Kind of obsessed with our views of Fuji-san.

fuji-san

(Reposted from 29 November to deal with technical issues.)

Recently discovered that, on a clear day, we can see Mt Fuji, 90 miles distant, from our apartment building.Fuji from our flat

And, because it’s cool and scary, here’s a version after processing with Apple’s new “Clean Up”: Fuji without interloperTry to spot the difference…

(Reposted from 25 November to deal with technical issues.)

Momijigari (紅葉狩り) — hunting the autumn leaves. This version from the courtyard of our building in Tsukuba, Ibaraki.

Just discovered that, on a clear day, we can see Mt Fuji, 90 miles distant, from our apartment building.Fuji from our flat

And, because it’s cool and scary, here’s a version after processing with Apple’s new “Clean Up”:
Fuji without interloper

Seen earlier on a slide:

We are in the Golden Age of Theoretical Particle Physics, free from any experimental hints that would restrict free thinking.

Hmmmm… I see some possible problems with this approach.

The bars weren’t open this morning
They must’ve been voting for a new president or something

Honest to goodness, the tears have been falling
All over this country’s face
It was better before, before they voted for What’s-His-Name
This was supposed to be the new world

X, “The New World” (1983)

I’ve arrived at QUP (full name: International Center for Quantum-field Measurement Systems for Studies of the Universe and Particles) at the KEK lab in Tsukuba, Japan, for the start of my sabbatical. I’ll be here through December.

Travelling in Japan as Typhoon no. 10 (Shanshan) approaches. We were staying near a town, Beppu, and received an emergency alert recommending the evacuation of the elderly. At only 58, I was instead able to leave on my own terms.

After years of planning, we’re in Japan, where I’ll be travelling to the KEK lab in Tsukuba in a couple of weeks, for the official start of my sabbatical.

We’re on a supposedly fast (tourist-filled) boat from Gili islands to Sanur on Bali. Rough water, and engine has cut out nine or ten times so far. 🤞 (Update: we made it — late, fume-sodden and queasy…)