As it grew later and later, I found myself wondering what I was really doing, and what I expected in hooking up with Holly again. I wanted to stay up but was very tired. Jim and I were going to leave tomorrow morning, yet I knew that there was a more in-depth conversation Holly and [...]
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Chapter 4b. Reverse Road Trip
The next thing I knew, Holly was standing in front of us with a smile on her face. She and I hugged briefly and she invited us in. With only Jim there, the two of us were able to catch up on each other’s comings and goings over the past few years. Holly worked part [...]
A unique dinner in Morioka Japan
A colleague and I were going to dinner one evening. He was Japanese, but not familiar with the city of Morioka Japan, so he asked at the hotel reception desk for a restaurant recommendation. He was told of a little family run business on the corner of the very next block. After crossing 2 streets [...]
I’ll still sleep tonight
I was on a flight headed to Tokyo. The flight is 11 hrs long and the plane is completely packed. I was booked in an aisle seat and next to me is a little girl of about 8. Her mother is three seats in front of me in a window seat. I prefer an aisle [...]
I Really Hate to Fly
Everybody knows that the airline industry is an abomination of American enterprise. It is laughable when the airline representatives say that safety is their concern because they treat people like cattle. Evidence of cattle herding by the industry can be seen anytime you look into the coach section of a jumbo jet. The philosophy is [...]
Geeks at play are geeky.
Ever wonder what esoteric erudite academics do to challenge ourselves? No, I guess that is not a burning question on society’s psyche. But, I’ll enlighten you anyway because it is entertaining in a juvenile and jovial way. I was with a group of junior researchers in Oxford England and we were comparing our academic conquests [...]
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