Happy Ninja Day

Today is a most auspicious day -- it is the third annual Day of the Ninja.

The ninja, as you may or may not know, were warrior families who practiced a particularly stealthy form of warfare in samurai-era Japan. They are often held as models for secretive special operations soldiers.

The Day of the Ninja was created in 2003 to celebrate the ninjas. According to the official Day of the Ninja website ( http://dayoftheninja.com/index2.html), appropriate activities include dressing like ninjas and spreading ninja-related information on the internet. This is my contribution.

I realize that this posting is a bit late in the day, but celebrating your ninja-ness on the 6th is just as ninja as celebrating on the 5th -- since nobody will be expecting it! In case you don't know how to be a ninja, check out any of these sites:

http://www.ninjaburger.com/employment/manual/ninjamask.jpg (how to make a ninja mask)

http://www.folds.net/tutorial/models/shu_2_piece/shu_2_piece_diagrams.html (how to make a paper throwing star)

http://www.penofchaos.com/ninjas/ (a website en francais)

http://quizilla.com/users/aeonite/quizzes/Are_You_a_Ninja (an on-line quiz to determine if you are a ninja)