July 5, 2005
I bought a calendar from a Japan-based web site a couple years ago. As a result I'm on their e-mail list, which basically means I get little snippets of life in Japan from the American ex-pat who runs the company.
One of the items in the most recent e-mail was, "When you sneeze twice, it means someone is gossiping about you." I can't remember the last time only a single sneeze escaped; I must be the talk of the town.
But lest I get too cocky with my newfound popularity, I have to remember that my father rarely unleashes fewer than half a dozen sneezes at a time. I wonder what everybody's saying about him...
