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10:18am JST Wednesday 30 November 2005

Haha; Dinosaur Comics has become a Reuters news delivery agent! News Rex combines Reuters news with Dinosaur Comics imagery to make an entertaining combination. It appears the combination is done programatically, which I think is pretty cool.

But right now, TJ Bike and I have some bike riding to do!

TJ Bike to Odawara

11:11am JST Wednesday 30 November 2005

11:11am is my official starting time. It's now actually the next day, 24 hours later, and I'm in Atami. But,

Riding to Odawara was tough. I don't know if it was worse than going to Gora station (certainly not), but it may just be that I am tired now.

Ack; anyway, I took 246 for about 60+ km, 255 for about 20+ km, 1 (for just a smidgen), then 135 for just a bit. By that time it was getting properly dark, and *and* I was next to the beach.

If by beach I mean a gravel coated area with large rocks strewn about and a rather tall highway sailing overhead plus a gently waving ocean, than that's where I was. I arrived just before 5pm and wrote in my TJ Bike diary (after writing part of a postcard to Fred)

5pm 30 NOV 2005 In Odawara 小田原 now on the rocky beach with a rather big highway above us and highway 135 next to us. It's rather cold, but only slight wind. Cloudy skies, but not enough to rain. Composed parts of a new song to Sir Mix-a-lot's Posse on Broadway

Me and TJ Bike at home away from home
rollin on the highway got a helmet on my dome
Francois' on the back side peepin' out the bag
But ya better not laugh or ya gonna get tagged.
Francois got a glock an' he ain't afraid to use it.
If he see you smile then you best believe he shoot it...

It sounds like I'm a bit self conscious to have a stuffed rabbit, but [after that punky fake-email kid sent me a mean comment] yeah. I'm a bit HUNGRY but a bit cold .. chill for a bit and see what I do.

I climbed into my sleeping bag and almost instantly fell asleep. A spam email on my phone woke me up at which point I turned off my phone, brushed my teeth, settled in for the night.

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for the record, I went through a tunnel (the kanji for which I cannot read in my book, but it's 新(something)(something)) at 2:50pm yesterday. It's on 246 just east of where 246 intersects 70 and 71.