At the risk of seeming to use this venue for my own purposes, and since I've received precious little news recently, I'll take this opportunity to introduce my new grandson, Robin Alexander Koshiro Clark, born August 16, 2007, in Tokyo. Click the pic. Larger version of photo available on mugs, t-shirts and handsome wall plaques, soon; watch this space.

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