Friday's English "A Swell Train Ride"

Yes, I had a swell train ride today. Not really, I'm being facetious... A "paper rustler" sat next to me. You know the type: and older Japanese guy who makes a lot of noise with his newspaper. But this guy today was great. First, he dropped down onto the seat (like children do), maybe trying to shake everybody else on the seat. Then he stands up and does it again -- drops down as violently as possible. Then he took out his newspaper and proceeded to beat, smack, fold, crease and otherwise punish his poor innocent newspaper, trying (I guess) to announce his presence to the other passengers by making as much noise as possible. Bad newspaper! (SMACK!) Bad newspaper! (RUSTLE...SMACK!) Tokyo is always exciting. ;-)

And Neco, on the Morel front, I saw several by Shinjuku Gyoen (not in the gardens, but around here, on the walkway just outside the gardens) today. They were a little old, not so fresh looking, but still interesting to find. (And to perplex people watching me, trying to figure out what the hell I was looking at.) ;-)