.