Ok, I need to revise my initial take on the cafe/lounge. Its charms began to pale after the first 8 hours. First of all, there was Sleep Apnea Guy—The Revenge a couple cubicles down. Bless my wife for having the perspecuity to buy me a really good pair of noise-canceling headphones. I can handle aContinue reading "Kansai Cafe-The Aftermath"
Arrival: What Have I Learned?
I'm 2 hours out of Boston and anxious to get home to the little woman, and when I say little, I ain't joking around; I think my backpack weighs more. It's a long way back from Japan, particularly after you consider the layover. It's about 7000 miles, around a quarter of the way around theContinue reading "Arrival: What Have I Learned?"
Favorite Fiction-An Occasional Feature-The Book of the New Sun by Gene Wolfe
Between 1978 and 1983, I lived in New York City while I was going to graduate school. It was quite an adjustment given that I had spent 1974-1976 at what was then New College in Sarasota, Florida. I had spent my first year of college at Ohio State University, pretty much because I had to.Continue reading "Favorite Fiction-An Occasional Feature-The Book of the New Sun by Gene Wolfe"
The Journey Begins
The true art of memory is the art of attention. Samuel Johnson Preface I’m not sure if most blogs have a preface; actually, I’m not sure that blogs are even a thing anymore. But I’ve decided to start my own. I’m not promoting or selling anything, just using it as a place for my thoughtsContinue reading "The Journey Begins"
Lack of Internet Leads to a Meditation on the Nature of Chickens
Several days ago in the morning, I was sitting at my computer, and there was suddenly a loud explosion from down the street, and I could see a flash of what seemed like lightning through the shades of my window. I knew it was a transformer blowing up. It used to happen every 2 weeksContinue reading "Lack of Internet Leads to a Meditation on the Nature of Chickens"
Samurai Shrink (formally Wandering Shrink) 