General malaise

Kind of a whirlwind week. In between the excruciating string of Giants losses and Rhonda's frantic search for employment, there hasn't been a dull moment around here. The good news is it looks like Rhonda will stay in Evergreen, even though school starts soon. Needless to say, if you don't have tenure, it's a white-knuckle experience trying to figure out where you make your living every year.

But I digress. Rhonda and I have also been occupied with del.icio.us of late. I finally signed up for it last week, then immediately recommended it for Rhonda. See, I have a very organized set of bookmarks with folders, and once a month or so I synch up the ones at home with the ones at work. Not Rhonda - she has a mammoth flat list of bookmarks that she continually adds to. It takes her several seconds to scroll down past hundreds of bookmarks to get to the most recent ones. So del.icio.us is perfect for her, since she can tag her bookmarks and search for them instead of digging through a huge, unsorted, unorganized list.

We've spent the last few days sending each other links (mostly about Tokyo, I think Rhonda is getting the itch to travel again) and I like digging through the "recent" and "popular" links, as well as looking at other people's bookmarks if we share a common link. It's good stuff.

Rhonda has also become a fan of "Nounai Este IQ Supri" (translates to "Food for the Brain", I guess), a Japanese variety show that has a series of brain teasers. No, there are no subtitles. And yes, there is only one game we can play that is not language-dependent (a lot of the games involve kanji). But it is a good way to kill an hour on Saturday night, and even though we can't understand what they're saying, the "celebrities" (using the term loosely) on the show are a good deal funnier than anything on SNL the past few years ("Lazy Sunday" excepted).

So not much going on here in San Jose. (Guess it wasn't as "whirlwind" as I thought, the stress must make it seem that way.) Expect a big blog overhaul soon though, since I'm getting tired of this look. For now, I leave you with some of the fun stuff we found on del.icio.us over the past week:

Seldom Asked Questions about Japan
WorldRamen.net
7 Reasons the 21st Century is Making You Miserable
Just One Club Card - Combine All Of Your Club Cards