Exhibit A: Catharsis

 Sometimes, when I've just given up approximately 6 hours of my life in 2 days to listening to Mom rant about Dad, and I've sat down to get some work done finally and the power goes out, and I sit down 2 hours later when the power comes back, I need a little catharsis. 

I never get tired of that trick. (Also fun with sand wyrms.) 

Of course, it's even more fun when you hit this rare bug (which doesn't include the soundtrack, alas):

Okay, back to work.

Can anyone translate this for me?

There's this old Japanese (?) brazier that's been kicking around in my family forever.
I assumed it was the four seasons kanji, but now that I look more closely, it isn't. Translation? ("Made in Japan for tourists, contains lead, do not use" was my mother's theory).



Oops. Upside-down, isn't it?