Long Time Expat In Japan
Book Review-Glasshouse-by Charles Stross Accelerando was the book that sold me on Stross. Probably the book responsible for more "wow" moments in scifi reading in the last decade. Technically, the series of short stories was published in 2005, so I suppose it is more than the last decade. Hair splitting aside, it meant that I … Continue reading Book Review – Glasshouse
If you want to be a beta-reader, please send me an email or leave me a comment and I’ll share the rest of the story. — Matter of Pride I knew he was my Papa from the first time I laid eyes on him. From the time they decanted me, I would follow him around, … Continue reading Story Excerpt – Matter of Pride
June was a lean month in shodo. I go with my littlest to the classes on Saturday. Really just going to the sensei's house around 10, writing, getting pointers and leaving around noon. But June was filled with events for both my girls. Chorus, piano, chorus again. I think I only went to shodo once … Continue reading Anniversary
If you want to be a beta-reader, please send me an email or leave me a comment and I’ll share the rest of the story. — It Shoots Johnny woke to his mother's screams. He stumbled down to the living room, bleary-eyed. Through the large bay window in the living room he could see Boston … Continue reading Story Exerpt – It Shoots
On the 20th, the moon was full. I had been really looking forward to it. Earlier in the month, I had pointed my camera into the skies and taken a surprisingly good picture of the moon. But it wasn't full yet. On the 18th, I got a good view. I thought I'd practice for the … Continue reading Nearly Full Moon
I spent the day in Shizuoka today. Despite having lived in the country for 18 years or so, I'd never really spent much time here. One time I visited a friend in Hamamatsu, but I never got outside the city. This time I drove. A lot of it highway, but then I got off the … Continue reading Tea Leaves
I bought a lens adapter for a hundred twenty bucks from a company called Moondog Labs. They became slightly famous last year among certain circles because of a movie that was filmed entirely on an iPhone. It was called Tangerine. I haven't seen it, but that doesn't mean anything. What piqued my curiosity was that … Continue reading Anamorphic Lens
Yes, I took that with my camera and a telephoto lens. The lens was not expensive in the grand scale of things. It wasn't exactly cheap, but things are relative. The lens was about three hundred dollars. While the camera I used was a new version, the older version that fits this lens is about … Continue reading The Moon Through my Telephoto Lens
I dropped my iPhone the other day. It just fell from about waist height, and it has a case and screen protector. But the fates saw to it that it hit a protruding rock and shattered the screen. It worked, barely, but there was a lot of broken glass. Just moments ago, I took it … Continue reading Un-Plugged
Leveled up in kana and kanji, both. Still giving the pen a break. Below is the kana that the powers that be liked. Lots of pre-hiragana, semi-kanji letters. Now 4-kyu, which means I ranked up 6 times. I need about 7 more to reach a dan. Here is my kanji that leveled up. It's … Continue reading More leveling up
B.S. Donovan 