It’s an Anime World (アニメの世界だ)
I am in the process of watching an anime series with a typical plot: a 17 year-old girl is turned into an “ultimate weapon” (最終兵器) and thus must rectify the two worlds in which she lives all while trying to understand love. Neither this plot nor anime in general are…
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Friday was both PI day and test day for my Kenpo black belt. The test was not so much technically challenging as it was physically exhausting. Towards the end it was all I could do to stop myself from passing out cold and/or retching. I felt myself wishing to put…
The Nature of Time
I have, on occasion, pondered the nature of time. In my latest insane delusions, I have begun to question its existence as an actual physicality. Perhaps time is a perception and convenient way of tracking of some other phenomenon. Only energy and incident reactions dictate the doings of the physical…
Virtual Box
Virtual Box is a machine virtualization software application similar to VMware but, at least for end-users, wonderfully superior. I have done some pretty stupid (i.e., l337) things with VMware and it had a tendency to respond with annoying quirks here and there. I have no such problems with Virtual Box….
Number One, Make It Happen
“Why does the Star Treck man watch you pee?” was a completely appropriate question posed by the wife of a co-worker. She had just returned from utilizing the office bathroom for the first time where she noticed a life-size cut-out of Captain Pickard over-looking her progress. The other bathroom has…
Orgasm…Now!
The Brotherhood of the Two Dragons (the stage name of my martial arts performing group) took a trip to the Wicked Labyrinth (http://www.wickedfaire.com/labyrinth/) this past Saturday morning. Since John insisted on still having one class that day, we arrived with just enough time to warm up for our first show…
More Humid Adventures
During our stay, most of the other tourist visiting the lodge were older Americans — older as in 60+. Our guide told us of one 90 year-old individual who wished above all else to go on the canopy walk. The normally 40 minute hike out there took him 4 hours….
We Can Now Hunt Squirrel
One of the stops on our tour of the area surrounding the lodge was an indigenous village. Unfortunately, there are no indigenous peoples that live in traditional villages any more. This village was created by request of the lodge to given tourists an idea of how these peoples used to…
Fish and Bananas, Bananas and Fish
The denizens of the rain forest eat two meals per day. They have bananas and fish for breakfast and fish and bananas for lunch. All their food can be obtained locally. Fish from the river and fruit, rice, yuca, and etc. are grown locally. They need only trade with people…
Rain Forest = No Internet
The title is not entirely true. I am writing from the lobby of a posh resort on the banks of the Amazon. It is owned by the same company through which we have been seeing the local sights. It is so grand as to even have a jacuzzi connected to…