Did you fly from Sapporo to Tokyo instead of taking the Shinkansen?

If you want, I can grab a copy of it for you from the IGNM at PaxU next week.

Umm... yes they are.

Oh no! I got my hotel late (a few months ago) and prices were already quite bad.

I hope you get lucky with a cancellation you can pick up.

"On The Roots of Plants", William Irvine.

New (old) tongue-twister just dropped: fending forth fuckers, the fucker from a fecond fucker is fuffofed to have

I'm not sure how useful the comparison will be though. The pork mousse is 25% pork, while the duck mousse is 45% duck.

I may have to have more mishaps.

Not just a collection of pretty pictures, it chronicles the history and the changes over the centuries.

I meant to pick this up at Essen, but forgot and then it was sold out.

And here's a photo of Notre Dame right now, so I don't get accused of being an Instagram poser.

The table next to me is piled with croissants and pains au chocolat, and it's taking all my self control not to grab one of the pains au chocolat.

The train from Marseille arrived at 8:40, and the bookstore I'm going to doesn't open until 10. Hence my predicament.

I think I'll go shopping for berets later...

Essen also bans those stupidly large boardgame backpacks.

Since no one who has one seems to be able to use it without smacking into people constantly and taking up enough space for 2 or 3 people, this makes the Essen walkways feel roomier.