Lunamania

I might be co-teaching a course on Asian Americans and Immigration or some such thing next semester. To that end, I should be devoting some brain space to a syllabus and figuring out what exactly will engage impressionable minds. But that list would not be nearly as fun as the following reads I'm amusing myself with:

Wii locator

Contrary to popular belief and photo documentation, I am not the leading proponent of the Wii or other games in this household...but clearly have no objections.

The Megacity: Decoding the Chaos of LagosI'm having a love-love relationship with my New Yorker subscription. I want to be Hendrik Hertzberg. Actually, I don't want to live in D.C. So I'd rather be George Packer. Can someone make that happen please?

Baseball season has begunand there are a number of my peoples to read up on. For the non-Japanese reading, here's an English site.

Yahoo! Japan's Weekly Rankings--most coveted item of the moment is #1 on the dessert charts.