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Tokyo, 2009.09.18

Today Kenny was joined at the daycare by his grandma! She sang some songs for all of the children, and met many of Kenny's friends.

After his day at the daycare he saw a lot of his uncles and aunts at a restaurant that's very close to his daycare.

It's a spot where several different food stands are operated by different people, all under the same roof. It's a hang-out for anyone who's been out on one of the touring boats, too, so Kenny got to watch the boats pull in and unload their passengers.

And at the end of the night, a magic show! Two strangers approached.

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One of them spoke English to narrate the magic trick that the other was putting on. The fellow with the cards was really quite good, and had us all fooled.

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Kenny fell asleep at some point, but the good times carried on at home. Our guests stayed until 01:00, when Mari and I were forced to go to sleep. It was the latest night we'd had in a long, long time (barring emergency hospital visits and similar situations).

rand()m quote

It has always seemed strange to me...The things we admire in men, kindness and generosity, openness, honesty, understanding and feeling, are the concomitants of failure in our system. And those traits we detest, sharpness, greed, acquisitiveness, meanness, egotism and self-interest, are the traits of success. And while men admire the quality of the first they love the produce of the second.

—John Steinbeck, Cannery Row