Fast Food and Society
tokyokevinI teach Rhetoric and Hamburgers, a class about how to convince people about eating things like hamburgers. I start with a book, Fast Food Nation, then do a movie (documentary)…
Earthquake Update Day 43
People are uneasy here. The aftershocks continue unabated, now more than 1,000 since the big one March 11. We had 3 in one night, strong enough to wake us up.…
Hawaii pictures
Maki and Julia had a wonderful time in Hawaii for our niece Ruka's wedding. They spent 5 days at the Moana Surfrider hotel with Ginger and Anri, in from Colorado. Maki's sister,…
Earthquake Day 31
It's been a month since the earthquake. Maki and Julia just returned from their trip to our niece's wedding in Hawaii. About 2 hours after their return, we got a…
Classes Day 1
I started school today. For my third-year students I have an activity where we look at how much each class session costs them. We divide tuition (about ¥1.2 million, or…