Another Brick in the Wall (part 2)

I acquired my second mahjong set in San Francisco's China Town for USD 20. It's a travel set with quite small plastic tiles, 17 x 23 x 13 mm. I believe I bought in December 2001, but it might have been the year before. (I was at the fall meeting of the American Geophysical Union for three years in a row, 1999-2001).


The set has served me faithfully while travelling to tournaments and has been inspected by various airport security staff. It's important, of course, to carry it in the hand luggage for when the plane gets delayed. The plastic case turned out to be not very durable for travelling, and has been repaired thoroughly with duct tape, and the trays I made myself with cardboard and a stapler.


Mostly the set has been used in trains, going to tournaments. Trains to Århus and trains to Germany. For trains, it is recommended to bring racks for the tiles (we don't usually use racks, but in trains they are convenient). The coming months has two long train rides coming: for the MCR tournament in Edewecht in May and the European Riichi Championship in Hannover in June, and my Chinatown travel set will surely come along.

Wandering Star

Portishead er tilbage – med stil. Fantastisk koncert; eller i hvert fald så god som nu KB Hallen tillader det. Beth Gibbons er af en anden verden. Geoff Barrow er for cool. Han må have tilbragt store dele af pausen siden det seneste album med at spille japanske trommebaserede arkadespil.
Opvarmningsbandet Kling Klang spillede til gengæld den elendigste koncert jeg har overværet nogensinde. Jeg kan kun på det kraftigste advare mod deres blanding af wanna-be Jean Michel Jarre og firser-heavy.

Wandering stars, for whom it is reserved // The blackness of darkness forever
Wandering star, Dummy, Portishead, 1994