The Wind of Tharn

Saturday, May 22nd, 2010 Posted in japan, teaching, work | No Comments »

I just read this piece in the Japan Times, labeled a "letter" to the Minister of Education, Tatsuo Kawabata. It's going to get about as much attention as the guy wearing the sandwich board proclaiming the Apocalypse is upon us. It ...

Woes of research

Saturday, February 27th, 2010 Posted in life, work | 1 Comment »

Another week has come and gone, the Olympics rage on, unrelenting in their persistence, while I sat in my office and did my damndest to sublimate research. While a Master's student, I found it easy to somewhat randomly select a ...

Of muscle aches and wicker men

Wednesday, February 24th, 2010 Posted in play, work | No Comments »

My leg and back muscles have just about finished griping after their sudden and rather rude awakening over the weekend. We had our winter intensive to close the semester (my second; I've now been at Siebold a full rotation!) and ...