Akachan Honpo

There's a store in Japan with several branches called Akachan Honpo - roughly translated, Baby HQ.
It's raining today, but we might truck on over to see what's up.

What's cool in Japan is that you can also rent a lot of stuff, so for example, you're done with the crib in a year, you can regain that space.

The wedding was wonderful, as were all of the "kais".

C

syncing bookmarks

Occasionally I won't talk about becoming a Dad...

I'm using Firefox and Safari on three computers, and the bookmark situation is becoming Kafkaesque. I'm going to try Xmarks.

Also, I'm looking into composting. I'll be cruising through the blogosphere for info.

It stinks that the iPhone can't work with USB1.0. I like my PowerBook G4.

books

100 Days - and I/we feel fine.

Of course by this point in the pregnancy I've read the requisite books, including:

What to Expect When You're Expecting (4th Edition)

The Mayo Clinic Guide to a Healthy Pregnancy

The Expectant Father

These are the basic ones. There are more. I recommend all of them, but if I had to chose the best, it would be the Mayo Guide. It's invaluable medical information. What to Expect is great for figuring out feelings, which is really important. The Father is about financial choices and basically a pat on the shoulder to all Dads-to-be.

Happy reading.

C

IPhone blogging

So, here I am on the Odakyu line from Shinjuku, pressing on the glass face of my iPhone. It's not that bad, I should probably write something worthwhile if I'm ever going to be in the New York Times.

Tomorrow is T minus 100 days until I see the face of my son. There's something about that numerical milestone that sends shivers up my back. I feel that I'm standing al la Pink Floyd's The Wall' craning my neck to look up at the judge while at the same time cowering at his questions: Are you ready for it all?

I am.

More tomorrow.

C

Hello gaijin dads

This is my first post in my new blog. Just a quick test...

more to come.

C