Herro Flom Japan

I'm supposed to blog when something interesting happens to me, right? This morning as I was passing through Shinjuku Station, I saw a woman take a dive down a short flight of slippery stairs and lie crumpled on the wet ground with a quickly expanding pool of blood under her head. (That freaked me out.) [...]

[Read more →]

And no, I won't tell you where it is. It's super-secret. Every time I see a woman doing her makeup on the train, I wish I could pull a battery-operated shaver out of my pocket and do my face. That's an old joke, isn't it. But today I really did forget to shave. It got [...]

[Read more →]

From now on in my podcasts, I'm going to ramble, stutter, sniffle, repeat myself, etc. in homage to my new hero, Maria, the world's most horrible singer.

Learning not to Care: Lesson 1 [ 13:13 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (2172)

[Read more →]

I'm going to tell you a story that might not be very interesting, but who knows, it might come in handy someday. Here's the short version first: Whenever there's a technical problem, check the wiring before you do anything else. Even if your intuition tells you otherwise, ignore it. They actually teach you this in [...]

[Read more →]

There's a definite pattern to events when Oliver and I meet up. We eat till it hurts. We drink till we're about to burst at the seams. I fall asleep outside of Koga station. Oliver has a superpower I wish I had: the ability to strike up a conversation with anyone, and optionally get them [...]

[Read more →]