Long Time Expat In Japan
Poetry Review The Trouble with Poetry - And Other Poems By Billy Collins I did not buy this book of poetry. I say that not to distance myself from it or poetry in general. I state it simply as a point of fact. I've written before that I am a genre reader. I like my … Continue reading Poetry Review – The Trouble with Poetry
Kanji has been hard for me. I freeze up. I get stuck in my head, get tense. Thankfully, last month the kanji practice was a more fluid style. More freedom. Below is my kanji for next month (not the one that got me the level up). Still, you can see, I hope, a little more … Continue reading Level Up! Kana 7th kyu
https://vimeo.com/135160594 Aerial drone shot of the summer fireworks festival last night in Makuhari, Chiba. We flew a DJI Inspire 1 drone over the water, facing the Chiba Marines baseball stadium. This is the final few minutes, including the finale. Music by bensound http://www.bensound.com
Since I had such a good time yesterday with some night shots, I decided to keep experimenting. Below is early sunset from my balcony. About an hour before sunset. And here is nearly the same view about an hour later. Not actually sunset, but just moments before. And here's a panorama, combining 3 photos stitched … Continue reading Makuhari Sunset
Took some night shots in my neighborhood, this time on the ground. Night shots are hard 🙂 Looking toward the station across the park. Here is the entrance to the town. Click on all images to enlarge. Again, since the two shots turned out well. And here are the towers, not where I live, but … Continue reading Makuhari From the Ground
Flew my drone over the town tonight. The future is now. Of the eight people that read this blog, six of them are my good friends from school. The rest are family. I am blessed. These friends and family know me well, some more than I would like to admit 🙂 Some know of the … Continue reading Makuhari From the Air
Played board games with my friends from college today. Eclipse, a game I played for the first time last November. On the surface this doesn't sound too unusual. After all, these are some of my best friends, we're gamers, it's the Fourth of July weekend. Normal, right? Only, I was in Chiba, Japan, while my … Continue reading Board Gaming Weekend
Book Review God Save the Child Robert B. Parker I have fond memories of Robert B. Parker,of which I have written before. His second Spenser novel, God Save the Child, did not transport me as The Godwulf Manuscript did. That is not to say I liked it less. I simply had no memory of it. … Continue reading Book Review – God Save the Child
Book Review The Escape By David Baldacci I think that I've mentioned this before, but just in case you're not one of the 3 people that read this blog, including my mom (and yes, mom, it's ok that you leave comments - my friends won't mind), I generally read science fiction. So this is a … Continue reading Book Review – The Escape
Book Review Influence - The Psychology of Persuasion By Robert Cialdini Image thanks to amazon.com I’m not a marketer; I have avoided it, sometimes intentionally, sometimes not. 14 years ago, I started an MBA program, mostly because my salary was stagnant. This makes sense when your undergraduate degree is in Comparative Literature with a minor … Continue reading Book Review — Influence – The Psychology of Persuasion
B.S. Donovan 