学会賞の贈呈式で僕の前に座っていたプレゼンターが伊加賀さんだった。何十年ぶりにお会いしたでしょうか。彼の財務分析で我々は（彼が東京支部長、私が東京支部長代理）春闘を勝ち取ったのでした。だいぶ先輩だと思っていたけど、定年の年は一年しか変わらないので驚く。Mr. Ikaga was the presenter sitting in front of me at the presentation ceremony of the JIA award. I have not met him for decades. With his financial analysis we won the spring battle (he is the head of the Tokyo branch and I am the deputy head of the Tokyo branch). I thought he was a senior, but I’m surprised that the retirement age is only one year difference.

学会賞の審査を2年やって思う。賞は伝統「しがらみ」価値観との戦いだけど、審査員は程よく保守的だから伝統「しがらみ」は守られる。作品に限らず。アカデミズムは自分の城を守るために既成の価値観を踏襲するようにできている。こういう世界があるのは否定しないけど、わくわくしない世界だなと改めて思う。
I think I’ve been judging the AIJ prize for two years. The award is a battle against the tradition in Japanese “Shigarami” values, but the judges are reasonably conservative, so the tradition “Shigarami” is preserved. Not limited to works. Academia is designed to follow established values ​​to protect one’s castle. I can’t deny that there is such a world, but I think it’s a world that isn’t exciting.

売れ残った親父の遺品。レーニン全集40巻以上とやはり43巻のマルクスエンゲルス全集欲しい人いませんか？Unsold father’s relics. Do you want a complete collection of Marx-Engels with more than 40 volumes and 43 volumes of Lenin complete works?

都築響一が今面白い本は自費出版本だと言う。なぜなら下らない編集者の意味のない助言が入らず、本当に書きたいことが書かれているからだと。今や本は自分で作って世界に流通できる時代なのに、不必要に大手出版社の常識フィルターを通し、かつ売り上げの9割を渡すのは馬鹿げている。Amazonで電子bookで売ったっら彼らは5割しか持っていかない。どっちが正しいかよく考えてみろと言う。そう言われると考えちゃうな。先輩いいこと言う。
Kyoichi Tsuzuki says that the most interesting book now is a vanity press. Because it doesn’t contain the meaningless advice of the editor who is not interesting, and it says what he really wants to write. Nowadays, books can be made by yourself and distributed to the world, but it is ridiculous to put your idea through unnecessary common sense filters of major publishers and give 90% of sales. If you sell them on Amazon as an ebook, they only take 50%. Of sales. Think carefully about which one is correct. Seniors say good things.j

先輩、都築響一の近著によると、Popeye Brutus には編集会議がなかった。各々が心底面白いと思うことだけ勝手に取材するのが方針だったからだそうだ。いいねそれ。JIAマガジンは私しか編集者がいないからそれに近い。
According to a recent book by my senior, Kyoichi Tsuzuki, Popeye Brutus did not have an editorial meeting. It seems that it was a policy to cover only what each person thinks is interesting. I like it. JIA Magazine is close to that cause I am only an editor.

売れ残った親父の遺品。レーニン全集40巻以上とやはり43巻のマルクスエンゲルス全集欲しい人いませんか？Unsold father’s relics. Do you want a complete collection of Marx-Engels with more than 40 volumes and 43 volumes of Lenin complete works?

OFDAのそばに小さな住友不動産の貸しビルが建っていた。小さいけどファサードのディテールが凝っている。日建設計かな？
A small Sumitomo Realty & Development rental building was built near OFDA. It’s small but the details of the façade are elaborate. I wonder if it is designed by Nikken Sekkei?