Upstream Amazon, but now with a paddle, finally
tokyokevinI wrote about my (now) 3-week ordeal when a tech over at Amazon.uk (Vishnu, you should be fired) for cancelling BOTH my UK and US account when I asked him…
Amazon has me by the Books
I have had a frightening experience with Amazon over the new year vacation, and extending into the year, that has opened my eyes about the power relationship between seller (Amazon)…
Marilynne Robinson and What Are We Doing Here?
I try hard to keep up with Marilynne Robinson and her writing. The book that made me think the hardest in the last decade got me turned on to her.…
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…
The Graduation Thesis: Insufficient and Outmoded
This the title of a recent article I wrote for my university research journal (Gakuen). In it, I advocate for subsuming the Graduation Thesis, common here in Japan among undergraduates,…