One of my favourite white women friends, Alice, put me on to ‘Bo Burnham: Inside’. Such smart social commentary and brilliantly satirical...

In an email to a Japanese Teacher of English (JTE) I wrote: Thanks for taking the time again. I understood everything you said, and it...

Although I’ve been more interested in food plants, because I manage a property, through trial and error, I’ve chosen these as my top ten...

MURDUH IN DE MARKET! MURDUH! (murduh!) De Massiah cometh! Mistress! How you?! Sooooo good to hear you! Life does get in de way of keeping...

Ever since I saw this guy handling a giant centipede, I’ve started imagining centipedes in a different light. I’m not going to handle...

FAINT?! You were with her? Where did it happen? In the bath? At the table? What did uncle Michael say? It hasn’t happened again, right?...

They grew up so fast and now I have grand children (after chopping down their mother). Amputated bunch of plantains Bunch of plantains...

17 Sept 2012, 11:01 R***! Australia Australia…. Initially, I was uncertain how I felt being there, my presence supporting another ongoing...

There was an event last Friday for the new residents of Casa La Vita (the name of the apartment blocks where I live). Sometimes I wonder...

Praises be to Rihanna for vacation time and something called ‘nenkyo’, a number of days per year you are allowed to take off, although it...

You can’t go to Osaka and not visit Spa World. It was my go to for cheap post-night-out accommodation at 1000 yen (about 9 US) once you...

You haven’t been hearing from me, so you know I’m on the cusp of being found skinny dipping in a rice field. It’s mostly the...

Throes of Spring (the above photo was taken from my bedroom window) It’s been on my mind to send you a ten minute distraction from living...

We drove to Nagano (five hours from Echizen-shi) for the weekend – I took my half-day Friday off (something called ‘nenkyo‘ that totals...

Normally it’d depend on what you want to see, but since I work here, it depends on when I’m free to accompany you. While there are a host...

*Read carefully. There’s a poll at the end and free doughnuts blog post links. Another Secret I’ve been keeping something from you which...

People I haven’t heard from in years wrote on my Facebook page to find out if the Fukushima earthquake ate me – people like Jennifer...

The Invitation A friend (?) invited me to this: Eager to have my penis appraised and planning to walk in with it in my hand, I got there...

I’m fine. Could have been worse. While I suffered a power cut yesterday, July 2nd, from about 10 a.m. to 7 p.m., and the water has been...

Bearing in mind that ten minutes is all you need when you’re from the tropics, inspired by my first experience of winter – the different...