We forgot to mention...

You know I really wonder how much more broken my back can get with a new ‘last straw’ being added every day.  I marvel at the lack of communication, interaction, and willingness to volunteer what might be valuable information.  Most of all I wonder how I have endured through it all.  I started my job [...]

Not quite a theme park...

“What the hell is happening,” my mind reeled as the liquor from the night of drinking coursed through my veins causing my head to spin.  In front of me a spiky haired beanpole tout wearing a cheap black suit sprinted and I was doing my best to catch him.  My heart was pounding and my [...]

Office space.

What do you do when you look in the mirror and don’t like what you see, when the person looking back at you is a complete stranger.  That moment of realization and bewilderment feels like a bucket of ice cold water being dumped over your head on a hot summer day.  Japan’s sweet sirens song [...]

Look, I'm a ninja!

‘One, two, three!’  The count goes on and on as as my muscles scream in pain, bringing the 1kilogram (2.2lb.) sword in a smooth ark from above my head to just above my navel over and over.  The night is hot and humid as I practice in a small park near my house, an occasional [...]