[ Welcome home, native son It took many, many hours to get here, but I am back in the US again. So far, it has been nice being home. Jetlag notwithstanding, of course; it is 01:19 and I am wide awake after having slept only one and a half hours. This is something I have to endure each time I come here. I was hoping to escape the heat of Tokyo, but we have a heat wave here too, though nothing like the 45c/113f of Tokyo last week. It's rather cool here in the mornings, which is a welcome reprieve. Who knows when I'll be able to sleep, so I guess I'll just surf the Gopherspace for a while.