2021 New Year’s Resolution – How Did It Go?
New year’s resolutions tend to be rather empty, don’t they? I am under the impression that they are generally something that someone says they’re going to do, but will inevitably […]
2021 – A Review (It Was Pretty Bad)
People say that 2020 was an awful year and I understand why. COVID hit, lots of people were laid off, told to stay at home, and governments were being generous with their […]
English Menu?
Having lived in Japan for 9 years, one would be forgiven in believing that I must be a native Japanese-speaker by now, surely. (I can’t count the number of times people ask […]
Yoro – You Only Ribu Once
The other day I was finally able to take a day out of my schedule to go for a good long walk. It turned out to be a much longer […]
To Be Blissfully Disconnected
If you are reading this on your phone or any other device late at night as you lie in bed, stop right now. Put it down and come back another […]
Tiring Fandoms and Social Media
When the editor of one of the world’s premier ornithological journals deemed it of sufficient interest to publish a paper in which the author recorded the number of times a […]
Did You Eat Yet?
Language is a very important part of any culture, whether on an international level or simply with the minutiae of dialect differences between one village and the next. It is […]
The New World: Part 4 (of 3) – Faded Memories and Marriage Mania
I am writing this blog with a slight fever and a fan behind me moving gently from side to side to keep me cool. It reminds me that we are […]
The New World: Part 3 – Beer, Bagels and Busses
I overslept. A lot. I can’t say exactly what time I woke up, but according to my Google timeline, it looks like I didn’t leave my hotel again until nearly […]
The New World – Part 2: Should Have Brought Better Shoes
I have to start this post with a lavatorial anecdote, as I often do. This should have gone in my previous post but I somehow totally missed this photo (don’t […]
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