Good bye Ken Takakura

A week of work done.

A month till retirement.

I'd really like to carry one of these in

my EDC bags. They are hellishly expensive.

15 for $50.00 if you can believe that!!
So these are a logical no-go
but you cannot argue the cool factor.

We've been sort of all over the viewing map recently.

White collar on DVD=blah, the latest X-men on DVD=blah.

The Rock embarrasses in the totally, completely massive suck Hercules.

Thank God we still have a couple of years of NYPD Blue on streaming left.

Ken Takakura died this week. He was 84.

Ken Takakura was known as the Clint Eastwood of Japan.

His long and highly praised career in films began accidentally.

He was applying for a job as an account manager for a Japanese

film company when "discovered" and asked to audition for

a role in a low budget gangster film.

Americans may remember him, 

(if at all, we are such a dense culture)

from the films

Black Rain, and the little known cult classic, The Yakuza. 

His personal style fit perfectly into portraying the honorable man

forced into dishonorable positions by those around him.

He had that distinctive Japanese stoic presence.

I will miss him.

I am considering building a ship model for display in the nerd cave.

Me being me it cannot be the standard fair of an aircraft carrier or the like.

I am considering, but only considering building something 

very steam-punkish model such as:

The 1900 Chinese steam and sail Cruiser Chih Yuen

Just thinking and researching at this point in time.

This time frame ship, would, when finished, 

make an excellent display in the nerd cave.

Right next to my Dirigible and flying boats.

"Reading maketh a full man;

conference a ready man;

writing an exact man."

Francis Bacon