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Continue reading →: Pizza, Tokyo Style
Anyone worth his salt knows that a pizza is not simply a pizza. Wars have been started over this stuff, for heaven’s sake! And why should Tokyo, as a major player on the global food stage, be any different? I grew up near New Haven, home of “New Haven Style”…
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Continue reading →: Sneak-Peek Sunday
My book, tentatively titled, Lost With Translation, contains signs that have lackluster English on them. Here’s a little taste: Oh that pesky R and L confusion! Where do you go to get an “AFLO?” And what about that DREAD? Can you get your “dread” coiffed here? Personally my “dread” is…
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Continue reading →: Clarity and Focus
Of the blogs I read with some regularity, both The Writer Mama, Christina Katz and Women on Writing have referenced both Clarity and Focus within the past two weeks. Spring is a tough time for writers – especially for writers with kids. Kids take up time and pull focus away…
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Continue reading →: The Ultimate Convenience
The Japanese know how to do it right – if they need anything, it should be available in a vending machine 24/7. This particular machine was in a parking lot by the exit. Drivers expect to walk some distance from any parking lot to their ultimate destination. But what if…
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Continue reading →: Sneak-peek Sunday!
We’re still working toward October publication with Discover 21 Publications! Here’s a look at one of the signs that will go into my book, which is now tentatively titled, Lost With Translation: This photo is from the parking garage next-door to the new Otani Hotel. Perhaps they’re expecting foreigners. I…
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Continue reading →: The Writer Adjudicates Writing
For the second year in a row I have had the privilege of adjudicating the essays of the children who entered the writing contest sponsored by Friends of Child Protection (FCP). What an experience it has been! FCP is a charity that aids abused children in South Africa. The website…
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Continue reading →: Construction!
One thing that I have learned in my multiple years in Japan, is that Japanese society, in general, is not litigious. Certainly not in the way Americans are. In fact, if an accident occurs, most often Japanese people pay actual damages, not pain and suffering compensation. Nowhere is this more…
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Continue reading →: A New Feature: Sunday Teaser!
Great news! Discovery 21 Publications will be publishing my book of Japanese signs translated into wayward English. So as a teaser until the book is published this fall, I will be putting one sign on my blog every Sunday! Enjoy it and please look for the book when it comes…
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Continue reading →: The Key, But Not The Answer
Last week, Trisha Wooldridge and I spent quite a while discussing freedom, safety, education and other assorted issues on our blogs. Yesterday, she wrote a particularly thought-provoking short essay on questioning as a response to those conversations. She said that of the ideas that we discussed, that was the one…
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Continue reading →: Baseball in Tokyo – Japanese Style!
Baseball in Japan is similar to baseball in the U.S. if you’re only discussing the game itself. The strike zone is slightly smaller, games can end in ties, and even for a playoff game, the maximum number of innings is twelve. But for the fans, the experience is vastly different.…
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