Skipped a day

 Hello, all.  Yesterday I did not post because there wasn't a lot to say.  Fireflies ended up being postponed due to rain.  However, we went to a "fast food sushi" restaurant with the conveyor belts and train delivery.

Our vehicle was the high speed train, the shinkansen.  Each plate gives you two pieces.  It was decent food, even though I was told it isn't the best.  I enjoyed it.  Plus, I know how to order now.  I may go back sometime.

Last night Robert met me at Starbucks in Tokushima station.  We then walked to a restaurant for meat.  And it really was that.  Meat and beer.  We had plates with 6 or so bites/pieces of meat, starting with a sampler that had duck (I think), some different beef cuts, and thick bacon.  Then we ordered some deer, and then some chicken.  We did have french fries (fried potato) as a nod to a side dish, but dinner was meat and beer.

I'm not sure what I'll do today.  I do need to expand a presentation about life in the US for Taniguchi-sensei's class.  She's asked me to do a guest lecture.  Friday afternoon we talked about the draft I sent her, then I asked her about her research interests.  She introduced me to Henri Bergson, an early 20th century philosopher.  Very interesting ideas about the limitations of rationalism providing an understanding of reality.

I nearly forgot that on Friday I had another plant mystery solved for me.  There are many of these mysteries.  There are hedges on campus that have these small, pear-shaped fruit.  By small, I mean smaller than an golf ball.  I've asked many people, and no one was even aware the plants had these fruits.  After some searching and talking with some people, Thao determined it is a variety of tea tree.  My searches were pointing me in the same direction, but I wasn't entirely sure.

That's all I have right now.