Monthly Archives: January 2012
It’s a conspiracy!
In a conversation with someone new, I’m often aware of an invisible barrier that arises between the speaker and me when I hear the word conspiracy. A friend from the Internet Writing Workshop captures my feelings when he says, “Conspiracy … Continue reading
Posted in Current events, Life, Politics, Uncategorized
Tagged ALEC, assassination debunkers, Center for Media and Democracy, Conspiracy, conspiracy theories, espionage and intelligence agencies, financial world domination, indefinite detention of US citizens, Internet Writing Workshop, Koch brothers, PR Watch, surveillance, terrorists, the Nation, The Supreme Court, top ten conspiracy theories, UFO
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One hundred fifty-six million blogs
My friends don’t understand when I confide that I have to write a blog. It’s not like you’re getting paid, they say, and they’re right, but this blog is my baby. Wikipedia, estimates there were one hundred fifty-six million personal … Continue reading
Climbing Mount Fuji
My love affair with Mount Fuji began one crisp November morning in 1995 as I pedaled to work from my home in the Tokyo suburb of Fujiki-Kinome. When I reached the middle of a rickety old bridge I’d been crossing … Continue reading
Posted in Life, Life abroad, Travel
Tagged Fujiki-Kinome, Fujimino, Kawagoe River, Mt Fuji, Otsukare sama deshita, oxygen deprevation, Sartre, Shinjuku, Temple University, Tokyo
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