From: Bashcraft
To: BC
Subject: No Sick Days When You Work At Home

So I get on a plane, hardly sleep, walk through the freezing NYC streets looking for Gawker HQ and do not get sick. I get back to Japan, sit on my ass and work all day and get a sore throat. Go figure.

But! No biggie, and I even took a long overdue drive. Since buying a car, things like riding a bicycle or taking the train suddenly became bleh. That is, until recently. With the odd, Spring-like weather here, I've been riding my bike, taking walks and trains. My car just kinda sat there for a few weeks, but we, like I said, took it out today to see a lawyer about my family taking my crazy name. Weaving through teeny-tiney Japanese streets, I realized one thing: I suck at driving.

Here's what you missed while you slept.

• Jack Tretton sticks his foot in his mouth. Has a lot of money. Wants to give it away.
• Here we go: Manhunt Murder media field day gearing up
• A list of ten cool video game characters to argue with
• A cat post so brave that it compelled Brian Lam from Gizmodo sent me a late night IM

Sadly, I sold off my copy of Resistance to my local used shop. I mean, I liked Resistance, but felt it was a little unbalanced. The second half of the game got hard real fast. Still, liked it, but am done with it. The end.

My wife bought a DS "non-game" called Kenkou Ouen Recipe 1000: DS Kondate Zenshuu. It basically creates a dinner schedule for you. It tells how long it takes to prepare each meal, number calories, etc. She's planning on using it next week and see how it goes. Dunno if anyone in Kotaku would be interested in how it goes, but I'll be taking pictures of the dishes. Whaddaya think? Daily updates in our notes to each or a gallery at the end of the week?

Enough! All this typing is making my throat sore. Nite, nite.