Today is the anniversary of the dropping of the nuclear bomb on Nagasaki, capital city of the prefecture where I live. At 11:02 AM (the time the bomb was dropped) a siren sounds for one minute (I think they do that all over the prefecture).

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And so for some reason my employers felt that the beginning of the student assemblies to commemorate the bombing would be a good time for me to introduce myself to them... Whatever, it went okay I guess.

As you may be able to imagine, I have a lot of things to tell you about. But I will wait until I have internet connected in my place before I really get into it. That should hopefully be by the end of the month.

(But hey... One thing. I recently found out about the possibility of an upcoming opportunity for American citizens to get into North Korea for several days in September. I am all over that if I can swing it. They usually don`t give visas to Americans, but there is a possibilty that it could be a go during a small window next month. I don`t know if any of y`all are interested in going to North Korea, but if you are drop me a line and I`ll give you the info. You`d have to get yourself to Beijing and back, and besides that it costs about $1500. It would be part of a guided tour.)

(Parentheses means I`m like, whispering, by the way. Just so you know.)

if i could only coax you overboard,

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