Teachers: Now a Working Class Profession
tokyokevin"From the Sage on the Stage to the Guide on the Side" is now about 20 years old. A little shopworn, but still a...how shall I put it....goal, of some…
Tired of Mr, Mrs, Ms? Why not Mx?
No, not motocross, which is what we used when I was a teen on a bike. This is a salutation, a title. The only time I use this in English…
New Science Fiction with an old twist
I am having a ball. Reading fiction again. Short stories nonetheless. Science Fiction. All because of Neal Stephenson. It was mostly detective novels in junior high, but when I got…
Netflix in Japan, Death and Comedy
OK, I now understand why Netflix is such a big success. Sure, people said that the all-you-can-eat model helps, and now with "binge-watching" of entire seasons of TV, Netflix is…