How the other half lives
tokyokevinWhen we say "the other half" usually it is poor or middle class people referring to rich people. But here, I am saying that all of us in Tokyo live…
Life advice from a cartoonist
Over at BoingBoing, Mark Frauenfelder found cartoonist Lisa Hanawalt's advice on getting things done. I like most of them. Execute dumb ideas beautifully is especially interesting. Another is "Don't worry about…
Crystal Ball Gazing
Looking into the future, or prognosticating, predicting, punditry, or guessing, is a skill. Recent results from a study at Hamilton College shows that some are better than others. "We discovered…
Fast Food and Society
I 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.…