Seeing as my blog to this point has mainly been navel gazing over my random thoughts and gripes, and since I am meant to be in a transition to a fantasy format now, I thought I may as well do some navel gazing about my random thoughts about fantasy.With this in mind, I would now … Continue reading On Fantasy – 1
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An Appeal For Reason From the Unreasonable
“The divisiveness of our modern society is tearing us apart! Conservative versus liberal; anti-vaccine versus pro-vaccine; lovers of freedom, like me, versus the woke gestapo of the cancel culture. This polarization is ruining marriages and destroying families!”Well, sir, I can agree with much of what you say. However, I do find your turn to this … Continue reading An Appeal For Reason From the Unreasonable
Memories
Working in a 24 hour gas station/automotive shop in a meth/crack neighborhood of a big, stabby, Albertan city taught me many things. Street smarts, how to stand up to bullies, and sketchy-as-fuck junkie management. All very useful skills. Mostly it taught me that all those stories in Penthouse Letters are very possibly true. All very … Continue reading Memories
Germans
My mom is German. She was born in Germany and then my grandparents immigrated to Canada in the fifties with three kids (would have two more in Canada). When my mom was a teenager, my grandfather would force the family to watch Monty Python’s Flying Circus with him. But it wasn’t because he enjoyed it, … Continue reading Germans
The American Apocalypse and You
I can't help but be amused when I see Americans describing the doomsday scenarios they see coming coming down the pike at them. Basically, so many of them just describe conditions that many people around the world are already living in.“The stores will be empty, the power will go out, and there won't be any … Continue reading The American Apocalypse and You
Goaded by Youngster
I just had an exchange that got my dander up and have decided to deal with it here. Consider me goaded.Someone I follow posted a screenshot of some teenage drama they are engaging in. In it, she and her friend were trashing someone they're beefing with. The poster added a note to the picture in … Continue reading Goaded by Youngster
A Visit With Nancy and Endi
I was recently watching sumo with my Canadian friend, Nancy, and her Japanese cop husband, Endi, at their place. They’re in their sixties and have just built their retirement home on Endi's family property to replace the house that was bust up in the big earthquake.Nancy's from Nova Scotia and is one of those lapsed … Continue reading A Visit With Nancy and Endi
Truth and Reconciliation
A few years ago, one of my Canadian friends here in Japan gave me a compilation CD of kids’ songs she had got from a discount bin in a store in Canada. It was a three CD set that had older recordings of many classic kids’ songs and sing-along standards. I was charmed that it … Continue reading Truth and Reconciliation
Babies of all Ages
One fun thing about babies is that all of their babbling and nonsense is entirely purposeful. They believe wholeheartedly that they have something important to say and are expressing it clearly; that the remote control truly belongs in the trash. They have important work to do.Sadly, people rarely lose this perception of themselves, although some … Continue reading Babies of all Ages
Inverse-Dysmorphia and North Americans
My post last week about my Japanese student's observation that most white people are the shape of Doraemon, the Japanese Garfield, got me thinking about something I noticed a while back while I was visiting my original home of Canada.As someone who’s lived in Japan for over ten years now, I’ve found that most North … Continue reading Inverse-Dysmorphia and North Americans
Muse Vassal 