Where will I go? New York? Japan? Or will I remain in Pittsburgh for a little while longer? I have been kept in perpetual limbo on the subject to point where it seems like torture. Japan is, of course, ideal. But I have had no luck with any interviews for jobs that I’m qualified for. [...]
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I was one of few white people who owned a jazz club in Japan. My club had been open for roughly six months. Since opening night things had been running more or less smoothly. I had already managed to gain favor from the locals. Some of the newspaper critics who know a thing or two [...]
Even More Modern Times… a Dreadful Propechy
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Sonny, when I was your age, people still hunted polar bears even though they convinced us about the dangers of global warming, but now they’re extinct. So long, and thanks for all the fish.
Modern times: Will immigrants save Japan?
“Liberal Democratic Party lawmakers made an ambitious proposal Thursday to raise the ratio of immigrants in Japan to about 10 percent over the next 50 years”
States the Japan Times in a recent article.
… This could provide a great economic stimulus for Japan amidst its stagnating population growth, and perhaps an immigrant culture will actually be [...]
Movie Magic: The Goonies
I recently took a dive back into the nostalgia of my childhood by watching the classic film “The Goonies”
I couldn’t imagine a better way to have killed time in during the wee hours, with a thunderstorm brewing to provide a perfect ambiance for a taking a trip back to the past. It felt [...]
G8 Summit：原子力発電の便利さ
This year’s G8 summit will be held next month in Toyako, Japan. A major part of the agenda will be to discuss the implementation of “green” energy sources in order to cut greenhouse gases and reduce the world’s “addiction” to oil. I hope the alternative of nuclear energy gets a fair amount of attention [...]
Time to blog.
I had been contemplating creating a blog for about two years, but my hectic, undisciplined lifestyle prevented me from doing anything. I even recall telling myself that a blog would be a waste of time, because my adventures or misadventures would take too long to document and I would miss out on the important [...]
