Kumiko's B-Day

It was lots of fun though. All the friends from this mountain climbing excursion were there, plus a new representative of Italy. Nobu-san was the life of the party with his banjo-like guitar and amazing powers of e-su-pa (esp in English). He confided in me later that his probably among the 30 strongest e-su-pa-abled people in Japan. In an amazing display of his powers, he laid out nine coins on the table, and went in the other room while someone touched one of the coins. He then returned and after only shaking the persons hand he was able to.... PICK THE COIN!!!!! We were amazed to say least. It was so amazing I have all but forgotten the second attempt which didn't go quite so smoothly.

Since almost everyone else there was an engineer or scientist of some sort, I find it odd that before the party Kumiko and Nobu-san discussed who would be the biggest doubter of his super-powers and they both decided it would be me. In fact, I don't doubt at all that some people are more sensitive to some "mysterious" force than others are... just as some people are born with an amazing gift for music, art, or athleticism. I also don't doubt that some day one of these scientific types will discover what causes it and everyone will be able to exercise that skill.