Birthday

I am pleased to announce the birth of a healthy happy bouncing blog. Now, I'm a guy who can appreciate tradition, and in many cultures (Buddhist or Jewish for example), something is generally not given a name until 8 days after creation. This is done out of concern that the thing will not live past the first week. However, here in Japan, all newborns are registered soon after birth. Hence the title above. The blog seems to be doing fine, eating up bandwidth as we speak...

On the turntable: David Gray, "White Ladder"
On the nighttable: Shusaku Endo, "Deep River"