“If you don’t know where you are going any road can take you there.”
Lewis Carroll, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland

  • Lonely Tokyo

    Lonely Tokyo

    Tokyo… A liminal place full of quiet spaces?

  • The Statue of Liberty: Paywalled

    The Statue of Liberty: Paywalled

    The Battery is the best place to view Lady Liberty but America’s most meaningful monument has been put behind walls. I’m left wondering, is America…

  • NYC Travel Log: Poetic Prose Edition

    NYC Travel Log: Poetic Prose Edition

    Visiting NYC for the first time I had many feelings. Walking out of my Pod hotel, every sense was assaulted by smells, noises, and blatant…

  • A Little Story from Buffalo

    A Little Story from Buffalo

    Sometimes you encounter friends in the most uncomfortable situations.

  • Wabi-Sabi

    Wabi-Sabi

    Tokyo is a half-and-half city. Its land mass is huge; its ramen shops are counter space only. Big roads, no cars. Interactions are very polite…

  • Rules

    Rules

    Tokyo has an oppressive number of signs. But as I found out, telling people the rules can be a kindness.

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  • Starstruck for Mamdani – Trump is Smitten

    It’s time for another Analyze the Meme on Small Words! Today, we’re going to look at why NYC mayor-elect, Zohran Mamdani and President Trump’s meeting at the White House delighted the internet.

  • Death Becomes Her: A Review

    Join me in roasting this raunchy 1992 dark comedy starring Meryl Streep, Goldie Hawn, and Bruce Willis!

  • You Are What You Read

    Dan speed-read over 3,000 books during his life and meticulously recorded every one of them. Now he’s a social media star.

  • Let’s Talk About SEX and Libraries

    If you didn’t read “SEX” in a funny voice, then you don’t know me at all. Libraries are taking the heat for having explicit material on the shelves. So let’s talk about SEX, libraries, and…

  • Lonely Tokyo

    Tokyo… A liminal place full of quiet spaces?