In general, I’m easily distracted. World events have again absorbed quite a bit of my attention over the past several days, including some extremely difficult news for Japan over the past 24 hours in particular. This has been made worse by an extremely odd sleep schedule this week, making it difficult for me to concentrate on immediate concerns.

All of this was forseeable by anyone willing to consider the consequences. People have now been placed in impossible situations, and it didn’t have to happen this way.