In the current issue of Monocle I found a short piece on Tateo Shimizu, a retired journalist from Japan, who in his Sixties decided that he wanted to live in Barcelona and open an authentic traditional tofu shop. His store is called, appropriately, Tofu Catalan, and sells all kinds of tofu as well as bento boxes.

I must admit, I love stories like that, about people who imagine where they want to be and what they want to do, and then go and do just that, regardless of their age. We can either stay on the safe and well-trodden path, or we can think up new adventures. Tonight I will fill a cup with sake and toast to Mr. Shimizu!

It’s crazy fan celebration day at our office. We received a number of very strange letters and emails this week… one of them mentioned casino police who belong to a dope cartel and stole a bag I would love, embroidered with a snake, and which is claimed to be worth $50,000,000.

We used to have a folder simply named “Crazy”, stuffed full with fan mail. Must find it. Well, I will toast the fools tonight as well. May you live long and prosper.